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Like that hat? It's his own creation to help keep him cool and out of the sun. Above he's blow drying the overnight humidity off the roof before he works on it below.
Below is after the second (grey) coat has been applied and the RV Roof Armor thick caulking is on all the roof penetrations.
Below is the final white coat, the previous grey coat allows Dave to be sure he's covered everything in the finishing white coat. All the covers and dish have been installed.
The first brown coat took a day longer to dry that expected so the total installation took four days. The second and third days were
cut short due the the rain and long dry times. The first and last days were 9 hours each. I'm sure this will fix the rear leak but not as sure about the front leak, that could be coming from somewhere other than the roof. Time and weather will tell!
This summer we noticed a water leak on the inside rear wall and the outside Big Foot control compartment at the front of our HitchHiker. Judy climbed onto the roof and saw the Eternabond tape between the front and back caps to the rubber roof had deteriorated. We decided that rather than a quick and economical fix (replace the tape and caulk) we'd get a new lifetime roof so we don't have to get up there to check it or caulk it anymore. In addition we don't have to be concerned about future rubber roof problems or new leaks. It's much more expensive but has a lifetime warranty and needs no maintenance.
Here's Dave & Barb's setup at our site, they are the contractors doing the work. He removed the vent covers, A/C covers and dish then cleaned the roof really good while Barb rinsed the dirt off the sides.
Below he's taping the edges to keep the coatings off the places it doesn't belong.
He uses a brush to do the cut in then rollers the large open areas.
Here's the roof at the end of the second day, this first coat preps the original rubber roof for the next two coats. It rained in the afternoon so they only got half a day's work done.
He is tuff, it's in the mid to high 80s and very humid. No way I can work outside in the sun in this weather!! Wait until you see his next hat!
Today we made the 108 mile trip to Bradenton to get our roof coated and waterproofed this week and attend the Living the RV Dream rally next week. Neither of us like the area as its very busy with tons of people, traffic, retail business, condos & apartments & homes plus a large & tight 55+ retirement community and RV park. But.....we can tolerate it for 2 weeks. We did go out for ludin at Sweet Tomato.....a soup & salad joint. It wasn't as good as we remembered. Hopefully we'll both sleep well tonight.
