Good Morning –

I wanted to take a moment to tell you about my experiences with your products and my discoveries.

Background:

I’m a 76 year old man with no issues climbing ladders. We have an RV shelter to protect our trailer. The trailer roof does not leak but the EPDM starting to show signs of age after 8 years so I wanted to stay ahead of the game with roof maintenance. Over the years I’ve applied quite a bit of Eternabond so finding a product that works on Eternabond was important. I don’t have enough energy to work on this project for more than 4 hours per day. The ladder is my limiting factor.

Your RV roof cleaner:

This is an excellent cleaner. I mixed per the instructions for prep at 5 to 1. I tried to tarp off the sides of the trailer but that was not working for me. I will end up washing the sides but that’s a big deal. I will say that I recommend anyone using this product to get a good pair of kitchen gloves.

Prep for Eternabond:

Per your instructions, I tried different methods to “rough sand” the Eternabond tape. It’s not easy to sand something like Eternabond. I found that a stainless steel welder wire brush worked the best to rough up the Eternabond. I then applied contact cement and let it dry for several hours before giving the Eternabond a flash coat of RV Magic.

RV Magic coating:

We live in the Pacific NW. We don’t get too many really hot days. When I applied RV Roof Magic, the product did seem to dry to a slightly tacky touch in about 8 hours. But it really takes days for it to cure in our climate. My last coat of RV Roof Magic was 4 days ago, we have only had maybe 8 hours of temps over 70 degrees and as of last night the RV Roof Magic was still tacky.

I know your recommendation to put 20mil thickness but I found it difficult to apply that much product at one time so I doing multiple coats to build up the usage rate you suggest. I also did not do the entire roof at one time but rather in sections – I just don’t have the energy to work that long on the roof. Which is one reason I bought five 1 gallon cans – it’s just easier for me to handle. All in all it’s take quite awhile to do this project but I have the time and the trailer is under cover.

As I mentioned our trailer sits under an RV shelter so it’s not a problem to sit there for days for the product to cure but I think you might want to tell folks it may take days for the product to cure enough to walk on the roof. We have to take off in another week so hopefully today I can climb up and re-install all the covers and solar panels today. When we get back in a 2 weeks I will apply the final coat of RV Magic to get to the application thickness you recommend.

Skylight product:

I really like this product. It’s difficult to put it on smoothly enough to make it not visible. You can see that there is something on the skylight BUT it’s really not an issue.

Final thoughts:

Bill Z.
Gig Harbor, WA