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Remove Old Exterior Sealant from Side Panels

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The Newell Project Begins: Roof Is Leaking??

What happens here

Moving to the exterior, the creator identifies a large side panel on the RV where the original sealant has deteriorated, describing it as 'fubarred'. He explains that the old, hardened 'crud' (sealant) needs to be removed from these seams. He highlights that the structural components of the RV consist of an aluminum skin, foam insulation, and a plywood wall, and that the compromised sealant allows water to penetrate these layers. He prepares to begin the process of carving out the old sealant.

Goal: Clear away degraded sealant from exterior seams to prepare for new application.

Tools and materials

  • Ladder Werner — Accessing high areas of the RV
  • Scraping Tool — Carving out old sealant

What they say

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is part of what I do anyway I am working on this leak up here now that whole panel it's pretty fubar so what I'm doing is in carving out all the old crud before I put new silicone in there I'd only intended for this to be a permanent solution I'm just doing this now to get me by because eventually I'm going to pull this window out and make a new piece of wood in there agree spray foam insulation in the book put it all back together with stuff that's better because it should be more solid than that zelda's this is like aluminum the and then the bones of the coach kind of run like studs in a house it's just aluminum struts and then there's foam and then the plywood all behind that so this here is what's letting the water run in down there and I think the this little seal up here may be sufficient for now but I'm probably gonna have to redo this too because it doesn't feel like these rivets are this feels looser than it should the sticky stuff is actually kind of the correct way to fix something like this from what I understand dangit I want to get some practice plate frame look I wanted to get some black spray-paint to repaint they see in it so it doesn't look as obvious up there later I'm gonna get to scraping clean all this out the best I can with I messed up the paint and we're packet full clear silicone then move on to the skylights up there so I've peeled out all the crap and I

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