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Apply Sealant to Fixtures and Windows

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Trailer Repair. Resealing Your Traveling Trailer from LEAKS.

What happens here

Tools and materials

  • Caulking Gun
  • Caulking Sponge
  • Clean Water N/A

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so I'm going to give you you know a quick pointer you know when doing this it's actually the sun's come out um the it was really nice and cool um earlier in the morning and um it was shaded because of the clouds and stuff it is now getting hot uh the bronze metal work gets pretty hot the metal does get pretty hot you know you got to do shorter runs I'm doing really short runs but another thing is to keep the caulking from coagulating too fast I'm just pre-wetting my Surface and that will get it wet and it'll actually cool it off too so I'm going to pre-wet it and then I'm going to begin applying my Caulking and it's just happening where it was just what I was noticing is it was um coagulating really really fast and you know making it harder to manipulate and work and one of the nice things about this caulking is it's your workability it's tool ability what we call and it tools you know really really well but you got to keep it keep it moist and keep it wet so just pre-what your surface if it's starting to get too hot try to keep your you know um vehicle or RV or trailer in the shade if possible too right pre-wetting this bronze especially it makes it so it um doesn't dry so fast on the bronze foreign [Music] side of my sponge I'll begin applying [Music] working right up the corner of the trailer there all right so we're going to be taking off this license plate um attachment and this light right here this is an absolute mess right here with uh silicone caulking so we're going to want to clean this up and what's going to be a lot easier just to remove this thing and clean it up that way instead of trying to cut it you know off and cut around it so we're going to remove the the plate cover now I'm gonna see if it'll come off you can see it 'll just come off silicone just comes off pretty easily they add some like putty in the sides not sure what that potty was supposed to do but now we'll just begin cleaning the silicone off the license plate I'll just peel right off off the light itself um and then I'll clean any residue uh we've got a few nuts and bolts that go to this world just set them aside you can see that here's the silicone I'm Gonna Leave This putty here that's where the screws are and definitely doesn't waterproof or seal it but get all this silicone ah see how most of it comes off just by picking it off just like that then I'm going to take my Rag and my remove silicone remover and we're going to begin cleaning any residue off it's really…

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