Hi Bob,
Wow, that Ford looks great!!! And the Sunline too!!
As long as the inside is in great shape, it makes the water damage repair a whole lot easier. Amazing what vinyl wall covered wall board and vinyl pelting can do to stop water from getting inside.
On the roof, the before pic's look, unfortunately, predicable of the prior owner not knowing they needed to clean and service the roof often. 4 times a year if it lives outside.
We just finished up this past Sunday helping a friend with her new to her 2005 Sunline T-264SR slide room camper repairing water damage. It had the same issue, the prior owner did not know how to care for the roof and the inside was dry and clear. But the damage was done a few years before. Had to take the entire back wall off, part of the left side and part of the right side to get all the wet wood and ants out of it. The front corner leak was not that bad. It will take me some time to get all the pics of this bud board repair up for viewing but I can do a few as needed.
Now to the roof cleaning, when you said pressure wash the roof, oh boy... But, it's done now so onto next steps.
You are talking about a coating already, not trying to talk you out of it but want to ask what the roof looks like first and about the timing of this if when you are going to repair the back wall. This camper we just did, it took me 4 full hours of cleaning on the roof to bring it back into where it needed to be. I was beat.... and then did 3.5 more hours cleaning the sides...
Here are some pics of the process.
There are pics before the repair started, during the repair, the start of the wash process and then the final finished roof. Note before we started the wash, there where clean areas where we had to chemical clean\ to put the new butyl tape and Eternabond repairs down.
I do not have my new web server up and going yet since we can no longer use Photobucket.com but here are some up on the SOC forum server.
The front leak before starting the repair.
The rear right corner before the repair.
The front during repair but before main roof wash
The rear during the repair before the main roof wash
Close up on the roof before wash. Yuk
The front at the start of the first dirt wash. I had to do 2 dirt washes...
The rear after the 1st dirt wash
The rear after the 2nd bleach treatment
Inside the barn after washing but before final repair and caulking
The rear after final caulking and 303 UV protectent.
The front after final caulking and 303 UV protectent.
I was shocked I could bring it back this good. The first wash was tough. Man pushing the brush was like shoveling into a pile of crushed stone... the car brush would barely move....
Point being, before you coat the roof, need to make sure there are no other water infection areas, (moisture meter check) and you have to kill the mold. Really do not want to apply a new coating over the mold as it will get trapped in there.
Yes open up a new thread in the repairs and maintenance forum and lets talk. You will have your new camper all fixed up and it will last a good long time. You can repair everything in these campers the way they are built. Not so easy on the new style camper being built today.
Hope this helps
John
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