2006 T1N 2500 high roof upfit into an Airstream Interstate Class B camper van, question about roof re-coating.
I have the rusty roof seams issue to deal with, and by reviewing historical Sprinter Forum threads by OPs Wessels69p, Diesel, Davisdave, Labudski, Paul ED and Type2Teach, I get the gist how to tackle the seam repair. Good info on those.
However there is less information on wholesale re-coating of the entire roof. I notice that some T1N posters have conventional nice-looking automotive paint on their roofs, but I do not. I’ve got some crappy flat gray that looks like a very thin primer and it is starting to break down generally. When Airstream did their upfit, they did a custom paint job on all portions of the van body except the roof, which they left bare.
Given that I have to be up there to do all the seams anyway, I’m wondering if it wouldn’t be a good time to re-coat the entire thing. There have been so many roof penetrations from the Class B upfit, plus my husband and I added vaulted solar panels, that it could never be sprayed. It would have to be a DIY job, either rolled or brushed, and I’m comfortable doing that if I can identify a procedure and products in which I have confidence.
Does anyone have anything to add at this point regarding potential products for this wider application?
I noticed that user Unik re-did his roof in a brilliant white elastomeric in 2007, but there was no follow-up reporting on how well that particular product stood up over time. Those types of applications can go either way – they can be great, or they can quickly deteriorate into a mess.
Thanks.
I have the rusty roof seams issue to deal with, and by reviewing historical Sprinter Forum threads by OPs Wessels69p, Diesel, Davisdave, Labudski, Paul ED and Type2Teach, I get the gist how to tackle the seam repair. Good info on those.
However there is less information on wholesale re-coating of the entire roof. I notice that some T1N posters have conventional nice-looking automotive paint on their roofs, but I do not. I’ve got some crappy flat gray that looks like a very thin primer and it is starting to break down generally. When Airstream did their upfit, they did a custom paint job on all portions of the van body except the roof, which they left bare.
Given that I have to be up there to do all the seams anyway, I’m wondering if it wouldn’t be a good time to re-coat the entire thing. There have been so many roof penetrations from the Class B upfit, plus my husband and I added vaulted solar panels, that it could never be sprayed. It would have to be a DIY job, either rolled or brushed, and I’m comfortable doing that if I can identify a procedure and products in which I have confidence.
Does anyone have anything to add at this point regarding potential products for this wider application?
I noticed that user Unik re-did his roof in a brilliant white elastomeric in 2007, but there was no follow-up reporting on how well that particular product stood up over time. Those types of applications can go either way – they can be great, or they can quickly deteriorate into a mess.
Thanks.