Enclosed trailer has small leak

Posted By: sdaurity

Enclosed trailer has small leak - 02/11/11 04:08 PM

I have a haulmark elite 2 with the fiberglass/plastics cap on the top of the front I huess to help with the aero of it. Anyways I opened the trailer up for the first time in a few months and I had water streaks down the front and the floor had a little water standing looks to be coming from around that cap. What is the best thing to re-seal the roof of a trailer? It is a 2000 model and has never been re-done that I can tell. thanks

Posted By: Challenger 1

Re: Enclosed trailer has small leak - 02/11/11 08:07 PM

They make a gray colored stuff that goes on real heavy. I don't know what it is or called.

When I took my RV back to the manufacturer in Middlebury Ind, near Elkhart, they asked if I ever resealed to the roof. I said no and it wasn't leaking. They said it was standard practice to reseal the seams from time to time. When I got it back there was a fresh coat of something thick and gray on all the roof seams.

That's all I got, the seams do move a little when the trailer is going down the road, so I'm guessing something flexiable.

Posted By: poisondart2

Re: Enclosed trailer has small leak - 02/11/11 08:14 PM

I use the white mobile home stuff from Home Depot and do the whole roof. It also being white makes the trailer cooler inside. Just clean the roof and then roller it on.

Posted By: MRMOPAR622

Re: Enclosed trailer has small leak - 02/11/11 09:17 PM

I brought mine from Wal-Mart & put it on the top with a roller. A 5 gal. bucket was only about $40.00 it is a plastic fiber coat for roofs(I think they used it on the old tin roofs)but it works.I can't remember the name either

but you get it in the paint section.Get you a roller open the 5 gal. bucket dip the roller in the bucket & roll it on"Simple"
It took about 30 mins. to do the top of my 40' GN trailer.

Posted By: Challenger 1

Re: Enclosed trailer has small leak - 02/11/11 09:27 PM

I wouldn't do the whole thing, just the seams. Why add all the weight and risk having it lift off down the road someday or while your going down the road. Every pound counts on a trailer just like race cars.

My roofs have been one peice aluiminum with seams on the edges. I get up on my roofs and wash em at least once a year, that helps keep the black streaks from running down the side of my trailer. Having all that coating up there would be hard to keep clean and who knows what's gonna run down the sides then.

Posted By: sdaurity

Re: Enclosed trailer has small leak - 02/11/11 09:34 PM

Thanks for the replys. One of my buddys had said to use tar roof sealer? I will check on the mobile home roof coating tonight and check to see what wal-mart has.

Posted By: Challenger 1

Re: Enclosed trailer has small leak - 02/11/11 09:40 PM

I'd advise shopping at a RV store, they will have the right stuff. Not the stuff you put on top of mobile homes, that's not what I'm talking about.

You don't want any tar on the roof of your race car trailer, I'm telling you.

Posted By: sdaurity

Re: Enclosed trailer has small leak - 02/11/11 09:46 PM

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I'd advise shopping at a RV store, they will have the right stuff. Not the stuff you put on top of mobile homes, that's not what I'm talking about.

You don't want any tar on the roof of your race car trailer, I'm telling you.

Calling the RV shop as we speak.

Posted By: StrokerDart

Re: Enclosed trailer has small leak - 02/11/11 09:48 PM

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They make a gray colored stuff that goes on real heavy. I don't know what it is or called.

When I took my RV back to the manufacturer in Middlebury Ind, near Elkhart, they asked if I ever resealed to the roof. I said no and it wasn't leaking. They said it was standard practice to reseal the seams from time to time. When I got it back there was a fresh coat of something thick and gray on all the roof seams.

That's all I got, the seams do move a little when the trailer is going down the road, so I'm guessing something flexiable.

I think the name of that grey stuff is Siliprene

Posted By: Challenger 1

Re: Enclosed trailer has small leak - 02/11/11 10:03 PM

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They make a gray colored stuff that goes on real heavy. I don't know what it is or called.

When I took my RV back to the manufacturer in Middlebury Ind, near Elkhart, they asked if I ever resealed to the roof. I said no and it wasn't leaking. They said it was standard practice to reseal the seams from time to time. When I got it back there was a fresh coat of something thick and gray on all the roof seams.

That's all I got, the seams do move a little when the trailer is going down the road, so I'm guessing something flexiable.

I think the name of that grey stuff is Siliprene

It's something that self levels and then get's hard. I've only seen it on the roofs of RVs and race car trailers.

Posted By: Locomotion

Re: Enclosed trailer has small leak - 02/11/11 10:26 PM

I used some stuff called Geoguard quite a few years ago and haven't had any leaks yet. I believe it's an industrial roof patch, It goes on over a matting and I did the seams all around the aluminum roof and vents. The down side is that it's pretty expensive and the shelf-life isn't too long.

Yea, forget the tar, unless you want tar streaks down the side of the trailer in the summer.

Posted By: MRMOPAR622

Re: Enclosed trailer has small leak - 02/12/11 12:15 AM

I may be wrong but I think the name may be "Kool Seal". It dries but looks like its flexible,don't think it will ever come lose and blow off it might in pieces like paint. I would not think it would be all that heavy,but it might. It also helps keep the trailer cooler inside. It does do a good job of stopping small leaks,and will not run off like tar.

PS Make the top look like new again.

Posted By: Stanton

Re: Enclosed trailer has small leak - 02/12/11 02:40 AM

Go to a tractor-trailer repair shop - they sell a urethane sealer for just this purpose. Sticks to anything, dries but stays pliant so it won't crack, stinks like hell for a few days. Comes in clear and a couple other colors.