TxCowboy
Well-known member
BLUF: I need your recommendation on a heavy, weatherproof sealant that works on plastic.
Story:
Our new Landmark Key West was delivered to our RV park last week. As the trailer came rolling in, I noticed something flapping under the rear. At first, I thought it was just a plastic bag that the trailer had picked up along the way.
Nope.
This is what greeted me when I checked it.
I was finally able to get in contact with the dealer's Service Manager late yesterday afternoon to discuss this issue. Apparently, a maintenance technician was troubleshooting an electrical issue with the shore power connection under the power reel. Instead of removing the corrugated plastic, their technician cut through it. Some of the cuts are almost 2 feet long and even cut through the thermal barrier. In the first picture and others that I have, it looks like the techician started to remove the plastic because some of the installation screws are missing.
Per the Service Manager, the shortcoming isn't that the plastic was cut. It was that the technician should have repaired the damage but did not.
The fix for this is that the dealership is mailing me a roll of industrial grade cloth-imbued tape. The Service Manager suggested that I also get a heavy duty spray sealant to apply over the top of the tape as well.
Anyone have a suggestion as to which spray to use? It needs to seal but be flexible enough so that it doesn't pull away from the plastic when traveling.
(Side comment: According to the Service Manager, cutting through the plastic instead of removing it is HL's accepted and published procedure. There are other posts that I've read on this Forum that says HL does NOT endorse cutting the plastic and specifically includes time to remove/reinstall the plastic in their warranty work reimbursements.)
Story:
Our new Landmark Key West was delivered to our RV park last week. As the trailer came rolling in, I noticed something flapping under the rear. At first, I thought it was just a plastic bag that the trailer had picked up along the way.
Nope.
This is what greeted me when I checked it.
I was finally able to get in contact with the dealer's Service Manager late yesterday afternoon to discuss this issue. Apparently, a maintenance technician was troubleshooting an electrical issue with the shore power connection under the power reel. Instead of removing the corrugated plastic, their technician cut through it. Some of the cuts are almost 2 feet long and even cut through the thermal barrier. In the first picture and others that I have, it looks like the techician started to remove the plastic because some of the installation screws are missing.
Per the Service Manager, the shortcoming isn't that the plastic was cut. It was that the technician should have repaired the damage but did not.
The fix for this is that the dealership is mailing me a roll of industrial grade cloth-imbued tape. The Service Manager suggested that I also get a heavy duty spray sealant to apply over the top of the tape as well.
Anyone have a suggestion as to which spray to use? It needs to seal but be flexible enough so that it doesn't pull away from the plastic when traveling.
(Side comment: According to the Service Manager, cutting through the plastic instead of removing it is HL's accepted and published procedure. There are other posts that I've read on this Forum that says HL does NOT endorse cutting the plastic and specifically includes time to remove/reinstall the plastic in their warranty work reimbursements.)
