I was just falling asleep last night around 10:00 when, with absolutely no warning, it started to POUR. It was a bit not good. I was just drifting off and it was a real shock that spurred me awake with a spike adrenaline, guaranteeing that my dream of a good night’s sleep would not come to pass.
I wondered, should I get up on the roof and tarp? Waiting for drips wasn’t appealing and would mean, obviously, more water damage since inside drips mean water infiltration. I also knew from past experience that with no protection, the seam would leak immediately, so every second with no infiltration meant the Rust-Oleum was working.
The rain stopped quickly and I stayed dried.
The same thing happened again around 1:00, only it was a very quick and angry burst of rain. Again, no drips inside…
This morning, before coffee, I went on the roof with my camera. Here is a section of the seam in question:
The picture isn’t blurry. There’s a thickish layer of rubber all over the seam.
My roof is shot. I keep finding really bad tears like this one:
My verdict on the Rust-Oleum job at this point is cautious optimism. They apparently sell it in gallons and it can be applied on top of itself, so I’m going to see if I can find some and do my whole roof with it. I don’t know if this is an appropriate product for RV rubber roofs and while haven’t found anything that says it’s not, please proceed with caution if you decide to try it out!
So happy to hear that product worked! Rolling a coat of it over the whole roof should give you a dry home for many years.
You might test how well it sticks by trying to pull a corner of one patch up. It may or may not work well on a moving, flexing roof while working just fine on one that never or seldom moves.
In any case, I can only imagine the feeling of relief you had when the rain started and there were no drips!