Post by atomant on May 30, 2010 14:56:05 GMT -5
Hey everyone-
I recently started working on the roof of my trailer. I have torn down all the ceiling panels on the inside, and have discovered that at one time or another, something heavy, probably a branch, hit the top of this trailer. there are a number of patched holes, done with aluminum, then screwed in, and then covered, and I mean covered, in aluminum roof gunk. TONS of it. enough to cause the aluminum to sag substantially. I'm in the process of trying to get this stuff off, so that I can then replace some broken roof supports inside.
I started scraping this crap off, to find it pretty uneffective. I then got out the wire brush on my drill, which works better, but it actually seems to melt this stuff...gumming up the bruch, which doesn't help. So, I've turned to a heavy duty paint stripper to help this process along.
In scraping off some gunk, I caame across some pin holes in the metal. Now I'm wondering if I should just remove the roof skins and start fresh? I know Ican get teh skins, but I'm not familiar with a place locally that would supply them, which means that I'd have to ship them...Does anyone have an idea on cost for this?
I could patch the holes with aluminum, then recover the roof with something again.
Any input or ideas would be appreciated!
I'm learning that PO is synonymous with PO'd.
I recently started working on the roof of my trailer. I have torn down all the ceiling panels on the inside, and have discovered that at one time or another, something heavy, probably a branch, hit the top of this trailer. there are a number of patched holes, done with aluminum, then screwed in, and then covered, and I mean covered, in aluminum roof gunk. TONS of it. enough to cause the aluminum to sag substantially. I'm in the process of trying to get this stuff off, so that I can then replace some broken roof supports inside.
I started scraping this crap off, to find it pretty uneffective. I then got out the wire brush on my drill, which works better, but it actually seems to melt this stuff...gumming up the bruch, which doesn't help. So, I've turned to a heavy duty paint stripper to help this process along.
In scraping off some gunk, I caame across some pin holes in the metal. Now I'm wondering if I should just remove the roof skins and start fresh? I know Ican get teh skins, but I'm not familiar with a place locally that would supply them, which means that I'd have to ship them...Does anyone have an idea on cost for this?
I could patch the holes with aluminum, then recover the roof with something again.
Any input or ideas would be appreciated!
I'm learning that PO is synonymous with PO'd.
