Does anyone have knowledge of a product that will seal/protect the vinyl bit of a pop-top between the bottom of the van and the roof? My wife and I just purchased a Viscount Sea-Breeze (got sick of waiting for an answer about repairs to our Jayco Dove that got scorched so we bought a better van) and the vinyl appears to have tiny pin holes in a couple of spots. The previous owner assures me it doesn't leak but I don't want to take any chances.
Cruising Cruze said
05:24 PM Mar 7, 2013
G'day Alan
wow mate I see more and more them Sea Breeze's around , We got one last year totally stock standard and is like new on the inside we had to do some changes on the inside ( 12 volt led and 12 volt power points ect ect) now we looking at getting the seating part a bit more comfy let me know if we can be of any help to you Don't know of a way to fixe your problem ours is the same getting all a bit hard from drying out the vinyl but so far no problems with it I hope that you have as much fun with it than we have
Regards John
Olley46 said
05:27 PM Mar 7, 2013
Beanbag53 wrote:
Does anyone have knowledge of a product that will seal/protect the vinyl bit of a pop-top between the bottom of the van and the roof? My wife and I just purchased a Viscount Sea-Breeze (got sick of waiting for an answer about repairs to our Jayco Dove that got scorched so we bought a better van) and the vinyl appears to have tiny pin holes in a couple of spots. The previous owner assures me it doesn't leak but I don't want to take any chances.
Hi Beanbag53
Try Bostik V 60 white silicone ,it works well ,I got mine from a Jayco dealer that's what they use for repairs, I sealed a water fitting box on my van,it sets into a flexible rubber great stuff.
Lance C
Yuglamron said
06:19 PM Mar 7, 2013
I used Sikaflex,the sealant type that never hardens,and then used a silicone spray wiped over the vinyl to keep it supple.Repco have a decent sized can of silicone spray for around the ten bucks mark and just spray it on a cloth and wipe over the vinyl inside and out.
Worked for me but there will be others that have different answers and other products that they have used that are known to work. Hope you find something to suit.
vk6tnc said
03:15 AM Mar 10, 2013
Armourall ???
Cruising Cruze said
07:49 AM Mar 10, 2013
no with that it will dry out 5 times as fast
Duh said
09:50 PM Mar 12, 2013
Something similar happened to the vinyl skirt on a van I had, pin holes had formed where the skirt folded down in the corners.
I ended up buying some special vinyl tape from Camec that is for repairs, including vinyl awnings that may have been pierced by falling twigs etc. Put that on after rounding the corners and all ok after that, you could see the patch but the same colour so not too bad.
Otherwise, just wiped the skirt with clean water and dried with cloth.
-- Edited by Duh on Tuesday 12th of March 2013 09:51:41 PM
Beanbag53 said
04:34 AM Mar 13, 2013
Thank you all for your tips. I better hurry and do something as the "skirt" seems to be gaining more tiny cracks the more we lift the top. Hmmm.
Cruising Cruze said
06:04 AM Mar 13, 2013
Is there any one that has replaced the vinyl skirt on a poptop ??
Does anyone have knowledge of a product that will seal/protect the vinyl bit of a pop-top between the bottom of the van and the roof? My wife and I just purchased a Viscount Sea-Breeze (got sick of waiting for an answer about repairs to our Jayco Dove that got scorched so we bought a better van) and the vinyl appears to have tiny pin holes in a couple of spots. The previous owner assures me it doesn't leak but I don't want to take any chances.
wow mate I see more and more them Sea Breeze's around ,
We got one last year totally stock standard and is like new on the inside
we had to do some changes on the inside ( 12 volt led and 12 volt power points ect ect)
now we looking at getting the seating part a bit more comfy
let me know if we can be of any help to you
Don't know of a way to fixe your problem ours is the same getting all a bit hard from drying out the vinyl
but so far no problems with it
I hope that you have as much fun with it than we have
Regards John
Hi Beanbag53
Try Bostik V 60 white silicone ,it works well ,I got mine from a Jayco dealer that's what they use for repairs, I sealed a water fitting box on my van,it sets into a flexible rubber great stuff.
Lance C
I used Sikaflex,the sealant type that never hardens,and then used a silicone spray wiped over the vinyl to keep it supple.Repco have a decent sized can of silicone spray for around the ten bucks mark and just spray it on a cloth and wipe over the vinyl inside and out.
Worked for me but there will be others that have different answers and other products that they have used that are known to work. Hope you find something to suit.
Something similar happened to the vinyl skirt on a van I had, pin holes had formed where the skirt folded down in the corners.
I ended up buying some special vinyl tape from Camec that is for repairs, including vinyl awnings that may have been pierced by falling twigs etc. Put that on after rounding the corners and all ok after that, you could see the patch but the same colour so not too bad.
Otherwise, just wiped the skirt with clean water and dried with cloth.
-- Edited by Duh on Tuesday 12th of March 2013 09:51:41 PM
Thank you all for your tips. I better hurry and do something as the "skirt" seems to be gaining more tiny cracks the more we lift the top. Hmmm.
next question, how much was it to get it done
I think we are in the same boat Alan
John