mold
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Topic: mold
Posted By: billyb
Subject: mold
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2014 at 10:53am
| Bought 2015 model 171. After couple months noticed mold only on exterior in the caulk. Never had this happen on any prior RV I've owned. Tried some black streak remover, did nothing. I'm sure this is only a cosmetic issue but ugly to look at. Anyone else have this happen? |
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Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2014 at 1:48pm
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Welcome. This is "normal" for the stuff they use at the factory. I don't agree with it though. ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual 
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Posted By: jeeperic
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2014 at 10:33am
Do you mean its normal for the caulk to mold? Luckily I haven't experienced that. Hopefully strong disinfectant and a pressure washer will help. ------------- That button at the top of the remote? That's the power button..press it. Turn it all off. Go outside! '14 RPod 171 '09 Jeep Wrangler JK (mine) '14 Dodge Ram 1500 4x4 (hers) |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2014 at 11:13am
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Whatever they used on mine molded up fairly quickly. ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual
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Posted By: kymooses
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2014 at 4:01pm
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The mold spots in the caulk is a confirmed "cosmetic" failure only. It's a bit ugly, but you can alleviate it some with some regular cleaning. Literally just a micro millimeter of scraping the ugly caulk and there is fresh clean stuff underneath. You'll see it on a love of RV's on a lot of different RV forums. ------------- https://calendar.google.com/calendar?cid=cnBvZC5zcG90dGVyQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ - RPod Rallies https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1W1foQXGtrjf8aYly1uh0b-bHPfI&hl=en_US - RPod Owner Map |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2014 at 8:21pm
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Definitely isn't superficial on mine, no amount of washing/scraping will take it off. ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual
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Posted By: kymooses
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2014 at 9:28pm
have you actually taken a blade and shaved off the top layers? not saying you should do that, just what i noticed when replacing mine that it doesn't go all the way through. but i suppose enough neglect and enough time it would penetrate further ------------- https://calendar.google.com/calendar?cid=cnBvZC5zcG90dGVyQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ - RPod Rallies https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1W1foQXGtrjf8aYly1uh0b-bHPfI&hl=en_US - RPod Owner Map |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2014 at 9:25am
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Just scrubbed heartily. Since the caulk otherwise has looked fine when I've done my annual inspections I didn't want to mess with it. ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual
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