Hey guys. I live in the Pacific NW and the rainy season is upon us. I have a 76 Overlander, which I gutted, did a shell off, repaired the frame, replaced subfloors, used marine epoxy on the wood. I also renovated the roof with new air conditioners and Maxxfans, as well as Bus Kote. The entire roof is sealed, which is excellent. However, there's still a lot of other leaky points, such as window seals, the plumbing vents, etc. When it rains, water gets into the Airstream and onto the floors. While the floors are technically waterproofed, I would prefer not to have water getting in there as you can imagine.
Here's my dilemma. I do plan to polish the Airstream someday, but I want to continue focusing on other aspects on the project, since polishing is a massive undertaking. If I were to scrape the old sealant off around the windows and apply new Vulkem / Trempro around the edges to stop the leaks, but then polish the Airstream down the line, won't the polishing blast off the sealant, requiring replacement down the line? I would hate to double up on work.
On the flip side, would it make most sense to just start the polishing now, get it out of the way, and then reseal the window seams afterwards? Another option is just covering this thing with an RV cover and waiting until next spring. This is where having an RV carport would be handy.
Anyway, I hope all of that makes sense. Thank you for any feedback. I've poured hundreds of hours into this thing and hate seeing it take on small amounts of water.
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