jumpstart Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Toolstation do an MS Polymer adhesive £3.35 by Sika, sticks to anything even under water apparently. Which is probably necessary with the last few weeks weather. ( it’s not a silicone). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Keithl - 2020-02-29 11:18 AM Derek Uzzell - 2020-02-29 9:00 AM I also tried ‘bleaching’ a small section of discoloured white sealant around my Rapido’s fuel-filler point. That did re-whiten the sealant but it also damaged it. MH/Caravan sealant is not Silicon hence most likely why the bleach did not whiten it and even caused the damage. It has been posted for many years NOT to use household Silicon sealant on MH and Caravans. Keith. The normal expectation nowadays is that a motorhome manufacturer will use a sealant/adhesive based on a polyurethane-hybrid compound, but as will be evident from the title of this thread it is commonplace (even in the motorhome/caravan trade) to refer to the stuff as ‘silicone’. I was well aware that the SIKA products Rapido used were not silicone-based but, as there had been suggestions here that ‘bleaching’ might be effective, I thought I would experiment where any damage would not matter and replacing the sealant would be easy. This 2018 thread refers https://forums.outandaboutlive.co.uk/forums/Motorhomes/Motorhome-Matters/Silicone-seal-cleaning/49414/#M567951 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumpstart Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Also if anyone is interested Screwfix do OB1 a multi surface construction sealant & adhesive indoor and out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 OB1 has the advantage of being available in a quite wide range of colours. The product is distributed by the Spanish company “Grupo Protec”, but I’m not sure if they actually manufacture it. https://grupo-protec.com/en/distribution/ https://grupo-protec.com/en/ob1-multi-surface/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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