How To Seal Awning Rail

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How to seal awning rail. Ok had a look today and the conclusion is that the muppets that fitted the awning largest mh supplier in suisse used a cheapo grade of sealant for the 7 8mm gap between the awning body and the van. Awning rail snaps bevman. Where should i put the sealant. Where there s a marketplace for something anyway this spray helps to ensure the rubber seals on the awning rail last as long as possible.

This awning track will be used to secure an aft. In short the sealant has shrunk in places and there s an odd small gap this just proves that its worth using good materials for these simple jobs. I was advised to use a gun based sealant geobond to seal and a mastic strip to go between the rail and van. We used sealant in all screw holes other holes splits the endcaps if fitted and anywhere that the tape simply wouldn t go such as in the overlaps then used the tape sealant under the rail.

Next remove the rail trim. First remove the rail end caps. It s interesting the number of different big caravan and accessories manufacturers who have gotten in on the act. Found the awning rail.

In this video tutorial we will be showing how to make a rather sharp radial bend to flex a rail awning track. Clearcoat exterior paint trim. Pretty yucky behind the end caps sealant is poor as well. Note the poor quality mastic some was silicone sealant it was a right pain to remove don t use it for external sealing use the right stuff.