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Using 303 on roof ?

Yahoo Message Number: 15982
Anyone using 303 protectorant on your roof? How are you applying it and are you satisified with the performance?
I just had coach detailed and roof washed. I had the detailers treat the roof with some 303 I had provided. This is the first time I have used it. Not sure why, but I am getting even more and different kinds of streaking stains down the sides after a rain or when the heavy morning dew runs off.

Any opinions or advice from the 303 experts out there???

If you do not use 303, then how do you take care of the roof? Have you found anything that works better?

Jim Hughes

2000 Allure #30511

Re: Using 303 on roof ?

Reply #1 –
Yahoo Message Number: 15987
Jim,

I'm using 303 on the roof as a UV blocker for the EPDM roof. For a while I treated the roof a couple of times a year with another product I got from Camping world. I stopped using it because it was hard to keep from going over the sides. Like you I'm not sure that the investment in the 303 product was worth it due to the streaking I am getting. So if anyone has some advise I'd like to see it.

Bob,

Did they apply some special wax that also acts as a UV blocker? --

Regards
Jose'

'03 Allure Cascade 40' tag # 30863 '03 Silverado toad

http://www.your-rv-lifestyle.com
Message: 14

Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 13:16:24 -0000 From: "Jim Hughes"

Subject: Using 303 on roof ?

Anyone using 303 protectorate on your roof? How are you applying it and are you satisfied with the performance?
If you do not use 303, then how do you take care of the roof? Have you found anything that works better?

Jim Hughes
2000 Allure #30511
Jim:

I solved the problem in Junction City at Blue Rose Detailing. I had them buff the roof, wax it and the coach. I have not had anymore trouble. I am going back to J.C. in late May or early June for another wax job (coach and roof). If the roof needs buffing again I will have it done again too. Waxing is probably all that will be needed on the roof. So far...so good. I am confident that you will be happy with the results.
When the problem first occurred the coach had been waxed once. I did not know I had to tell them to do the roof. I am very fussy about maintenance and appearance. I was ready to dump the coach and get something else. Like I said, the problem is solved. Perhaps Country Coach took care of the roof problem on later model?

Bob

2003 Intrigue First Avenue
Jose Ferrer
06 Magna Rembrandt #6568
Towed 2017 Ford Fusion Hybrid
Cat C13  with Allison Transmission
Hydralift, Blue Ox Avail tow bar

Re: Using 303 on roof ?

Reply #2 –
Yahoo Message Number: 15999
"Jim Hughes"

I do the entire roof with GelGloss and then apply a carnuba wax.
Being a large flat surface I use a rotary waxer which makes it much easier & faster. I found the rotary waxer did a better job of getting rid of the oxidation than I could do by hand. I have not had a streaking problem since utilizing this regimen once a year.

Works for me..............
Steve

Intrigue #10673

Re: Using 303 on roof ?

Reply #3 –
Yahoo Message Number: 16002
Steve,

What is GelGloss and where do you get it? Don is always looking for a good way to do the roof.

Linda

Intrigue 10678

Quote from: rheavn
"Jim Hughes"

I do the entire roof with GelGloss and then apply a carnuba

wax.

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Being a large flat surface I use a rotary waxer which makes it much > easier & faster. I found the rotary waxer did a better job of

getting

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rid of the oxidation than I could do by hand. I have not had a > streaking problem since utilizing this regimen once a year.

Works for me..............
Steve

Intrigue #10673

> Anyone using 303 protectorant on your roof? How are you

applying it

Re: Using 303 on roof ?

Reply #4 –
Yahoo Message Number: 16004
Linda,

GelGloss is a polish cleaner for fiberglas, marble, stainless steel, etc. It comes in a pink can. I last got it in a gallon jug at Camping World. I've seen it at Lowes, Home Depot and Ace hardware in pint cans. I use it a lot on the motorhome as well as at home.

Hope this helps..............
Steve

Intrigue #10673

Re: Using 303 on roof ?

Reply #5 –
Yahoo Message Number: 16006
Steve,

How does this GelGloss work? My gloss coat on the roof is pretty much gone to where its just a dull finish. Is this product a candidate to help that? Thanks,

Kevin Barron

98 Intrigue #10550

Re: Using 303 on roof ?

Reply #6 –
Yahoo Message Number: 16009
"Kevin Barron"

GelGloss is a white liquid that goes on/off very easily. My coach was 4 years old & obviously never had a roof wax. I first put it on by hand & it polished the surface, but I was not thrilled with the results as I could see oxidation below the surface. The next year I used the rotary polisher to apply & remove the GelGloss and I was much happier. Is it as shiny as the clear coated sides? No, but it is very shiny compared to the surface I started with. From a ladder it appears very shiny. Every year it gets better, but it is at the point I'm a little concerned I may slip off. Don't forget the carnuba wax!

Hope this description helps.........
Steve

Intrigue #10673

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How does this GelGloss work? My gloss coat on the roof is pretty
much gone to where its just a dull finish. Is this product a candidate to help that? Thanks,

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>

Kevin Barron

98 Intrigue #10550

Re: Using 303 on roof ?

Reply #7 –
Yahoo Message Number: 16027
Thanks Steve.

You've got me motivated now. And I was looking for an excuse to buy a nice rotary polisher anyway.

Kevin Barron
Intrigue #10550

Re: Using 303 on roof ?

Reply #8 –
Yahoo Message Number: 16043
Back in December or early January we applied 303 to our roof. I don't really know if we had black streaks before but we do now. Our coach was stored inside until we bought it last August. We don't appear to have oxidation as described by some (its not rough or dull). We have driven it about 14k miles since we bought it so it didn't sit much until we got home in December.

What causes the black streaks?

Tammy

'99 Magna 5605

Having a garage built for the coach and the new boat.

Re: Using 303 on roof ?

Reply #9 –
Yahoo Message Number: 16057
Yes, we're using 303 on the roof which is what CC recommended in one of their Destinations mags. No streaking anymore. Applying it about 2x a year per directions.

Jan McNeill

2001 Intrigue 11320

Re: Using 303 on roof ?

Reply #10 –
Yahoo Message Number: 16105
Jim,

303 has worked wonders for me. My coach is under trees and subject to mil dew in the summer. So far, 303 has stopped the mil dew and makes roof cleaning a breeze. I waxed the roof with a fiberglass wax too. I am also using 303 on tires and coach that get sun. Only time will tell if it helps block the UV.

Paul.

Quote from: Jim Hughes
Anyone using 303 protectorant on your roof? How are you applying

it

Quote
and are you satisified with the performance? >

I just had coach detailed and roof washed. I had the detailers

treat

Quote
the roof with some 303 I had provided. This is the first time I

have

Quote
used it. Not sure why, but I am getting even more and different

kinds

Quote
of streaking stains down the sides after a rain or when the heavy > morning dew runs off.

Any opinions or advice from the 303 experts out there??? >

If you do not use 303, then how do you take care of the roof?

Have

Re: Using 303 on roof ?

Reply #11 –
Yahoo Message Number: 16125
Jim (and others),

Has anyone mentioned that 303 is what the CC website recommends using to prevent roof oxidation from recurring? Check the FAQ list:
http://www.countrycoach.com/company/service/index.cfm?mode=faq&faq=23
--

Tom Harsch

2002 Allure #30791

Quote from: Jim Hughes
Anyone using 303 protectorant on your roof? How are you applying

it

Quote
and are you satisified with the performance? >

I just had coach detailed and roof washed. I had the detailers

treat

Quote
the roof with some 303 I had provided. This is the first time I

have

Quote
used it. Not sure why, but I am getting even more and different

kinds

Re: Using 303 on roof ?

Reply #12 –
Yahoo Message Number: 16169
I think where my problem started was when I had a detailer put it on.
He swabbed it on heavy. The excess ran down the side and then when it rains more of it comes off roof and runs down and streaks side. Now that I have had a couple of roof washings to get some of the excess off it has stopped streaking.

Jim Hughes

2000 Allure #30511
On the road to Alaska

Quote from: janmcneill

> Yes, we're using 303 on the roof which is what CC recommended in one > of their Destinations mags. No streaking anymore. Applying it about

2x

Re: Using 303 on roof ?

Reply #14 –
Yahoo Message Number: 16219
Charlie Z

303 is a UV product sold by Camping World which lots of us use on our roof. It is easy to apply and can be used on other things including tires. It contains no petroleum products. It will stop the sun from chalking you fiberglass roof thus saving your clear coat from peeling where it meets the roof.

Bill G. 2005 Magna #6425

Re: Using 303 on roof ?

Reply #15 –
Yahoo Message Number: 16220
DEAR BILL G

Thank you for your response to 303. I gus I should get some.
Thanks again
Charlie Z
02 magna 6162

Re: Using 303 on roof ?

Reply #16 –
Yahoo Message Number: 16221
Is it OK to use 303 if your clear coat is peeling?

Mike and Marg Keogh
98 Intrigue 36 #10538
00 CRV

Re: Using 303 on roof ?

Reply #17 –
Yahoo Message Number: 16240
Mike,

Don't know the answer to that, Although I don't think it can hurt. What have you been using on your roof for UV? You have a 98, so if you have not used anything then you need to use an automotive compounder with a buffer on the roof to get the chalking off before you use 303. At least that is what CCI people recommend and that is what I did on my 01 when I discovered chalking.

Bill G. 2005 Magna #6425.
 

Re: Using 303 on roof ?

Reply #18 –
Yahoo Message Number: 16285
It is a UV protectorant.

Jim Hughes

2000 Allure #30511

On the road to Alaska....now in Minn.