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Subject Topic: Mastic tape width Post Reply Post New Topic
PersonCvanRossa
02/5/2010 at 9:44am
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If my awing rail is 30mm wide should I be ordering a mastic tape the same with or a bit narrower?.

Would this be of any use?.

3M Butyl Strip Product

Most tapes on offer are under 10mm wide which sounds too narrow?.

Also, how far does a 300ml tube of Sikaflex 512 go?, my caravan is about 20' long, and it sounds like I would need a lot of 300ml tubes to replace an awning rail!.

Thanks


PersonRune Caster
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Never used mastic tape so can't really help there except that O'Leary's do the proper bedding mastic at 15mm wide.

Regarding the Sikaflex it would depend on how much you apply, how even it is, how skilled you become at using it.

You could well manage to do a 20' awning rail out of one tube but two would be better to allow for just in case of any problems that might arise

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Thats what I would use if I was using mastic tape. I helped a mate do his awning rail yesterday, we had both but used non-silicone sealant. If I did mine, I'd use the sealant again. It made a nice tidy job, I'd be far more confident of the seal.

I guess you would need 3 or 4 tubes, depending how liberal you are with it. We used 1 1/2 tubes to do half the rail.We put it on liberally as they were only £2.95 each. Just wipe off the excess which squeezes out, and this gives a nicely filled gap (and a better seal)


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Sikaflex is around £6 a tube which I suspect generated the OP's question

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the www.thecaravanshop.co.uk does mastic on a roll. I used it for the awning rail and all other rails. filled the screw holes in the awning rail with sikaflex put on the roll masic, then ran a bead of silaflex along either side of the roll mastic then fixed it back into place. Worked for me


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I used the W4 on a roll, Not easy when the weather is warm its sticky.

I put it in the freezer overnight & kept it in the fridge when not using it, Much easier to work with.


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I have just re-sealed half of my awning rail,it is a 15ft van and I used 1 and a half tubes of sikaflex,the rail is about 15mm wide and i did not skimp,

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Many thanks for your responses... as Rune Caster states I was worried about the cost of using Sikaflex alone.

Will probably go down the route of tape and sealant.

Cheers again !



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