oil canning!

[Burro]

So I am nearing the end of my project and today I pushed the teardrop out into the sun and I noticed that one side of my aluminum has started to "warbl" in the hot sun. I used staples along the edges and I used lifetime caulk around the edges and in the larger areas to help hold it to the plywood when I built the trailer. The last 1/3 of the aluminum on 1 side seems to be warping in the sun. What the heck should I do?!!!! removing the staples is really not an option. I noticed this evening when things cooled down that it was fine, but in the hot sun it warps, will this cause any damage? Has anyone else had this problem? I was thinking maybe of running some waist trim or simply some screws into the aluminum to keep it from warping and bubbling out.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

[madjack]

I would say...LEAVE IT ALONE...nothing you can do will "fixit" and it should settle out on it's own...at least that was my experience on our first tear...................
madjack

[aggie79]

Our teardrop aluminum oil cans in the heat too, but it always goes back when it cools down. I don't worry about it.

[Burro]

Thanks, Glad to know it won't be a big eye sore, and it won't crease.

[Rudyjr]

This a topic that I have wondered about while looking at the builds that incorporate an aluminum skin. I have seen people who used a perimeter bond method and those that used a contact type cement over the entire surface. I am curious as to which way produces less oil canning effect when the sun hits it, or is it pretty much the same no matter what?

[emiller]

Not all aluminum skin tears oil can. Mine doesn't, but is steel framed with a lot of rivets.

[CARS]

This is just a theory...

I use heat from a torch to heat a "high spot" or stretched metal and then quench it with a wet rag to shrink the stretched metal. Heat expands the metal but cooling it quickly draws the molecules together.

Maybe overtime when you see it expanding in the sun, take a cold, wet rag and see if you can shrink the skin.

If nothing else, it gives you something to do!