Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

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,

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

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

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

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?

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

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!