What is the expoxy called used on camper floor?

[Capt. Brantley]

I went to Lowes and couldn't find the "epoxy" everyone said that they covered the plywood floor. I looked in the area where they sell the products for pavement. I seen pavement filler and sealer in 5 gallon bucket. Is that it? Do you just roll it on the plywood with a paint roller? Thank you

[dh]

???

Epoxy, of roof cement??? The only Epoxy that they sell that I could think of would be a garage flooor treatment. A lot of people use CPES to seal thier plywood, which you can not get an the big boxes. A lot also use a roofing asphalt, like Henry's to seal the bottom of the floor. This will be in the roofing section.

[doug hodder]

And some of us use an epoxy system. It can be a sealer, an adhesive, a body filler. West, Raka, System III etc... are some of the epoxy systems that can be used. A lot of additives can be mixed in to accomplish a lot of different applications. It's really a personal choice based on experience, budget and effort for whatever direction you want to go. Doug

[katbut]

I'm just starting on my TD build and am considering roof cement but I am wondering how long it takes to dry enough to handle it. Or is epoxy better?

[dh]

I used the Henry's, I don't remember the number, but its the water based one. It was dry to handle over night. Water clean up as well.

[aggie79]

As with most first builds, I did a full-bore treatment on the bottom of the floor - CPES, then epoxy, then automotive undercoating. Solid, but completely overkill.

Most on the forum have stated that there really isn't that much moisture (or even dust) kicked up from the road. So...on my second build, I will probably use just a coat or two of asphaltic fence paint.

[frank_a]

How about polyester resin and fiberglass cloth? I restore old fiberglass boats, and trust me, doing one surface on a sheet of plywood is fairly easy. Mix the resin with hardener, brush the resin on the sheet, apply the cloth you've already cut to size, squeegee the bubbles out with the brush while making sure resin saturates the cloth, or go high tech and get a stainless steel roller made for such.

I haven't even begun to assemble the stuff I need for a tear drop yet, but am thinking of doing the whole exterior in this manner. For a smooth surface it needs to be sanded, which can be a bear, but for the underneath of the floor, it would provide impermeable surface. Just a thought.

Maybe somebody else has done this too? Or maybe it's not a good idea? Any suggestions appreciated!

Frank