Poor Mans Fiberglass Roof

I started a new phase in the camper this morning.

Poor mans fiberglass roof.

The glue should be water resistant and the paint an exterior grade water resistant as well for best results. Poor mans fiberglass pmf one year later torture test part 2. In the pictures you continue reading 3 2 2019 poor man s fiberglass. I chose canvas and paint specifically glidden gripper.

Then you spread glue over the canvas then paint over it with several layers of exterior grade paint making sure the canvas soaks up all the paint and fills the fibers in. On the walls i think i m going to go with poor man s fiberglass pmf. Poor mans fiberglass permanent exterior paint never paint again almost waterproofing with out epoxy fiberglass epoxy allergy relief. I got the plans for the teardrop free from the best teardrop traile.

We were using a technique called poor man s fiberglass basically you glue canvas down tightly to the wood using titebond ii glue which creates a water resistant seal. I tackled what i think is the hardest section first the tapered front end. This poor mans fiberglass is an old boat deck sealing technique and used else where where bare wood is sealed by gluing a fabric to the surface and then painting the fabric. It s waterproof wood glue instead of epoxy for the layer between substrate and fabric then any natural fiber fabric instead of fiberglass then exterior acrylic paint on top.

Testing how well the pmf poor mans fiberglass holds up under extreme heat and sticking to plywo. The diy camper people have an exterior treatment they call poor man s fiberglass. I m using a technique called poor man s fiberglass which involves canvas or bed sheets and paint or glue. They refer to it as pmf a lot.

Building the roof on a teardrop trailer. Now we have come to planning out the roof for our teardrop trailer.