Great job on the sealer, makes a big difference to the look of the van. Picked up a neat trick on the net for finishing off sealer that you might find useful. When you apply a run of sealant spray the area with soapy water ( fairy liquid mix) then wipe clear with your finger, gives a much neater finish. The soapy water stops the sealant sticking to anything it shouldn’t leaving a very fine clean line.
Cheers for the tip! You're right, a wet finger certainly gives a nice clean line and what I try to avoid, is using spit on a finger, especially with silicone sealer. The bacteria in the spit makes the mould grow a lot faster! A fairy mix sounds like a great idea, nice one! Thanks for commenting and taking the time to watch 👍😀 Mart & Jo
Learn something new every day my sealant is dirty on the roof ( more than likely green by now ) next week I find out 😀looks a great job you’ve done may even try myself ! After I get it to it’s new home Thanks Gavin
Thanks Gavin 😀 Ours (luckily enough) isnt too bad on the roof so we got off lightly with giving our little box a short back and sides. Let us know how you get on when its in its new home! Thanks for watching. Mart & Jo
hey mate...great vid. i have a 39yr old hobby prestige with some more than dodgy seals. you made this look super easy. gonna give it a crack. cheers mate.
Great little job Mart, sealant on my van is looking bit tired, I’m in process of removing locker door frames and applying new sealant. Battery box looks like a pain I’ll use this method on that . Thanks for sharing 👍
Nice one Col. Look forward to seeing what its like! It's amazing how much a little bead of new sealer tidies things up 😊 Thanks for watching. Mart & Jo
I hadn't at first Rob but the more I looked at it, the excess was just that. Useless stuff that just attracted dirt! Thanks for the kind comments. Mart & Jo
Great advice, I always check & reseal where needed every year (early spring). It ensures no leaks when away. I also take sealant & a sealant gun on holiday just in case. 😊😊
A bit of a spit, polish, bead of sealer, a bit of swearing here and there, and the old fella seems to scrub up well 👍 Thanks for watching, have a great weekend and thanks for the sub! Mart & Jo
Totally agree with the spit but it was a needs must type of situation 😁 With silicone sealer, the bacteria in the spit makes the mould grow but luckily enough, with the Sikaflex, it doesn't happen. I hope! Thanks for watching. Mart & Jo
My caravan is now 14 years and I would like to reseal my caravan, shouldn't you take the item off clean all old sealant off and reseal with new sealant. I know it's a big job but surely putting a thin bead of new sealant around old sealant which in my case is 14 years old is going to do a sound job. My first caravan and wonting to keep and look after it,so looking for advice. Thanks
In our case Peter, it was just to spruce up the old excessive showing sealer, basically, that was was expelled and visible. You're dead right in that if an item is leaking then take it off and seal underneath and effectively "re-do" the job. Luckily, ours wasn't leaking so if it isn't broke, don't fix it 🙂 and we just prettfied the part you can see. Our first caravan too, so spent a week or two during lockdown tidying it up. Thanks for watching and all the best for '21. Martin & Jo.
I'm a sod for cleaning the 'van and when I've got a day off work, love nothing better than disappearing off up to the storage site for a brew and tinker 😁
Hi Martin. A great job well done. Amazing what a little time and effort can do to tidy the appearance of the Caravan. Thanks Phil :)
Cheers Phil! Yep not much at all pal. Thanks for watching. Mart & Jo
Neat and tidy job, you timed it nicely for the rain.👍
Cheers Graeme! Timed it right for once 😊 Thanks for watching. Mart & Jo
Great job on the sealer, makes a big difference to the look of the van.
Picked up a neat trick on the net for finishing off sealer that you might find useful. When you apply a run of sealant spray the area with soapy water ( fairy liquid mix) then wipe clear with your finger, gives a much neater finish. The soapy water stops the sealant sticking to anything it shouldn’t leaving a very fine clean line.
Cheers for the tip! You're right, a wet finger certainly gives a nice clean line and what I try to avoid, is using spit on a finger, especially with silicone sealer. The bacteria in the spit makes the mould grow a lot faster! A fairy mix sounds like a great idea, nice one! Thanks for commenting and taking the time to watch 👍😀 Mart & Jo
Another good how to video Martin. TY for sharing.👍🐶🐾😀
Thanks for the kind comment folks 😀 Thanks for watching! Mart & Jo
Great help😊
This one popped up so I thought I’d spend some time wit yer RIP Matey ❤️
A really informative video, just great! and the finish looks spot on to me mate
Nice job. It's amazing what you can do in 4 minutes 😁❤️
Learn something new every day my sealant is dirty on the roof ( more than likely green by now ) next week I find out 😀looks a great job you’ve done may even try myself ! After I get it to it’s new home
Thanks Gavin
Thanks Gavin 😀 Ours (luckily enough) isnt too bad on the roof so we got off lightly with giving our little box a short back and sides. Let us know how you get on when its in its new home! Thanks for watching. Mart & Jo
hey mate...great vid. i have a 39yr old hobby prestige with some more than dodgy seals. you made this look super easy. gonna give it a crack. cheers mate.
Great little job Mart, sealant on my van is looking bit tired, I’m in process of removing locker door frames and applying new sealant. Battery box looks like a pain I’ll use this method on that . Thanks for sharing 👍
Nice one Col. Look forward to seeing what its like! It's amazing how much a little bead of new sealer tidies things up 😊 Thanks for watching. Mart & Jo
Perfect timing, getting it done before the rain started!
Nice one Rich, for once, I managed to avoid the rain 😊 Thanks for watching. Mart & Jo
Looks a neat finished job Mart. I never thought of trimming the excess sealant off. Great top tip video. Cheers Rob
I hadn't at first Rob but the more I looked at it, the excess was just that. Useless stuff that just attracted dirt! Thanks for the kind comments. Mart & Jo
Hi Guys. What a FANTASTIC video. Well presented. Well narrated. And a tip top job. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Looking forward to the next video. 😎👍 cheers Paul and Sarah
Thanks for the kind comment folks! 😀 It was nice to give old fella a bit of a haircut and tidy him up a bit. Thanks for watching. Mart & Jo
Well done, at last someone with a bit of 'preventative' maintenance scence. Great upload!
Cheers Dave! I'd rather spend a pittance now, than possibly a fortune later! Thanks for watching 👍 Mart
Great advice, I always check & reseal where needed every year (early spring). It ensures no leaks when away. I also take sealant & a sealant gun on holiday just in case. 😊😊
Absolutely folks, it's good to keep on top of it. Nice to see I'm not the only, "just incase - it'll come in handy" bloke 😀 Cheers for watching 👍
Very good job nice and neat. Some great tips there thanks for sharing
Thanks for the kind comments folks, glad you found it useful! 🙂 Cheers for watching 👍 Martin & Jo
Cheers Martin, my job for this weekend.
Cheers Gerry! It's quite theraputic!😀 Thanks for watching
Great job, really smart!
Thanks Becky 😀 Cheers for watching. Mart & Jo
One year lad. Miss you.
Nice one Lar 👍
Good video, helpful.
A very good ‘functional ‘ job!
Cheers Tom! Functionals' the word 😀 Glad it was helpful and thanks for watching 👍 Mart & Jo
Kaz says a bit of spit on your finger also helps for cake decorating... 🤪🤪🤪. Nice vid Mart.
Or checking the wind direction. NOT after curry 😀 Thanks for watching. Mart & Jo
Good job, I need to do ours. Made it look easy. 👍🏼
Thanks folks. It was irritating me everytime I looked at it and for just over a tenner and ten minutes was a doddle 😀 Thanks for watching. Mart & Jo
Another great video 👍
Nice one folks! Thanks for watching. Mart & Jo
Great video mate from Kiwi land.
I've just spent 2 days doing exactly this, door to finish all ready to apply new sealer then rain came on, tomorrow's job. Ours is 14 yrs too.
Luckily it was a sunny day when I pottered around doing ours and its quite satisfying to do 😊 Thanks for watching. Mart & Jo
Good use of a beefeater card 😂 another great video. I sent a pic of snailey to Jo earlier as we were up there yesterday
It was either that or a 10oz rump 😀 She got it, thanks for watching! Mart & Jo
@@ItchyFeetcaravanners hahaha don't waste the steak
Top top job well done
Thanks for the kind comment and for watching 😊 Martin & Jo
Great job mate really cool video keep it up frend happy caravannig jan 👌👌👌👌👌👍👍💕. I have subscribed
A bit of a spit, polish, bead of sealer, a bit of swearing here and there, and the old fella seems to scrub up well 👍 Thanks for watching, have a great weekend and thanks for the sub! Mart & Jo
Nice one, liked the video, but not a great idea to use spit 👍
Totally agree with the spit but it was a needs must type of situation 😁 With silicone sealer, the bacteria in the spit makes the mould grow but luckily enough, with the Sikaflex, it doesn't happen. I hope! Thanks for watching. Mart & Jo
I was just going to use unibond sealant, will this be OK. I think its bit of a gimmick to use the caravan one but what do you think
My caravan is now 14 years and I would like to reseal my caravan, shouldn't you take the item off clean all old sealant off and reseal with new sealant.
I know it's a big job but surely putting a thin bead of new sealant around old sealant which in my case is 14 years old is going to do a sound job.
My first caravan and wonting to keep and look after it,so looking for advice. Thanks
In our case Peter, it was just to spruce up the old excessive showing sealer, basically, that was was expelled and visible. You're dead right in that if an item is leaking then take it off and seal underneath and effectively "re-do" the job. Luckily, ours wasn't leaking so if it isn't broke, don't fix it 🙂 and we just prettfied the part you can see. Our first caravan too, so spent a week or two during lockdown tidying it up. Thanks for watching and all the best for '21. Martin & Jo.
Hi Martin
Are you based in Liverpool
Amazing and wonderful friend new sub friend..
Thanks for watching!
Stop cleaning, you are making me look bad😂😂😂
I go through phases of being a clean and neat freak 😂
You'r previous video you polished and cut, this video you spit and silicone sealed 😁
I'm a sod for cleaning the 'van and when I've got a day off work, love nothing better than disappearing off up to the storage site for a brew and tinker 😁