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Location: Black Hawk, CO
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My 2012 2480rkwe has a curved filon panel in the front. and a flat back panel. The luan does not bend without breaking. I know that the front filon panel is NOT backed by luan. The backing is a compressed paperboard much like a 1/8th inch thick cereal box.
This bend easily but is very prone to DLAM if moisture gets in. I have been told that the rear panel is not backed by luan. Only the side filon panels are backed by luan.
I have also read that RV covers and trapped heat can kill (DELAM) the front and rear filon panels.
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05-17-2013, 07:49 AM
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Location: Idaho
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24 2010 cougar
radioguy
I have the same problem with my 24 couger 2010 and am dealing with keystone now
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05-17-2013, 08:12 AM
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Location: Columbia, Missouri
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I think it would be very important to hire an "expert" and find out exactly why this happened. My gut tells me that the glue used failed for whatever reason.
Maybe there is a way to contact the manufacturer of the panels and find out how they are constructed, what glue was used or maybe they could help determine the root cause of the failure.
Bottom line.....this should not have happened if the panels were properly engineered and installed.
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05-17-2013, 11:30 AM
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Location: Oregon
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There were several post a couple of months ago on this forum about covers causing delamination
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05-17-2013, 04:51 PM
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: Marin county, California
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Scary
All this info about delam certainly is not encouraging to a new rv guy looking to make his first Cougar TT purchase....
Are thre any TT's out ther that do not have a delam issue on the front or roof?
Being a newbe I'm all ears...
Thanks
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05-17-2013, 04:58 PM
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Location: Oregon
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Steve,
Mine is fine. I was going to buy a cover for mine, but after reading posts about delamination due to covers I decided to build a pole barn.
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05-18-2013, 02:29 PM
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Location: Marin county, California
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Albert,
That sounds like a great idea. I wish I had the room in my side yard....lol
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05-18-2013, 05:47 PM
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Location: Oregon
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Steve,
That is about the only benefit with having some acreage. I spend most of the summer mowing, weed eating, spraying, trimming and working in the garden. Time could be better spent camping more.
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09-01-2013, 02:04 PM
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Location: oklahoma
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do not put an rv cover on these trailers
I didn't have any problems until I put an RV Cover on my trailer and left it all winter, took the cover off and the front of the cap looked like someone had danced on it. Warped and wavey,looks like crap.
2009 Keystone Cougar X-lite 27 rls.
3 years parked outside no problems !!!!!
First winter with a RV cover BAM,
No inside water damage. has to be the Cover being on it before the problem shows up. weak glue? bad material?
I am going to buy a new Toy Hauler , and will do lots of looking and research before I buy this time.
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09-01-2013, 03:52 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Bartlesville, Oklahoma
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Quote:
Originally Posted by okbluemax
I didn't have any problems until I put an RV Cover on my trailer and left it all winter, took the cover off and the front of the cap looked like someone had danced on it. Warped and wavey,looks like crap.
2009 Keystone Cougar X-lite 27 rls.
3 years parked outside no problems !!!!!
First winter with a RV cover BAM,
No inside water damage. has to be the Cover being on it before the problem shows up. weak glue? bad material?
I am going to buy a new Toy Hauler , and will do lots of looking and research before I buy this time.
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Local restrictions permitting, get yourself an RV carport.
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09-01-2013, 04:47 PM
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Location: Austin, Tx
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I've never seen delamination that looked like that. Usually, delamination is separation of the outer gelcoat from the luan that it's bonded to and appears in the form of raised blisters. The wrinkles in the photos appear to represent heat damage and possibly some moisture under the gelcoat. I have read several accounts by people claiming to have damage caused by heat buildup from using a RV cover, and I would be suspicious of that.
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09-01-2013, 06:40 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: NW New Mexico
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Quote:
Originally Posted by okbluemax
I didn't have any problems until I put an RV Cover on my trailer and left it all winter, took the cover off and the front of the cap looked like someone had danced on it. Warped and wavey,looks like crap.
2009 Keystone Cougar X-lite 27 rls.
3 years parked outside no problems !!!!!
First winter with a RV cover BAM,
No inside water damage. has to be the Cover being on it before the problem shows up. weak glue? bad material?
I am going to buy a new Toy Hauler , and will do lots of looking and research before I buy this time.
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Exact same thing happened to our '09 Cougar 26BHS the first time we covered it. Wish we could put our 5er under a covered parking structure.
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