Has anyone heard of the bad fiberglass that got put on travel trailers of many manufactures?

I have purchased a gulf stream fifth wheel with flawed fiberglass. It bubbles up in the heat. The manufacture is reluctant to replace it with new. They have tried patching it and repainting it but it is showing up all over the trailer. I must find other manufacures that have had this problem and get there solutions to how they resolved it.|||With only a few years experience with travel trailers and zero with fiberglass sides, all I'd have to work with is the knowledge that I got when I was learning to work on airplanes.





Any area where the layers of fiberglass seperate is known as delamination. Once a layer of composite material delaminates, it stays delaminated and the only acceptable fix is to replace it.





The way to test for delamination is called the "coin tap test." You begin tapping along the surface of the structure, going in the direction of suspected delamination. In spots with good structural integrity, you'll hear a nice, solid sound with each tap; in areas of delamination or damage, you'll hear a dull, hollow return sound.





My guess to the cause would be a pocket of air between the layers, and that the layers were applied on a humid day. Heat causes the moisture and air between the layers to swell until you notice the deformation.





The best suggestion I have, is find an aircraft mechanic, or a copy of the AC:43.13, (aircraft maintenance bible,) find the sections applicable to composites and take it to the manufacturer.





Unless previous damage has caused the delamination in the area that you're seeing deformation, this is a manufacturing problem that likely occurred in the curing process and needs to be replaced by the manufacturer at no cost to you.





If the manufacturer does his own composite layouts and plug molds, it shouldn't cost them that much to replace the panel, but their inability to do it suggests that they have the sections made for them, which means they don't know how inexpensive fiberglass is. The manufacturer's supplier isn't likely to tell them his profit margin and it's going to be a bit of a battle.


Good Luck|||If they wont fix their product while still under a warrentee or garentee or under the lemon law then contact the DMV and ask what laws you can use or/and contact the Better Business Bureu