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Gray Ooze

Anyone know how long the gray sealer Foretravel used to seal the windows will keep oozing out? It's good to know the windows are well sealed.
Bruce, Linda, and Macy
Zoey RIP 1/20/19
1999 U295 40' build #5400
2017 silver Jeep Wrangler, 1260 watts of solar on top
Moving around the country

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Reply #1 –
I think forever is the answer. Mine is still oozing but if you pull the window ever there us stuff you can use that does not leak out.
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Reply #2 –
Basically forever.  More so in hot weather.  A Formica (or laminate) sample from a big box store makes an excellent removal tool that won't scratch up the window or gel coat.  Some paint thinner will clean up any left overs.  Don't use lacquer thinner or toluene as it will remove the paint from the window frames.  When Xtreme replaces windows they a gasket.
Roger Engdahl and Susan Green
2001 U320 3610 #5879 (Home2) - 2014 Jeep Cherokee or 2018 F150
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Reply #3 –
Seems like every year I remove a golf ball size ball of it
Bruce, Linda, and Macy
Zoey RIP 1/20/19
1999 U295 40' build #5400
2017 silver Jeep Wrangler, 1260 watts of solar on top
Moving around the country

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Reply #4 –
Ask Xtreme, when they pulled all windows to paint the entire coach, they used a better seal bag looking affair. No more wind noise, no more anything negative.

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Reply #5 –
Quote from: bbeane –
Anyone know how long the gray sealer Foretravel used to seal the windows will keep oozing out? It's good to know the windows are well sealed.
Bruce,
I don't think that the sealant ever stops moving. 
Our '98 was still moving in 2010 when we replaced the OEM Creation windows.  I was amazed that the grey caulking was initially applied very haphazardly and therefore it had many leakage paths for moisture and wind noise.  By comparison, the proprietary "D" Ring (cross section) replacement gasket (that Motion Windows (Peninsular) and Extreme use), provides a superb seal and made the coach much quieter inside whenever the coach was in motion.  I don't know if the "sketchy application" of the grey caulking was that way just on our '98, or was more widespread. 
Our 2002 also uses a "D" ring cross section gasket and is also extremely quiet by comparison.  But, I'm not sure if 2002 was the year FT started using a "D" ring cross section gasket as the standard, or ours is a "D" ring because of the PO custom whole body paint in 2006.  I think from 2002 on up, the coaches don't have the oozing sealant. 
On the '98, that used to drive me crazy and it was a lot of work to keep looking good.  Like you say, it seems like a golf ball sized lump of oozed sealant had to be torturously removed each year, if one is particular about coach appearance.
Neal
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Reply #6 –
To clean the "oozed out part" requires a special tool-- a plastic knife from any fast food restaurant.  Cleans up very quickly.
Brett Wolfe
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Reply #7 –
Funny this topic should come up today as that is exactly what I did this morning--remove some of the sealant from around windows. Mine is black though as that is what I used after replacing the snakey seals on a few windows this last year. The glass place I got it from said it would not do this- well so much for that comment. Not as bad as the grey stuff I used to remove but still a pain. Plastic scraper and finger nails then thinner and polish.
JohnH
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Reply #8 –
I also remember Brett saying that the plastic knife (or whatever tool you choose) works much better when it's cold outside. 
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