Dutch_12078
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A fellow over on the fiberglass RV forum has several white TT's that he coated with RMP 3 over a year ago. He states there's no signs of any yellowing so far.
www.fiberglassrv.com/forums/f56/check-th........-time-will-tell-43004-20.html#post268912
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1995 Coachmen Catalina 322QBXL
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rgatijnet1 wrote:Go to the Red Max website or read the specs at any of the stores that sell this product. It is a floor finish for INTERIOR floors ONLY. If you want to use it for another purpose, that it was not designed for, then you become the test subject. I would guess that if it was suitable for EXTERIOR paint protection, the manufacturer would want to advertise it as such. Having painted many automobiles, airplanes, and RV's, I would never use it on anything but my floors.
They do make specific products to clear coat exterior painted surfaces, designed for each specific type of paint, but the cost is more than what some people would want to pay.
Red Max is cheap and worth every penny, for a floor finish.
can you explain the similarities to Poliglow then?
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rgatijnet1
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Weathertodd221 wrote:rgatijnet1 wrote:Go to the Red Max website or read the specs at any of the stores that sell this product. It is a floor finish for INTERIOR floors ONLY. If you want to use it for another purpose, that it was not designed for, then you become the test subject. I would guess that if it was suitable for EXTERIOR paint protection, the manufacturer would want to advertise it as such. Having painted many automobiles, airplanes, and RV's, I would never use it on anything but my floors.
They do make specific products to clear coat exterior painted surfaces, designed for each specific type of paint, but the cost is more than what some people would want to pay.
Red Max is cheap and worth every penny, for a floor finish.
can you explain the similarities to Poliglow then?
The only similarity that I can think of between PoliGlow and Red Max is that neither were designed to be used on painted surfaces.
PoliGlow is designed to be applied to properly prepared fiberglass gel coats, not painted surfaces.
RedMax is designed to be applied to INTERIOR floors, not painted surfaces.
I would also imagine that some chemist added materials to Poliglow to make it suitable for exterior use.
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Gale Hawkins
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Red Max Pro #3 is just a water based acrylic (plastic) coating.
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whit
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I put Redmax on my 1995 Bounder over a year ago. It gets over 100 degrees in the summer where I live. It still looks great.
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I have mentioned this on other threads but...
I have yet to see first hand reports and/or pictures of yellowing, cracking, flaking, folding, bending, spindling or mutilating from people who have used this product on an RV. Apparently people with Scamp type TT have been using it for several years and no issues. The only I have seen issue have been small areas that the user admits they didn't prep correctly. As far as removing it, the same company makes stripper for it and have seen posts where people have used it with no problems.
Yes, I realize it is a floor "wax" by design and made for interior use. Examples of products created for "Application A" and somebody discovers they are just as good for "Application B" are all around us.
Would I use it on a two year old RV? Nope! Will I use it on my 12 year old RV? Yep! Unless I begin to stumble onto actual first hand reports of issues.
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Lady Fitzgerald
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rgatijnet1 wrote:Go to the Red Max website or read the specs at any of the stores that sell this product. It is a floor finish for INTERIOR floors ONLY. If you want to use it for another purpose, that it was not designed for, then you become the test subject. I would guess that if it was suitable for EXTERIOR paint protection, the manufacturer would want to advertise it as such. Having painted many automobiles, airplanes, and RV's, I would never use it on anything but my floors.
They do make specific products to clear coat exterior painted surfaces, designed for each specific type of paint, but the cost is more than what some people would want to pay.
Red Max is cheap and worth every penny, for a floor finish.
Have you actually tried it? What about all the people (dozens) who have tried it and report good results? I'll wager everyone who has been knocking it in this thread haven't actually tried it.
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Really have to laugh at those who say RMP is no good but have NOT tried it!!...those that HAVE tried it seem to really like it!...go figure
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rgatijnet1
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Lady Fitzgerald wrote:rgatijnet1 wrote:Go to the Red Max website or read the specs at any of the stores that sell this product. It is a floor finish for INTERIOR floors ONLY. If you want to use it for another purpose, that it was not designed for, then you become the test subject. I would guess that if it was suitable for EXTERIOR paint protection, the manufacturer would want to advertise it as such. Having painted many automobiles, airplanes, and RV's, I would never use it on anything but my floors.
They do make specific products to clear coat exterior painted surfaces, designed for each specific type of paint, but the cost is more than what some people would want to pay.
Red Max is cheap and worth every penny, for a floor finish.
Have you actually tried it? What about all the people (dozens) who have tried it and report good results? I'll wager everyone who has been knocking it in this thread haven't actually tried it.
I have seen the results on some motor homes and I don't like the look at all. I guess it is just like the patent leather shoes that came out years ago. They are shiny, but they do not look as good as a pair of polished leather shoes. The finish makes the coach look like it has a fake, plastic like shine, rather than the sheen that a properly waxed paint job would have. Personally I think it looks bad/cheap.
As I mentioned, I have personally painted all kinds of vehicles, including RV's, airplanes, and exotic cars. I know what a good paint job looks like, and RMP is not it.
On top of that, I also know what is involved with properly preparing a painted surface for a new paint job. That is why I mentioned that I have no idea what a paint shop would charge someone to remove all of the RMP from the exterior in order to give it a decent paint job. For all I know, you may never be able to get it out of every nook and cranny. For that reason it is a deal breaker for me if I saw one for sale.
I have been reading all of the various posts on RMP and from all accounts, even those of you that use it, don't use it on a nice new coaches. One man even went out on a limb and put it on the hood of his Son-in-laws old car. Heck, I would probably use it on my Mother-in-laws car myself. 
Another one of you said that he wouldn't recommend it for a Porsche. Why not??? Many motor homes are worth as much as a Porsche. One said that he would not use it on a newer coach, but it was fine for his 12 year old coach. I guess that sort of sums it up. The users seem to feel it is fine for a worn out coach where the owner does not want to spend the money to do a decent paint job but he wants it to look shiny.
From the various comments from the users, I have not read one where the person actually asked the manufacturer if they would recommend it for an exterior use. Why not? What are you afraid of?
The exterior of a motor home can have any number of different types of paint applied by the manufacturer. It could also have decals made of different types of plastics. In spite of all of these differences, some of you are still willing to tell the owners of coaches worth tens of thousands of dollars that it is SAFE to use an interior floor finish on their motor homes.
As I mentioned, they have specific coatings that are designed for the numerous different types of paint to extend the life and refresh the appearance. The facts are, from reading the various posts here, is that the only fact that the users are interested in is that it is cheap and that it makes the coach shiny. They don't care about the long term effects or what it may mean to a future buyer of their coach. You are right, I have never used it on my coach, and I never will. My reputation for painting Classic cars is why some of my cars are in museums. But heck, RMP is cheap and easy to slap on so go for it. It is your coach to experiment with.
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Gale Hawkins
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Lady Fitzgerald wrote:rgatijnet1 wrote:Go to the Red Max website or read the specs at any of the stores that sell this product. It is a floor finish for INTERIOR floors ONLY. If you want to use it for another purpose, that it was not designed for, then you become the test subject. I would guess that if it was suitable for EXTERIOR paint protection, the manufacturer would want to advertise it as such. Having painted many automobiles, airplanes, and RV's, I would never use it on anything but my floors.
They do make specific products to clear coat exterior painted surfaces, designed for each specific type of paint, but the cost is more than what some people would want to pay.
Red Max is cheap and worth every penny, for a floor finish.
Have you actually tried it? What about all the people (dozens) who have tried it and report good results? I'll wager everyone who has been knocking it in this thread haven't actually tried it.
I knocked it until I researched back 10 years of usage on boats then applied it on our stuff. Knockers are non users I bet.
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