Maintaining a mobile home involves various tasks, but one of the most crucial is ensuring the roof is in top condition. Roof coatings are essential for protecting your mobile home from the elements, extending the life of your roof, and improving energy efficiency. In this blog post, we’ll explore what mobile home roof coatings are, their benefits, and a step-by-step guide on how to apply them.

What Are Mobile Home Roof Coatings?

Mobile home roof coatings are applied to the roof surface to create a protective layer. These elastomeric roof coatings can be made from various materials, including acrylic, silicone, and elastomeric compounds. They provide a barrier against UV rays, water, and other environmental factors that can cause damage over time.

Benefits of Mobile Home Roof Coatings

1. Protection from the Elements

Roof coatings create a waterproofing seamless seal that greatly helps reduce the risk of water damage. This protection is especially vital for mobile homes, which may be more vulnerable to weather-related wear and tear.

2. Extended Roof Life

By applying mobile home roof coating, you can significantly extend the lifespan of your roof. The coating acts as a shield against harmful UV rays and temperature fluctuations that can cause roofing materials to deteriorate.

3. Energy Efficiency

Reflective elastomeric ceramic roof coatings can help reduce energy costs by reflecting sunlight and reducing heat absorption. This keeps your mobile home cooler in the summer, enhancing the performance of the air conditioning.

4. Cost-Effective Maintenance

Mobile Home Roof Coatings are a cost-effective way to maintain your roof. They are generally less expensive than replacing the entire roof and can be applied relatively easily by brush, roll or spraying with an airless.

How to Apply Mobile Home Roof Coating

Applying roof coating to your mobile home is a manageable DIY project if you follow the right steps. Here’s a detailed guide to help you through the process. This is a link to our most popular roof coating for mobile homes called MOBILE HOME ROOF COATING™ https://www.nationwidecoatings.com/pl/mobile-home-roof-coating

Materials Needed

• Mobile Home Roof Coating (appropriate for your roof type)
• Roof cleaner such as bleach
• Pressure Cleaner and scrub brush or broom
• Airless Paint Sprayer 1 GPM, Roller or brush for application
• Ladder
• Protective gear (gloves, safety glasses)
• Painter’s tape (optional)

We are going to cover the major steps to applying an elastomeric roof coating on your mobile home roof for the best results.

Step 1: Visual Inspection and Replacement of Damaged Building Materials

Before you begin, thoroughly inspect your roof for any damage or areas that need repair. Look for cracks, leaks, or loose seams that need to be fixed before applying the coating. The substrate and roof to be coated must be in SOUND condition. Physically inspect and repair or replace all damaged areas back to sound and solid condition. Check for drainage to ensure no ponding water on lower slope roofs and make sure the roof is adequately vented.

Step 2: Pressure Cleaning

Pressure clean entire roof surface using a water and chlorine solution to remove all surface contaminants. When the roof is completely cleaned, rinse with water only and let it dry for at least 12 hours before continuing with the project. These coatings have excellent topside mildew protection but will not kill mildew already on the surface.

 Step 3: Repair Surface and Patching Imperfections

Patch and Caulk using PERMAPATCH™ on all cracks, crevices, fractures etc.

Step 4: Taping Seams (If Applicable, otherwise proceed to Step #5)

Tape all visible seams, valleys, large cracks and fractures prone to water intrusion on roof surface. Apply a liberal coat of primer and lay the PERMATAPE™ directly onto the wet primer. Tape must be put down before primer starts drying, about 15 minutes. After all areas are taped allow you to drive for 1-2 hours.

Step 5: Primer Coat (Optional)

Be sure the entire surface is clean and free of all moisture. Apply PERMABOND™ primer coat using a one-inch nap roller, paint brush or a one gallon per minute or better airless sprayer machine with minimum tip size of .021. Apply perpendicular to the slope of the roof. This begins a checkerboard application process for the best results of the coating system. Wet mils of 12-16 results in a dry thickness of 4-7 mils. Let the primer dry for 4 hours before continuing with the project.

Step 6: First Coat of MOBILE HOME ROOF COATING

Be sure the entire surface is clean and free of all moisture. Apply the first coat of roof coating using a one-inch nap roller, paint brush or a one gallon per minute or better airless sprayer machine with minimum tip size of .025. Apply the first coat perpendicular to the primer coat. Apply the first coat at rate of 125 square feet per gallon per coat over entire roof surface. Wet film thickness 14-16 mils and dries to 8-10 mils.

Step 7: Second Coat of MOBILE HOME ROOF COATING

Be sure the entire surface is clean and free of all moisture. Apply the second coat of roof coating using a one-inch nap roller, paint brush or a one gallon per minute or better airless sprayer machine with minimum tip size of .025. Apply the second coat perpendicular to the first coat. Let dry 24 hours before final evaluation.

Step 8: Final Evaluation

Now a detailed evaluation of the completed job will determine the quality of the workmanship and whether strict specifications have been met. Check that all roof areas are completely coated and sealed under permanently placed roof items such as roof top air conditioning units. Divide the roof into 1,000 square foot sections and randomly check one spot in each section for a dry film thickness of 20 mils with primer or 16 mils without. Remember to touch up the spot check areas made by the dry film gauge. If specs have not been met, recoat the entire roof or deficient areas.

Once the job is done, the clean-up is a breeze with soap and water. Check us out on your next mobile home roof project and see how easy an elastomeric roof coating can be applied to protect your manufactured home roof for years to come. We have an entire roof coating lineup at https://www.nationwidecoatings.com/p/perma-products