I have a couple of RV repair posts to get into my article database. I still get lots of people who find, via a Google search, my travel, DIY, and maintenance posts. I cannot see who reads my blog but I can see what articles are read. It is always surprising to me, but after blogging since 2012, I guess I have found my way into all the search engines. Here is a description about stopping a water leak that someone, somewhere will appreciate!

It rained a few nights ago and a small amount of water blew into the RV. I saw it on the floor in the morning. I crawled around on the floor to investiage and found that the water came in through a small door to a storage cubby.

Now, seeing this door at all from the inside is not typical. It is there to give access to a storage cubby from the outside. Last year I removed my dinette and the half wall that supported the back cushion on the dinette. That opened up the cubby area. This, in turn, made a really nice recessed area the size of a small closet. I paid a friend to install a sewing table and voila! A  nifty sewing area that I can curtain off if I don’t want to look at it. When I am not sewing, I also hang jackets there.

You can see the cubby door underneath the sewing machine table. That area was not open at all until I removed the dinette and dinette bench

So, back to the water blowing in through the lower edge of the cubby door. I did not want to permanently caulk it. Maybe I will replace the door someday?  Maybe someone else would like the door to work again if I ever sell it? I had in the back of my mind some thoughts about a putty that would keep out the water but be easy to remove. I drove over to ACE Hardware and talked to the guy there. I explained the problem and my hope for a solution. He took me to the Plumbing Putty. Perfect. The jar says:

Ace Putty never hardens, flakes, crumbles, cracks, or shrinks; use it on rims, strainers, faucets, wherever a non-drying waterproof seal is needed. Spread liberally to ensure a perfect seal.

So, with College football on in the background, I set about sealing the little door. It looked like the water came only came in along the bottom edge, so I worked there. I kneaded the putty as per the directions, then rolled it into long rolls, like Playdough. I carefully pressed it into place. 

The good news? Steady rain arrived that night and everything was completely dry in the morning!

The putty along the lower edge of cubby door.

Something else to think about: the only reason I knew that cubby door was leaking is because I can see it. What about the two other cubbys with outside doors that I can only see from the outside? I checked and both seem to be okay. I plan to empty them out and double check.