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We can pretty much rule out aluminum and fiberglass leaving TPO and rubber.
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Well, that's what I thought... My last coach was a Safari Trek and it did have a fiberglass roof. I remember one of the distinctive points about it was that it was called a floating roof in that it didn't appear to be attached except at the end points. When you walk on it, it would bounce up and down.
This roof does that as well. It does look like metal. I just couldn't believe it was metal. I thought it was possibly a coat someone put on it. It's actually in pretty remarkable condition for being in Washington and having sat in a RV dealer lot for 10 years with no maintenance until he decided to go out of business. Last night after posting, I decided to get up on the roof with some sandpaper and take it down to whatever layer I could.
When I run the sandpaper over it, there are no layers. It just scuffs up like metal would. I put a magnet over it and it is not magnetic, so the only conclusion I can make is that it is aluminum.
I'm not sure if it was built this way as I have been able to find zero information on it on the internet. Perhaps a previous owner replaced the roof at some point?
Anyways, it looks like it is time to return all of the Dicor EPDM coating that I bought.
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