RV Roof Maintenance: How to Save Money and Avoid Damage

How would you like to save thousands on your RV roof repairs? If yes, then brace yourselves, because we're joined by our special guest, Ray Schultz VP of Marketing for Liquid Rubber, to reveal some amazing secrets on RV roof maintenance and repair. We'll go over the vital steps you need to take to prevent potential damage and get your RV ready for winter.  Plus, Ray's team will guide you on how to inspect, photograph, and evaluate your RV roof thoroughly. 

Ever wondered how the sports world and the business world interconnect? Our guest for today, Ray, will share his exciting journey from the NHL to the business world. We'll get into some interesting insights on how professional sports has shaped his current role. Also, we talk about Liquid Rubber’s impressive distribution system across Canada, the US, and Europe, and how their commitment to prompt delivery enhances customer experience.

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Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:00

Is your roof ready for winter? This is the RV live podcast. I'm Dan Hunt with my Incredible wife, patty Hunt, and we are here with a very special guest today Because he is one of the few guests that have been on the RV lot podcast not once, but twice. We liked him so much we brought him back now. Our guest today has a promotion. It'll help you get your RV ready for the winter time.

Speaker 2: 0:38

Dan and I have been full-time for over two and a half years. We live in a 20 year old RV and we know maintenance and repair. It's just part of the RV life. We did have our roof coated, but I think we might need to get back up there and maintain it Again or do something else with it.

Speaker 1: 0:59

So I'm glad to have Ray back on the show you know we are given away, or we gave away at the RV life event a whole kit to do so. You, your roof, and those people were so excited to get that Kit they wanted at the RV life event, so we're kind of excited about that. That sound means it's time for today's fun fact, which is brought to you by open road resorts with four great locations in Montana, utah and Texas.

Speaker 2: 1:30

Now, as we think about winter, montana and Utah are not the places we want to be going, but we are making Some of our plans for the summer where we want to visit open roads resort and Go to Montana and Utah. These are places We've not been before, and the opens road, the open roads Resorts I can talk, just look amazing. So we have them on our bucket list.

Speaker 1: 1:59

You know we're talking about maintenance and we're talking about liquid rubber and I gotta. I have to say that this is one area of an RV where you really want to do the maintenance Because you don't want to have it break and have water coming inside your RV, because it's gonna be a lot more money If you have a problem with your roof. It's gonna be a lot more money if you wait till you have the problem rather than do the maintenance up front. And today we're gonna talk to Ray all about that, and you know we're gonna talk about his people and how great his people are at helping you Through this process.

Speaker 2: 2:35

Okay, so let me talk about the fun fact, which I did a lot of research and I was looking to see what the cost of Roof repair actually was and, as we all know that RVs, campers, they vary in size, shape, type, so the cost varied Greatly. I couldn't come up with one number, but the number I came up with is roof repair can be thousands and thousands of dollars and To maintain that sounds like a way better way to go it really is a way better, better way to go, because it's not just the roof repair.

Speaker 1: 3:14

If you get a leak in your roof and we've had this happen from firsthand experience, where you got water coming in around the air conditioner or whatever it's getting all of that Insulation and the roofing material that you cannot match, all of that kind of stuff just has to be replaced and you got to get it done. It's just a nightmare. So you want to take some time, go up to your roof, inspect it, take pictures of it and then you can actually send it to raise customer service people and they'll evaluate it and tell you what you need to do. So that's what's really really important and that's what we're kind of trying to talk about here today. Now, before we bring Ray on, we have to go to one of our favorite sponsors Actually, they are the name sponsor of the RV Life podcast and that is the RV Trip Wizard.

Speaker 2: 4:13

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Speaker 1: 4:31

It just works. You're listening to the RV Life podcast. I'm Dan Hunt, with my incredible wife, patty Hunt. Our guest today had a successful career in the NHL as an offenceman for the New York Islanders. He has successfully transitioned from the ice to the business world and now sits in the chair as the VP of marketing for an international company called Liquid Rubber, serving the RV community and the Sticks and Bricks community. I believe they have a product for the Sticks and Bricks community as well. It's one of the best replacement products on the market today. I'm saying that from the RV point of view.

Speaker 2: 5:22

Yes, Today we have returned guest Ray Schultz from Liquid Rubber, and we brought him on because we've gotten so many additional questions about what to do with your roof going into the winter. Ray, welcome to the RV Life podcast.

Speaker 3: 5:41

Thanks for having me back. Excited to be here.

Speaker 1: 5:43

Well, I'll tell you, you want to talk about excited. You talk about these people that won your kit. Now, you and I had talked, when you were first on the podcast, about Liquid Rubber giving us a cornhole game. I've been talking for the last three months about this cornhole game and how we're going to give it away at the event. Well, miscommunication between you and I, I didn't get to the information fast enough and I didn't realize that you didn't just have those things sitting in stock. The bottom line is you said well, you know what, let's just give away a Liquid Rubber kit for an RV. These people that won that kit were so excited. It was just like we'd given them a million dollars. It was the greatest thing in the world.

Speaker 2: 6:26

Yes, people were fighting over it. Actually it was a little tough around. Some people were arguing it was a $550 kit, so we greatly appreciate your support. At the RV Life live event, let's jump in. Let's hear how you went from the NHL to VIP of marketing. Can you give some people some background?

Speaker 1: 6:51

He's the VP Vice President, not the VIP VP. Yes, that's okay, I said.

Speaker 2: 6:56

I could talk, but maybe not today. I need another cup of coffee, but get ahead, right.

Speaker 1: 7:01

He's the VIP VP.

Speaker 2: 7:03

Yes, there you go, new title for you.

Speaker 3: 7:06

Yeah, it actually wasn't anything I ever thought I would have ended up in, but once I finished hockey I wasn't quite sure what I was going to do but fortunately, through some contacts from hockey, I got involved with Liquid Rubber. It was real grassroots back then. She's close to 15 years ago and we built this business more from a contracting, industrial, commercial point of view to more homeowner retail type of product and getting it into people's hands who have these smaller projects that they want to do around their home. I sort of got into the side of the e-commerce where we had a lot of requests on how do we get your product, and we weren't in many stores at the time. That's when we decided to sell online, which was probably close to 10 years ago, and that was the best way to get it. People all over Canada and the US and even Europe now.

Speaker 1: 8:07

Great, Gary. Talk to me for a second about your distribution system. You have a distribution system in Canada, but I believe you also have a distribution system in the US.

Speaker 3: 8:17

Yeah, we've got product scattered all over North America so it can ship to the customer within generally within a couple of business days. People are getting used to wanting products right away, so you can't take two weeks to get product to people anymore.

Speaker 1: 8:35

I spent a good point of my life, or a good part of my life, around pro sports. Tell me what pro sports did for you to train you or get you ready to be a vice president of an international company.

Speaker 3: 8:53

I got three boys myself here and I think for myself just learning the teamwork, the hard work, you can pretty much do anything as long as you're a good person and you get along with people and you know how to work hard. I think that's what carried me along. I just learned along the way and you figure it out. It's really just checking off one, two, three, four whenever you're figuring out something new.

Speaker 1: 9:22

For me, I think the disciplines that I learned in sports Now I was an official but the disciplines that I learned that you got to get up and you got to go and you got to get in shape and you got to do these things every single day those have helped me throughout my entire life. Do you find that same parallel there?

Speaker 3: 9:44

Yeah, like I mean you're in the pressure cooker. I remember since one game we were playing that Toronto Maple Leafs in the playoffs and in front of 18,000 people, going crazy like the pressure that's on you to perform in those situations. I haven't really run into too many other things that are not much pressure, so you can kind of take everything within stride.

Speaker 2: 10:06

Okay, so let's jump in. I just want to. In the fun fact, we talked about the cost of roof repair. I said it cost thousands of dollars. You probably have a better number on that. I'd like to, for our listeners, kind of compare the idea of roof repair to the expense of maintaining your roof. That's probably a big question, but I think it's a good place to start.

Speaker 3: 10:33

Yeah, like we're seeing quotes come in $6,000, $7,000 to replace your roof, when generally the roof is mostly in good condition and you don't have to chair it off and redo everything. So I think that's where we come in and we give an option for $500 that can get you another 10 years out of your roof and I think a lot of people would rather go down that route. They're usually pretty handy and they want to know that they did the job versus somebody else that may or may not do the best work.

Speaker 2: 11:10

Okay, so now for me, I don't know much about the roof. I'll be very honest. I've been up on the roof and it's scary. I'm a little bit afraid of heights. I'm overcoming those fears and again it sounds like a way better road to go down to get up there. Make sure it's in good condition, put a coating on like liquid rubber to protect it, and I'm gonna go a little off here. I wanna add here that, dealing with people at Liquid Rubber, you've got an engineering team, you've got a customer experience team, and that is an important part of it. I know that if I had to go up and repair my roof, that I could call somebody on your team or send them a picture of my roof, send it to your customer support and they would talk me through what I need and how to do it correct.

Speaker 3: 12:11

Yeah, absolutely. We're actually becoming pretty well known for customer support, where our tech support is in there helping people walking them through their whole project. People are raving about being able to talk to a live person and go through everything, any questions they have before, during and after. It's kind of rare these days that you can actually talk to the company and that makes the product and they'll help you from start to finish.

Speaker 1: 12:42

Yeah, and one of the things I was really impressed with is your guys said, well, let me see that and I was showing them a picture of my roof Is that something that you guys do on a regular basis, or is that something that we got a little BIP treatment there on that?

Speaker 3: 12:59

No, no, all the time we encourage it because there's a lot of roofs out there and people do a lot of funky things to the roof, so it's not just one solution for everything. Different roof types out there too. So we'd rather talk to somebody and let them know like, yes, this is an option. No, sorry, this isn't an option. We'll tell you one way or the other, just so VCU get the answers you need.

Speaker 1: 13:25

I got the big question of the week here why should someone do roof maintenance before winter? And then we're gonna talk about a giveaway that you're gonna do or give away that you're gonna do.

Speaker 2: 13:33

Wait, I just wanna jump in and acknowledge this is real life. Ray has a kid in the background. There are only four, so it'd be nice We'll have them come in and say hi, but I just wanna acknowledge real life stuff here.

Speaker 1: 13:48

I'll tell you if I was a little bit closer. I mean, we're in Pennsylvania right now on our way to Albuquerque, new Mexico. If I was a little bit closer, I see behind you that Mousetrap game. That was my favorite game as a kid. I wanna come to Ray's house right now and play Mousetrap.

Speaker 2: 14:02

Okay, head back to arms. Yeah, see you boys.

Speaker 3: 14:06

Yeah, see you boys, I'll play with you. There you go. But yeah, like I mean winterizing your roof. I learned first hand myself. Actually, my first motor home I bought. I didn't quite understand that you need to look at your roof, you need to understand if there's any leaks or cracks or anything. And sure enough, I left my motor home for the winter and in the summer I'm getting the water in over the cab and it's running down the walls and I didn't even think about sealing it up before winter. Because you get well where I am in Canada, you got snow sitting all winter, you got freeze thaw, you got melts, heavy rains, all that stuff. And if you don't get it sealed up before winter, you're not going in and out looking to see if there's any water leaks all winter. So you can end up with a pretty big bill at the end of the day if you don't do it.

Speaker 2: 15:01

Okay, so I just want to add on here you're talking about for people storing their RV. Dan and I live in our RV full time. We are heading south because we don't want to deal with the winter, and then there are people who are being in the winter where there's snow and things like that. They could also benefit, I would imagine, from making sure their roof is sealed, because am I right in saying that as you change temperatures and climate goes up and down, that it could affect the roof?

Speaker 3: 15:33

Yeah, you get expansion and contraction and it starts with your sealants up there. They're not meant to last forever and you get cracking and they might look okay today, but then a couple of months down the road, when you're not looking at it, they can open up and that's when you get your leaks.

Speaker 1: 15:52

Now, ray, I'm a DIY person. I do everything on my RV pretty much other than the diesel maintenance of the diesel engine. I do pretty much everything myself. Is this product something that a DIY person can handle, this, or do I need to take it to a dealer and have them install it for me?

Speaker 3: 16:13

No, it's definitely designed for the DIY Do it yourself. If you can paint, you can apply this product. It's very simple. We've got some how-to videos, we've got application guidelines, we've got our tech support. So if there are any questions, do come up and get your answers pretty quick.

Speaker 1: 16:31

Thank you so much and, like everything else, we have to go to a break right now. But right after the break we're gonna be talking about how much of this product do you need to buy for your RV, how to install the product in the best time of year to install that product on your RV.

Speaker 4: 16:49

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Speaker 1: 17:22

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Speaker 3: 18:51

Yeah, like it's a time of year where people are putting it away for the season and we try to get people to think about you need to seal your roof because you don't want that damage, you don't want any trips around. So we're giving away a full roof kit that has everything you need in it to cover up to a 30-foot RV, and if you just go to the website shop liquid rubber comm, you'll see it right there. There'll be a little pop-up. You can get entered into it and have a look around. Look at the how-to videos just to see how easy it is to do.

Speaker 1: 19:28

Now I tell you what one of the things that I promised before the break is the best time to we could talk about the best time to install. It's starting to get to be wintertime. You know, here we are leaving Pennsylvania, we're on our way to Albuquerque and then we're down to Florida because it's just too cold up where you live. So let's talk about the best time of the year To install this roof, or can you do it when it's cold out?

Speaker 3: 19:56

No, I mean not below freezing temperatures. It's a product that is water-based. It doesn't have any solvents or toxic chemicals in there, so you can Apply it indoors or outdoors you want to do it above 50 degrees Fahrenheit in warmer temperatures. It's not a product that can be frozen and then applied.

Speaker 2: 20:20

Okay, so now again, I'd like to speak for the people out there that aren't necessarily as Mechanically inclined or things like that. You said the product we talked about, the product covering a 30-foot RV, the kit, ours is 40 foot. Do I have to buy a second kid or just buy extra?

Speaker 3: 20:43

Yeah, generally it's about a extra gallon of the coating for every five feet. So you would look at seven gallons of the coating and then it comes with a cleaner, a primer, the lap sealant and a seam tape. Generally that's enough for, for, say, a 40 foot Okay.

Speaker 2: 21:04

And again, I love being able to talk to real human beings because for me, if I'm working on the roof and I'm installing this coating of any kind, knowing that I have the support of the customer support team to say, okay, I have a 40 foot, tell me what I need. That really helps. And I really love that about your company. You're right, you said it. There are so many companies you can't get a hold of them. Send them a message, they send you on back. So I really love that customer service. This is something that people can do themselves, but I do believe a lot of people need that support. Again, we have a 20 year old 40 foot RV and it's got cracks and filling and being able to send those pictures was really great to know we were doing things right. So way to go on. Great customer support there.

Speaker 1: 21:59

One of the things that I'd like to talk about is prepping your roof. I was talking to one of your guys and I showed him a couple pictures of my roof and he's like you got some prep work to do there, man. So talk to me about how important it is to prep the roof and get it clean. You have a cleaner, an actual RV roof cleaner first that you should put on Before you install the product.

Speaker 3: 22:20

Yeah, like the prep is 90% of the work. You always hear that people don't always love to do the prep work, but In order for the products to stick and adhere properly and last a long time, that's the important part, because otherwise You've seen, like, say, deck paint out there that kind of peels and flakes and bubbles off. Same thing with any type of coatings, whether it's for your RV, roof painting, your house. Those are all Times where you need to get in there, prep it properly. You might need to use a primer that increases the adhesion You're putting in all this time to do your roof. You know to do the prep right just makes sense so you don't have to go back and do it in a couple years. You want it to last for a good 10 plus years.

Speaker 2: 23:09

Absolutely so. Doing it right the first time Definitely sounds like the way to go now again. Can you just give the listeners where to go your website to go to to find out more about the products.

Speaker 3: 23:25

Yeah, just come to shop liquid rubber, comm. We've got all our applications on there. So if you're interested in the RV roof, so you have a deck, or you have Leaky roof at your home or cow, then that type of thing, we've got a bunch of different applications and products that you can check out. I will see if anything makes sense for you.

Speaker 1: 23:48

Great, and I, of course, I'll put all of that information, including the discount and the giveaway, in the show notes now, as a do-it-yourself guy, I got to tell you the videos that you have on your website are great Because it just made me feel so comfortable About the product and about putting the product on, so I have to, you know, give it to you really Thought of everything out there that that needs to be thought of now.

Speaker 3: 24:15

Thanks, we're trying. We just shot some new commercials recently here and we're just trying to keep improving getting getting the information. We hear what the customers are saying and it takes a little time sometimes to get that info out, but we hear what people are saying and we're just trying to make it as easy as possible for them.

Speaker 1: 24:37

Now, ray, we're on a podcast right now, which is just audio. There's no video out there. I'm gonna link to your website, though, so people can go see these videos, but for a minute, just describe the process of installing this.

Speaker 3: 24:52

Yeah, so simply, you, you want to get up on your roof and figure out what type of roof. There's a couple of different types of roofs, the most common being an EPDM Rubber roof kind of feels like a rubber inner tube. And then there's a TPO roof or a metal roof, fiberglass roof. They're all a little bit different and once you identify that you, you look at your roof to see how your seals are around your vents and skylights. You have seams, usually on the front and back of your roof. If those are in good shape, you can generally go over them. You don't have to Take any of that off. If anything sort of peeling and flaking you want to get that off because you're only gonna stick to what's what's on there, then we have Cleaner clean the roof primer and then you do your prepping with your tape and lap sealant and then finally your coating goes on top and that Gives you a nice white roof.

Speaker 2: 25:50

Keep your review a little cooler too while you're down in Florida there and and describing, and I got to be honest it sounds like a bit of work to be done. But I think the reward definitely outweighs the work that has to be done because, as you say, in your commercial, a roof leaking you know it's gonna ruin your Vacation, your time. For us it ruins our home, so we don't want that to happen. So maintenance is definitely Something that needs to be done.

Speaker 1: 26:21

No patty off. Air Ray and I were talking and one thing I said that it was so easy, even patty can do it, and that's gonna be the new theme for liquid rover it's so easy, patty can do it.

Speaker 2: 26:32

I think I've just been insulted.

Speaker 1: 26:36

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Speaker 1: 27:59

You. You know, patty, we just left the Hershey RV show. We spoke with Casey Tubman, who's the CEO of Numar Corporation, and he told me one of the things that I did not put in that commercial because it happened after we actually recorded that commercial is NIRVC became the top Numar dealer in the country as well as Integra dealer in the country. So they are really doing a job and a half and we truly enjoy Brett, angie and, you know, the whole team over at National Indoor. We've become a part of their family and after Albuquerque we're going to shoot into the Dallas Texas store and kind of hang out with those guys for a few days as well.

Speaker 2: 28:46

Maybe we should tell them that Brett Davis is the owner. Brett, I know you'll listen to the podcast. We are coming to see you the end of October in Dallas, so be prepared. And these are great people. They absolutely are.

Speaker 1: 29:00

And I just want to say that Freightliner hosted us at Hershey so we were able to do the podcast every day in the Freightliner circus tent. Basically it was a huge tent. So, Jeff, I want to thank you and your team for hosting us in there. We just had a great time and I will tell you from the experience that we had in there, I learned so much about chassis. I didn't think chassis were important at all. You just go out, you get the best RV that you got, you get the. It's all about the paint job as far as I'm concerned, but they really taught me some things about the chassis and how important the chassis is and how important the support of a chassis company is.

Speaker 2: 29:44

Right, so I knew even less about chassis than you did, but having the gentleman on from Freightliner that talked about it and how important it is for the RV, or it really was an incredible interview that'll be coming out over the next couple of weeks.

Speaker 1: 30:02

Yeah, so follow like, share, do whatever you can, because you do not want to miss one episode of the RV Life podcast. Okay, so back to Liquid Rubber, one of my favorite things in the whole world. We're going to put one of these new roofs on this RV as soon as we get someplace where it's not hot or it's not cold, and we have some time to do it, but I'm really looking forward to it. Now, one of the things and one of the questions that I have, and a buddy of mine, was actually we were talking about this last night at dinner the tape seams that are up there right now. I, you know, we have an aluminum, we have an older unit, so it's an aluminum roof and there's tape seams all the way down then and that heat really gets to the glue and it crackles it up and it makes it brittle. So that kind of stuff is going to have to come off. Is that correct?

Speaker 3: 30:51

If it's loose and flaking. Yeah, you want to get that up because you don't want to coat over that, it's just going to peel up.

Speaker 1: 30:58

Okay. So we basically we do not want to go over top of that. So I'm going to have to give that one to Kurt, because he said you're going to have to take all that stuff up there and I'm like, no, I'm not, I'm just going to go right over top of it, but we're going to do a whole video on it and everything when we put it up there. So we'll go from there. Now, that sound means it's time for this week's RV Life Pro Tip of the Week, and our pro tip this week comes from Patrick Buchanan of RV Life.

Speaker 5: 31:30

Once you have your basic route picked out in RV Life Trip Wizard and have secured your campgrounds, it's time to add all of those other stops you want to make. At this point you don't need those campground icons filling up your map and getting in the way. You can easily toggle the campgrounds off by clicking the small tent icon in the upper right hand corner. This makes it easier to focus on adding fuel stops, rest stops, places to eat or things to see anything you wish to add to your trip. Just don't forget to click it again if you need to see more campgrounds For RV Life. I'm Pat Buchanan.

Speaker 2: 32:07

Thank you, patrick Buchanan. I love this feature and using RV Trip Wizard since before we ever got the RV, we learned so much as we hear the pro tips, but we're also out there talking to people. We spoke in Hershey five days talking about trip planning and getting feedback on what's important. This feature is really important because did you know there was such thing as people having fuel anxiety? This was something new. Over the last several months that's come up. People plan their trip and they don't think about the gas stops and they have fuel anxiety. Oh, my goodness, I might run out of gas. This filter feature is so important. Again, thank you, patrick Buchanan, for sharing that.

Speaker 1: 32:59

We do not move our RV one single solitary inch without first consulting RV Trip Wizard.

Speaker 2: 33:07

Yes Consulting we have done because we are currently have left Hershey and are currently on our way to Albuquerque. We need to get there in about 17 days. It's 1,844 miles.

Speaker 1: 33:24

Plenty of time.

Speaker 2: 33:25

Yeah. So RV Trip Wizard and planning on there and changing things, deleting things, adding things, has just really helped us. We are headed to the Bloom Fiesta, which starts October 7th. Please let us know on social media if you're going to be there. If you're in Hershey, give us a shout out. Our social media is RV Life Podcast, both on Instagram and Facebook. We'd love to hear from you.

Speaker 1: 33:55

Now again, if you're going to be at Albuquerque, please reach out to us. We are actually going to be crewing for one of the balloons called Spirit and we may need some extra crew members. So if you're interested in crewing at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta, that is, helping us pack up the balloon and put it back in the truck when we're after the ride and all of that kind of stuff.

Speaker 2: 34:18

You need to be in good physical shape.

Speaker 1: 34:20

You need to be in good physical shape, but we're going to be crewing for a balloon. We're going to actually record one episode of the RV Life Podcast from the hot air balloon. We're going to get up in the hot air balloon and we're going to talk to the pilot about being a pilot of the hot air balloon while we're actually flying with 500 of our friends around us. So we're going to make some history there and we're looking forward to that. We're also going to be recording the RV Life Podcast from the midway for two or three days at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta, so we're looking forward to that. And then one of our other sponsors, escapes, invited us to come over to their tent and we're going to do an episode of the RV Life Podcast over there as well. So if you're not coming to the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta, sorry, but you know what? If you are coming, you're going to have a great time. It is actually one of the top 10 things I believe I've ever done in my life. And there's a video over on our YouTube channel of Patty's first flight, and her reaction to that first flight was oh my God.

Speaker 2: 35:30

Yes, yes, it was pretty incredible, and that YouTube channel is exploring through our lens and you could check out some of the videos we did while we were in Albuquerque.

Speaker 1: 35:42

Now that horn means it's time for this week's question of the week. Now, this week's question comes from social media. That's Patty's department, so I'm going to let her take it over from here.

Speaker 2: 35:53

Yes, and this question came from Frank L, and he is from Maine and he asked how to keep mice out of his camper as it's getting colder out. That's a great question.

Speaker 1: 36:07

Well, frank, I've got the answer for you. It's a really big cat.

Speaker 2: 36:13

That is definitely Dan's answer. We did keep Ray on. Ray is also an RVer and you know that the answer for most people is I just don't know. But, ray, you had a suggestion that you had heard. You care to share that?

Speaker 3: 36:29

People as much in here bounce dryer sheets. If you kind of stuff a minute around your RV and side some some of those cabinets where mice tend to get in, I heard they don't like the smell. I've never had mice in mind, so maybe it works, maybe it doesn't, I'm not sure.

Speaker 2: 36:46

And that's great and what we talked about. We actually had somebody on, todd from National RV trade association. We did have him on and we talked a little bit about this and the conclusion over the years that I've come to is Different areas. You know works for mice. People say Irish spring soap and then there are other people that'll show the mouse, ate it and was okay with it, liked it. So this is one of those problems. Again, if you have solutions that you've used, please reach out on social media. Let's share with the community what's worked, because sometimes you just have to try a number of things. Dan and I have had mice in the RV and I think we had mice in Virginia but we left them there and as we're here in Pennsylvania, I'm not seeing them anymore. Also, keeping food like bread. I have popcorn kernels that they love. Keeping those things in Plastic sealed containers. Thankfully, I've never had a mouse. You know chew at it, get in. So different solutions let's share with each other. This is one of those questions that it's trial and error. I've heard the bound sheet things as well. Some people say poison. Some people say don't do that. We'll probably get a lot of comments on that. But or get a cat, like Dan said.

Speaker 1: 38:11

Well, ray, I want to thank you for being our guest today on the RV life podcast, not for the first time, but for the second time. You are in a very, very, very small club of, I think, two people that have just been on the RV life podcast twice in this first year, so thank you so much for spending some time with us. For all of you out there, hit that follow button at the bottom of your screen so you can don't miss any of the interviews or any of the people that we talked to to the top of the screen.

Speaker 2: 38:40

It's at the top. It's actually at the top of the screen, but I guess. So we're on Apple, spotify, all of your podcast platforms. I know I use Apple and the follow buttons at the top, but find the follow button. Hit the follow button so you don't miss anything that we have coming, especially those interviews from Hershey. They were amazing. They really were, and our guests were amazing is what I should say. I'm not patting myself on the back. Our guests were amazing.

Speaker 1: 39:08

We did and, and you know, if you're not thinking about At least going up on your roof and taking a look at what you got, then you should be yes. Pictures, send it to the, to the tomb, and yeah, send of the sport team that they're not gonna try to oversell you, they're just gonna give you what you really really need. So that's really really important as we move forward. You are listening to the RV life podcast. I'm Dan hunt with my Incredible wife, patty hunt, saying to you have a great rest of today and an even better day tomorrow.