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It was a nice sunny day today here in the NC mountains with the high temperature right at 80 degrees. I left the EZE RV Gutter laying on the concrete driveway for about two hours in order to soften it up a little and to (hopefully) take some of the "curl" that had developed in the 20 foot long piece that I bought. I then measured the width of the three long windows (48 inches) and decided that I wanted the gutters to extend down the sides about an inch or so beyond the end of the radius corner of the window. This added another 5 inches per side, so , I cut three pieces of gutter at 60 inches each just to be safe. (Note: I highly recommend cutting pieces for each window - it is easier to handle this way since a fair amount of the original curl in the product could not be eliminated and you do not have the weight of the pulling and possibly stretching the gutter as you go. This method does result in some minimal waste, but with a 20 foot piece you should have about two feet left over at the end of the job anyway.) Next I took Acetone and cleaned the area around one window at a time. Using a clean white rag and not rubbing too hard with the Acetone I continued cleaning until no dirt was visible on the rag. (Note: Acetone can be a very effective cleaner and can even take off paint, therefore, if you use it be careful to not rub too hard and do not keep the rag in one spot very long.) Then, just before starting to apply the gutter , I took another clean white rag and wiped down the same area with 70% isopropyl alcohol and dried that with a separate white rag. If I noted any type of dirt or residue on either rag, I cleaned it again. Using a pencil, I then lightly placed a mark 5 inches down from the top of the existing window molding on each side so that I would be able to make sure that the sides were even when I was done. I then peeled back about ten inches of the backing tape from the EZE Gutter and stated to apply it to the side of the camper on the right side of the window making sure that I carefully matched the bottom of the gutter to the edge of the existing window molding. Continuing this process across the top of the window I made sure that each section was firmly seated by running my fingers across each edge as I went. After getting about half way around the left corner of each window I looked for the pencil mark that I previously made on the window molding and cut the EZE Gutter to match that mark. Then the final bit of red backing tape was pulled off the gutter pressed in place. Finally, I took the butt end of an old tooth brush and went back to where I started rubbing the gutter channel making sure that the gutter was fully seated and that the edges were firmly stuck. Finally, this same process was used on both the rear and bath windows (obviously using shorter measurements that I now don't remember - sorry). Four hours later I went back to make sure that all was still stuck and it was. If anything comes loose, I'll let you know! Bill