diymom
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Post by diymom on Sept 5, 2015 13:13:21 GMT -8
I want to know what to expect the maintenance on my exterior to be and if it makes sense to pay to house it inside to keep maintenance down... I will be resealing, prepping then painting and polishing my trailer this fall. I want to polish the aluminum, but not if it requires repolishing every year or so...how fast does it oxidize or what is my best option for protection there? What should I be doing on what schedule to keep my trailer in top shape? I will wax the painted area, but does waxing help elsewhere? How often should I check seals or plan on resealing? Any tricks to keep it vermin free or keep the wiring pigtail from being chewed or becoming brittle?
This is my plan so far for parking it-unless it makes more sense to keep it indoors for a lot of $$; Buy a free standing trailer port, cover tires, put a cover over front of trailer that faces sun, wrap up wiring pigtail, wax twice a year (spring and fall), rainex Windows, plug up any hole anywhere to deter vermin, keep tires inflated, keep a box of baking soda open inside. This scenario would be in a dry, hot area inland of San Diego where it's pretty breezy.
Any suggestions on type of parking cover would be helpful.
I love old cars, old houses, old furniture, old people and of course, old trailers.
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Post by bigbill on Sept 5, 2015 14:26:57 GMT -8
I am glad to know somebody still loves me. All of your question are valid but they are impossible to answer accurately because we have no way of knowing exact materials were used, the expertise of the workman, the exact climate you live in, the exposure to salt or acidic air, the temperature extremes at the trailers location, and the list goes on and on. Everything you are suggesting should help extend the usable life of the trailer. when you speak of indoor storage and is it beneficial then the same type of questions start popping up. The best storage would be in a total environment controlled space with a constant median temperature and a perfect humidity level and then sealed in a vacuum bag, very expensive. So what I'm saying is treat or trailer as well as your energy level and pocket book will allow then do a biannual inspection and take care of anything that it needs. us old people love you also.
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diymom
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Post by diymom on Sept 5, 2015 14:47:57 GMT -8
Does anyone know about terry trailer construction, was it typical wood frame in the late 60s, or was it aluminium?
I will know more about it when I can scour the outside and inside with utmost scrutiny. It appears not to have any leaks...but it's still worth resealing everything, right? The area I was thinking of storing it gets really hot-100s for about 3 months of the year, the rest of the time it's really nice, somewhat humid and it never snows and rarely hails but it's always breezy. I want to keep it out of direct sun/rain and against a windbreak of a large outbuilding. Will that preserve the exterior fairly well?
How often does the average outdoor trailer need to get polished and painted?
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diymom
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Post by diymom on Sept 13, 2015 22:58:28 GMT -8
In response to your post regarding keeping baking soda in your camper, we had great success with Damp Rid......the kind with the fragrance pellets. We normally hate artificial fragrances and such and would just purchase the no-fragrance version but rumor has it that vermin don’t like certain fragrances either. Our summers here in the upstate of SC can be quite hot and humid and the damp rid pulled moisture from the air in our previously owned Scamp and popup campers. We end up having to dump out the accumulated water about once a week. The fragrance also doesn’t linger after you remove the containers from the camper. We live in Chipmunk City (they put a hole in my hubby’s gas line in his truck) but no issue with any of our prior campers that we keep under a carport in the back yard. We also love using food grade diatomaceous earth....non toxic (some folks even eat it).....kills ants, spiders, fleas etc. so we would lightly dust the interior of our campers with that as well. Thanks, I was thinking about that, my husband has always used that stuff by a different name:driestheair or something...for his boats, but I didn't think humidity would make the trailer smell...though, it's a lot more humid here in CA than it used to be. I didn't know they had scented. Thanks for the heads up. I am right there with you on the diatomaceous earth...I have food grade and I have eaten it and given it to pets...it doesn't kill cockroaches in my experience...at least not fast enough. I will definitely use that though since our storage location is less than ideal for insect and rodent activity. I seriously thought you lived in a place named chipmunk city, I had to re-read that sentence like three times to figure out it was rodents who had eaten your husband's fuel line, not vandals or criminals from chipmunk city. I'm normally more astute and not as prone to rambling...but It's late and I just got my trailer today...and it's a lot more work than I thought it would be!!!! Shocker! Thank you, I will go buy scented driestheair.
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Post by diymom on Sept 14, 2015 21:21:58 GMT -8
Yeah, so I did a real square foot by square foot interior examination...It's a really solid trailer! No squishy floors, only a few softer areas on the walls...some peeling plastic veneer in places.... nothing a little paint and remodeling can't address...and reupholstering cushions and getting a rear futon and making bolster cushions for the bunk and curtains and some smart fixes here and there. It's such a big trailer, so much room and so many new systems... we'll be lucky if we can fix the trailer up by spring working when we have free time every other week. But it's going to be incredible when we are finished, though sadly, not rally worthy...it will be too modern looking and not very vintage anymore... I'm drawing up plans. I won't be able to afford a car port for the rv until next year now...$$$$$$$$$$$$$ I am beginning to reseal the trailer as soon as my shipment of putty tape, dicor, proflex, New 360 siphon vent covers, and eternabond tape arrives... look at the mess I have to deal with... <a href="http://s1310.photobucket.com/user/candy59cars/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20150914_141100_zpsl3kzhlvq.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1310.photobucket.com/albums/s645/candy59cars/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20150914_141100_zpsl3kzhlvq.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo IMG_20150914_141100_zpsl3kzhlvq.jpg"/></a>
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And these are just a few of the issues
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