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Post by Dad Rambles on Feb 19, 2017 6:16:37 GMT -8
For those of you following this, I made a tutorial yesterday on how I made mine. It turned out as good or better than I had hoped! youtu.be/TSx6hdyZC18<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TSx6hdyZC18" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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Post by mrmarty51 on Feb 19, 2017 7:36:36 GMT -8
Good Job Dad Rambles, good video too.
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Post by danrhodes on Feb 19, 2017 13:29:40 GMT -8
Thank y'all for finding this. This is exactly what I had in mind. Now I know it works! I believe I saw a video on Facebook to that effect?
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Post by strange1 on Feb 28, 2017 9:42:01 GMT -8
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Post by Dad Rambles on Feb 28, 2017 9:56:25 GMT -8
strange1 looks great! Did you use metal around the edges or what is that trim? I haven't decided what to do to my edges yet.
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Post by strange1 on Feb 28, 2017 10:15:37 GMT -8
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Post by ladywendolyn on Feb 28, 2017 22:59:57 GMT -8
strange1 It turned out amazing. Where did you buy the metal sheet?
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Post by strange1 on Mar 1, 2017 13:15:28 GMT -8
I bought a 24" x 36" sheet of aluminum from Lowes for $19 and some change...it was pretty scratched up so I got the best one they had and decided to do a little "graining" to give it a brushed finish. This hid all the little scratches and will be much easier to maintain in the future.
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Post by 48spartanette on Mar 1, 2017 19:10:56 GMT -8
Holy smokes, that's beautiful stuff. I'm sold. Thanks everyone for the thread and instruction. I'll be doing the same thing now with my project.
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Post by MarthaS on Feb 18, 2018 9:47:08 GMT -8
Good morning. It's been a while since I've been on. We are about to start getting prepped for the upcoming season and my next task is to create the backsplash. For anyone that has this aluminum backsplash installed, can you share how it has held up? Wondering if a thicker gauge aluminum would be more durable.
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Post by Poquito on Feb 19, 2018 6:03:49 GMT -8
Not a expert, but I don't believe this would work on the skin. You're talking about two different types of aluminum, the backsplash metal being much thinner than the skin. Just by gauging my backsplash against my trailer skin, the backsplash is at least half the thickness of the skin. Any experts disagree with me and if so would it be worth all the hard work? Before I found a metal shop that would do the breaks, that is what I had in mind to try (for the siding). I thought about making a track with a roller. THe ideal is that the meal would slide underneath the track, and the roller would slide in a guide on the top. Clamp the guide down, roll across, repeat... Adding a definitive amount of weight to the roller (to keep the brakes or "rolls" even) was what I was going to do. Sort of a carriage with a slot for the meal to slide underneath. Luckily I found a meal shop that would sell me the metal, and do the breaks. I'm still going to do the backsplash idea. They sell 10 ft by 20" rolls of aluminum flashing at my local orange store that I think will work fine. Where and name of the shop Dad Rambles? I'm south of Brunswick in NFL. Thanks, Poquito
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Post by Dad Rambles on Feb 19, 2018 6:05:52 GMT -8
Before I found a metal shop that would do the breaks, that is what I had in mind to try (for the siding). I thought about making a track with a roller. THe ideal is that the meal would slide underneath the track, and the roller would slide in a guide on the top. Clamp the guide down, roll across, repeat... Adding a definitive amount of weight to the roller (to keep the brakes or "rolls" even) was what I was going to do. Sort of a carriage with a slot for the meal to slide underneath. Luckily I found a meal shop that would sell me the metal, and do the breaks. I'm still going to do the backsplash idea. They sell 10 ft by 20" rolls of aluminum flashing at my local orange store that I think will work fine. That's what I used.. Be sure to post photos when you are done! I saw somewhere... Can't remember.... Someone who had done siding (thicker than this material) and it looked pretty good. Good luck! Brian
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Post by MarthaS on Feb 19, 2018 6:08:30 GMT -8
That's what I used.. Be sure to post photos when you are done! I saw somewhere... Can't remember.... Someone who had done siding (thicker than this material) and it looked pretty good. Good luck! Brian Hi Brian. Do you recall what gauge aluminum you used and has it held up well for the backsplash? We're concerned about it being easy to dent once it is up. Thanks
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Post by Dad Rambles on Feb 19, 2018 6:11:41 GMT -8
That's what I used.. Be sure to post photos when you are done! I saw somewhere... Can't remember.... Someone who had done siding (thicker than this material) and it looked pretty good. Good luck! Brian Hi Brian. Do you recall what gauge aluminum you used and has it held up well for the backsplash? We're concerned about it being easy to dent once it is up. Thanks Sorry, I don't know the gague.. I will say it is a little thin... But, if that area doesn't receive a lot of "traffic, touching and such" you might be OK. We haven't even come close to finishing our camper, so I can't comment in the use of it/durability. We hit a stall a few months ago and having begun work yet...
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Post by mobiltec on Feb 19, 2018 7:42:29 GMT -8
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