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Post by Dad Rambles on May 4, 2017 16:36:50 GMT -8
nccamper Yeah, it's a single stage. He said the next step "up" would be about 1K... so I think I will go with this. The CEO seems to be on board, so, I just need to come up with the money. I'm busy with work the next couple of week/weekened. So, it going to be the end of the month before I get to do it. SO, guess that will give me some time to get things together as well. Your trailer is costing me... LOL But in a good way. Your demonstration of the "dings" that didn't nick the paint really sold me on it. I know a lesser quality paint wouldn't stand up to that. It will all be worth it in the end... an I will be a little wiser about auto paint. All good things in my book.
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Post by Dad Rambles on May 4, 2017 13:18:53 GMT -8
So, yesterday at lunch I decided to venture out to the PPG supplier right down the road from where I work. I spent about 30 minutes talking to a very helpful, and seemingly knowledgeable, manager about what I had. I went in armed only with the writeup that nccamper a few weeks ago. After showing photos of what I had, he recommended the Defleet line of paint by PPG, said that he would recommend it over the OMNI line. Hummm... I asked about the OMNI line as I had seen it on the writup here, and he said it's more durable, and *said* it was a little easier to work with ..Not sure if it is just what he knows, what he stocks, or what he makes the most profit on, but it's what he quoted me. (I know nothing about paint, so this could be a total line of B$, I don't know). He told me $520 for the paint, primer, reducer, hardener, activator... all the "paint" stuff. 1 gallon of primer, and 3 qts each of yellow/white. I still will have to buy a gun, cleaner, respirator, strainers etc... I am a habitual "bargain shopper"... I HATE to see that I can buy something for less money. BUT I do value his opinion, and he seemed to be very helpful with all questions I asked (this is not common around here, most people want you in/and out) so, I'm torn on this. He did let me take a ream of samples home to look at, and if we go with this one, these are the two colors we have picked out. IMG_20170504_165500 by gunguy05, on Flickr So... now it's time to make more decisions, and spend more money. Such is life... and campers.
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Post by Dad Rambles on May 3, 2017 9:46:13 GMT -8
nccamper Looks like I'm going down this road after all. A couple questions. Did you use a gallon of the the green paint, or about how much? I went to the PPG store today and he said he thought more than 2 qts, but less than 3 for my shasta. White, he figured on 3 qts. Thank you for this tutorial. It's very helpful! Brian
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Post by Dad Rambles on May 2, 2017 17:57:09 GMT -8
Congratulations! That's a good looking trailer. Ash, which we don't tend to see (at least I don't) here on the east coast.
I think it's a 1400 too, not an airflyte. The jalousie windows on the front sides rather than fixed plate glass, are the key on that (I believe, but I could be wrong).
Good luck with it and keep us posted.
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Post by Dad Rambles on May 1, 2017 2:15:38 GMT -8
Dad Rambles Is single stage urethane an automotive paint? If not, then what type of paint is it? Yeah. It's just a simpler version of a traditionally multiple stage process. Usually clear coat is a separate process, with sanding in between. Differ name, but yes it's the diy automotive paint.
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Post by Dad Rambles on Apr 30, 2017 18:08:45 GMT -8
So, I have been working on a number of different things, mostly related to getting the trailer ready to paint. Stripping (this is mostly done), cleaning up putty tape at the edges (have this complete on the door side), and working on stripping and cleaning trim (just started that today). So far I have had good luck with patching the holes in the few areas that I have needed to with JB weld. They were tough, but are not felt to the touch, so I'm hoping they won't show. There are only a couple places that I have had to do this. There is a gaping hole on the left side at the front that is killing me to leave, but I'm putting a "vent" over and and just rolling with it. For the most part, the rest of the skin looks pretty good... SO.... i've decided to bite the bullet.... After attending a local vintage trailer rally this weekened (about 100 trailers).. a great show! AND Reading the tutorial by nccamper , I've decided to go for it and use a single stage urethane paint. The difference in the trailers that I saw at the show really, really impressed me. I asked around, and all the ones that had used single stage urethane, really stood out, so I'm sold! Any who, I don't have any photos of my progress, but here a a couple, and link to an album (I didn't want to clog the thread) of the trailer rally we attended. Single stage urethane on this one.. looks outstanding. DSC09328 by gunguy05, on Flickr A 60 ish traveleze DSC09341 by gunguy05, on Flickr If I ever have a BIG trailer, it will be a spartan. Not an airstream, a spartan. I love the shape, and it's one of my favorite non canned ham trailers. This one was immaculate, and very well done in period correct "stuff". Well, except for that big AC unit. DSC09365 by gunguy05, on Flickr DSC09372 by gunguy05, on Flickr Links the to the album is you are interested. flic.kr/s/aHskVHoFQT
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Post by Dad Rambles on Apr 28, 2017 6:25:22 GMT -8
bigbill theresa There are numerous YT video of people who take a cheap drill and a regular 1 hole jig and make a table top "Feuxman" out of it. Very ingenious design for just a few bucks and some scrap lumber.
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Post by Dad Rambles on Apr 23, 2017 19:14:20 GMT -8
I know what you mean theresa I get up to go to work at about 4:30... So on trailer work days, it drives me nuts when I don't get started on trailer stuff until 10 or 11.. And then inevitably I forget something and have to go to the store 47 times. It is aggravating when all I want to do is make some stuff happen and 1 or 2 tiny things seem to hold me up.
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Post by Dad Rambles on Apr 23, 2017 19:10:57 GMT -8
@dad Rambles - did you put the breaks in yourself? method? Looks great!! Not on the front metal. I did my backsplash with a screen roller and a straight edge, but the front metal is .032 (pretty thick) and I didn't think I could get them in there. I found a local metal place that made me a 5x10 piece with breaks for about 80 bucks. They did a good job of it and I didn't have to fret over it. Thanks!
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Post by Dad Rambles on Apr 23, 2017 11:23:31 GMT -8
Haven't posted in a while. I've been working on numerous things both trailer and otherwise.... Long story is that now I have the metal on and I am currently taking a break from stripping paint. I stripped the back piece while I had it off the trailer (as a test). My front was damaged and got a full new piece that I cut and attached yesterday. Back to work...
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Post by Dad Rambles on Mar 6, 2017 18:33:15 GMT -8
For me it's trim. When I walk in a trailer, a house, or anything else, I might not notice the color of the walls but I look at the details. The trim, how things are finished, how the corners meet up, if they are square etc. I would call it more of a "problem" though than a fetish. I am constantly looking at all of the stuff we have done thus far and wanting to redo it to look better. As my wife says, "we don't want it to look brand new!!"... ahem... yes dear, but we do want it to look like we knew what the $&%$& we were doing when we repaired/restored it.
I think trim is really where you can tell if someone did a good job or not. I guess that's the moral to my rambling.
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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 Dad Rambles on Feb 28, 2017 6:51:19 GMT -8
Dad Rambles it's looking really great! Your going to be done before we know it. What is that. Foam/insulation/vapor barrier stuff your using? Thank you mel. It's really starting to look like a real camper now that the cabinets are coming together... until you look at the outside.. I hope to make some progress with that this weekend. This is the stuff that I used. TrafficMaster Underlayment I was going to order some of the stuff that mobiltec suggests, but I just ran up against time when I was ready to install it. This was available locally, so I decided to go with it. It's seems pretty "stout" as I have moved it around a bunch and it hasn't torn. I don't know how it compares though to what he uses as I haven't had both in my hands.
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Post by Dad Rambles on Feb 26, 2017 17:08:29 GMT -8
Danrambles, did you take up the tiles and clean the existing floor or lay down luan? It looks great. Waiting until warmer weather for the roof was a smart move. -- Today I unboxed the mini-fridge, plugged it in and didn't like the noise, packed it back up. A tough day. Thank you nccamper . In the very front and the very back I took it down to the dirt! I replaced about the front 5 ft or so, all the way across, so the tiles are all brand new. We got the grey box on sale for 2.50 at lowes, and the yellow were full price. I think they turned out as well as I could have hoped. I'm happy with them at least. I was worried about the roof. I figured out when i was test fitting the window to the rough opening (as few weeks back), that the trailer was a little off kilter in the front area. Long story short it was a slight parallelogram. I was able to push it (mostly, at least visibly) back into place. I think this was part of my issue with the roof. Just a little pounding with the dead blow hammer, and belt sanding the sides to make things "skinnier". After that it fit with a little help from the hammer. Sorry about the fridge. What do you think the issue was/is ?
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Post by Dad Rambles on Feb 26, 2017 16:44:15 GMT -8
I have been doing a ton of work lately, just not a ton on the camper. I have bounced around on numerous different projects, but I did have a good part of this weekend to spend on it. A week couple weeks ago... or so, I don't remember how long it was, we laid the roof up on the top. Last weekend I tried to attach it.. and long story short IT WAS A DISASTER! Yeah, too cold. Yesterday was a different story. I had a different outlook, a belt sander, and a couple or few beers, and things turned out much better. It was near 80 or so, and that helped too. LONG story short we got the top attached, and it's very close to the original location. I think it will work. DSC09309 by gunguy05, on Flickr DSC09310 by gunguy05, on Flickr Today it was base cabinet time in the front. I've been slowly working on these, they are total rebuilds, both sides. I had to do a bit of trimming, a little shellac/stain touchup, but they turned out pretty well. DSC09316 by gunguy05, on Flickr DSC09320 by gunguy05, on Flickr I also attached the front window ledge, and the table bracket board and brackets. DSC09317 by gunguy05, on Flickr Pushing on. I swear it's the details that always kick my butt. I think I walked back and forth to my workshop (where I'm shellacking and most of my tools are) about a 1000 times this weekend.
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