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12-02-2017, 07:17 AM
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#121
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4 Rivet Member
1964 24' Tradewind
2006 39' Land Yacht 396 XL
Lawrence
, Kansas
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 292
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Glad to see things are moving right along!
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12-03-2017, 01:35 PM
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#122
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Rivet Master
1966 24' Tradewind
Kansas City
, Missouri
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 635
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Here are the repainted letters and emblems, ready for reinstallation.
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12-03-2017, 06:54 PM
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#123
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Rivet Master
1986 34' Limited
1975 27' Overlander
1969 21' Globetrotter
Conifer
, Colorado
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 8,291
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So Mr. Slats, how did you do such a great job repainting the emblems on your trailer? Inquiring minds want to know.
David
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12-03-2017, 07:36 PM
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#124
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3 Rivet Member
1967 24' Tradewind
Blairstown
, New Jersey
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 136
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dbj216
So Mr. Slats, how did you do such a great job repainting the emblems on your trailer? Inquiring minds want to know.
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Yes! Please include the brand and color of the paint you used.
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Wayne
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12-03-2017, 08:16 PM
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#125
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4 Rivet Member
1968 24' Tradewind
1968 26' Overlander
Detroit
, Michigan
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 467
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Looks great, Dale!
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12-03-2017, 08:34 PM
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#126
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Rivet Master
1966 24' Tradewind
Kansas City
, Missouri
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 635
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dbj216
So Mr. Slats, how did you do such a great job repainting the emblems on your trailer? Inquiring minds want to know.
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I took them to the same guy that did my flag emblems (see my post #109).
I don't recall the exact paint brand, color or number. He just showed me a sample of light blue and I said that looks about right, so that's what he used.
Interesting guy. Just google Bob Bond Car Art Lee's Summit to see his work. When I was there he was doing a paint restoration job on a couple of antique sleighs. He does motorcycle tanks, hot rods and all kinds of custom paint jobs. He had just gotten back from doing a custom coffin for a long-time customer, whose widow of about half an hour called him before making any of the other arrangements.
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12-04-2017, 05:27 PM
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#127
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Rivet Master
1986 34' Limited
1975 27' Overlander
1969 21' Globetrotter
Conifer
, Colorado
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 8,291
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Well, they look great. Maybe I need to farm out my emblems. It would be worth it if they came back like yours. My International flag emblem on the side of the trailer looks like it was painted with a barn brush. Same with the Airstream letters.
David
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12-04-2017, 08:13 PM
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#128
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Rivet Master
1966 24' Tradewind
Kansas City
, Missouri
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 635
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Spent most of the afternoon removing the old gasket from one window and installing new VTS-524 window seal. Went well. Remembered from reading on this forum to hit new gasket with silicone spray.
Pulled all the window latch mechanisms off. Was going to replace them with new ones from VTS, but at $19.50 a pop, thought better of it and wire-brushed and spray-painted one of the old ones silver. Looks fine. Now, only about another 15 of them to go.
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12-05-2017, 06:21 PM
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#129
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Rivet Master
1986 34' Limited
1975 27' Overlander
1969 21' Globetrotter
Conifer
, Colorado
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 8,291
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It's great VTS did tool up these window latch mechanisms and covers for us. They are unique to the 66, 67, and 68 trailers. They are kinda crazy in the way they work. I had rusty screws on mine and since they were working, I let them be. I did lubricate them and they were all working.
David
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12-09-2017, 10:05 AM
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#130
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Rivet Master
1966 24' Tradewind
Kansas City
, Missouri
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 635
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Here's the difference a little wire brushing with a drill can make. Spray with silver and/or clear lacquer or leave alone? Leaning toward the latter.
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12-09-2017, 10:53 AM
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#131
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Rivet Master
1967 17' Caravel
Oak Creek
, Colorado
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 1,556
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Mine are plated, chrome maybe. If you didn't take the plating off leave them bare.
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12-09-2017, 06:33 PM
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#132
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Rivet Master
1986 34' Limited
1975 27' Overlander
1969 21' Globetrotter
Conifer
, Colorado
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 8,291
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I wire brushed mine and the left them. I did smear a bit of WD40 on them now and then.
David
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12-09-2017, 06:38 PM
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#133
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Rivet Master
1966 24' Tradewind
Kansas City
, Missouri
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 635
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Probably ought to leave them alone, period.
Just got back from the emergency room with seven stitches in my left wrist.
The drill bucked off the edge of the piece I was wire brushing. The brush wheel caught the cuff of my glove and, in a flash, was pulled between the cuff and my wrist, wire-brushing the skin down to the bone. Ouch.
Here I thought I was being careful, wearing leather gloves, safety glasses and a breathing filter thingy. Memo to me: next time wear welding gloves with longer cuffs.
Or, as I was thinking in the emergency room while reveling in #10 pain, maybe just buy a brand new Airstream. Or at least spring for new replacement window latches at $19.50 a pop, instead of trying to shine up the old ones. That price looks, in hindsight, pretty reasonable.
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12-09-2017, 07:02 PM
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#134
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Rivet Master
1966 22' Safari
1955 22' Flying Cloud
Fredericksburg
, Texas
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 2,936
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Slats, sorry to hear about your mishap. Been there and done that with an abrasive wheel. Last week I was cleaning with a wire brush cup on my side grinder. A 1 wire flew off and stuck in my arm. It was sucked in and is still there. In the emergency room the doc said its stainless steel and just leave it in if its not bothersome. Nevertheless, sorry to hear about your accident and take it easy for a few days. Good luck to both of us. Bubba
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12-09-2017, 07:23 PM
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#135
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Rivet Master
1986 34' Limited
1975 27' Overlander
1969 21' Globetrotter
Conifer
, Colorado
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 8,291
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Oh Slats, how easily we can get seriously hurt in the garage. A wire brush injury is similar to a bad burn, depending on how much skin you lost. Guard against infection and recognize it will take some goodly time to heal up. Let the Trade Wind sit for a while.
I was grinding out some old welds with an angle grinder on my Airstream today. Working in factories my whole career makes me very safety conscious. A grinder can "buck" like your wire brush and end up biting me.
Heal up well.
David
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12-18-2017, 08:43 PM
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#136
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Rivet Master
1966 24' Tradewind
Kansas City
, Missouri
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 635
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Made a little progress last Saturday. Installed two window gaskets (one pictured) and repaired cracks in rock guard and riveted frame back on it. Needed a light touch with the rivet gun to keep from cracking it anew.
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12-18-2017, 08:48 PM
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#137
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Rivet Master
1966 24' Tradewind
Kansas City
, Missouri
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 635
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Sorry for the sideways pics. Reposting two.
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12-18-2017, 09:53 PM
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#138
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3 Rivet Member
1967 24' Tradewind
Blairstown
, New Jersey
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 136
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It's good to see you've healed enough to get some more work done.
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Wayne
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12-19-2017, 01:36 PM
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#139
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Rivet Master
1966 24' Tradewind
Kansas City
, Missouri
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 635
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Thanks. It was with new-found respect for my high torque drill that I paid a little closer attention to what I was doing while wire-brushing the old gasket remnants off the window frames.
Got the stitches out today.
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12-19-2017, 02:08 PM
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#140
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Rivet Master
2007 22' International CCD
Corona
, California
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 9,180
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Sigh. Sorry to hear of the injuries, Slats...
For wire-brushing smallish objects, I invested in a small rotary tool (Dremel is one brand) with small diameter wire brushes and good eye protection. I hold the items with pliers and use heavy gloves, apron, and sturdy closed-toe shoes in the shop. Keep the speed low.
For medium objects, a bolted-down bench grinder with a wire wheel installed, and the above safety equipment. Be very careful not to have anyone else in range of possible thrown bristles or the object you are working on. Innocent bystanders should also were Protective Personal Equipment (PPE) suitable for what you are doing. It's possible to heal skin, but eyes are yet another matter...be real careful!
For bigger stuff, I use an angle grinder with an appropriate cup or wire wheel instead of a regular drill. I find it much easier to control, it has an auxiliary handle so I can get both hands on it, and I do go all-out on the PPE with that beast. Also make sure the guards are in place and properly tightened.
On any of these machines, be doubly darn sure the accessory is rated for the no-load speed of the machine. It's easy to blow apart a grinding wheel that's not rated for the speed of an angle grinder, even though it seems to fit the shaft. We had a guy get killed from flying bits of grinder wheel on the wrong tool. It threw shrapnel all over the work space, and that killed him.
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'The Silver HamShack' ('07 International 22FB CCD 75th Anniversary)
Multiple Yaesu Ham Radios inside and many antennae sprouting from roof, ProPride hitch, Prodigy P2 controller.
2012 shortbed CrewMax 4x4 Toyota Tacoma TV with more antennae on it.
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