Hi, since you mentioned it; I have a trivia question. "How many mules were there in the twenty mule team? The correct answer, I personally have only known for about a year now.
That's it! I'm not sure why, but it seems to work! Also, carpinter ants seems to like wet wood (not dry...). Seems they're doing some "inspection work" for you!
Marc
Well, I was caulking all the windows and had one side of alcoa done that I intended to photograph, but it came out so easily when I tried, that I just took it out and vulkemed it. ( I probably have another area where I can still take a pic.)
My coach suffered some pretty bad water infiltration and most wall panels were so badly warped and stained that I decided to scrap them all. I cut new panels from 1/4" birch ply (wanted to do cherry, next time...) and stained them a cherry color.
Now brace yourselves.... I painted some things to. First the defense: 1) The wood was water stained, 2) the grain pattern, in our opinion, was not attractive, nor high quality, and lastly, 3) Living in fog and rain, in and amongst wet woods, doesn't conjure a feeling of wanting more wooooood in my fun vessel. In the desire to vacate this cold dreary place I want to be surrounded in fun, bright cheery, fun. And after all it is MINE !! ANNND I have finally embarked on my own fun creative license: in our new home we have calm and sensible furnishings (we love antiques and old stuff) - we don't have brightly colored walls or exciting drama. Okay, I've read too many posts on , "Why would any[one] (moron) paint their (ugly) wood?" Okay, enough defending..
A picture of me working on kid's goucho and glimpse of our new insides :
Last edited by sequoiacoast; 10-21-2006 at 09:54 AM.
Hi, since you mentioned it; I have a trivia question. "How many mules were there in the twenty mule team? The correct answer, I personally have only known for about a year now.
Bob
Bob,
Eighteen plus two horses.
Bill
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1973 Dodge W200 PowerWagon, 1977 Lincoln Continental
1979 23' Safari, and 1954 29' Double Door Liner Orange, CA
The old yellowed bathroom plastic and fiberglass had to go. See the picture in post #5 (zoom in) and the following...
We considered using the white coat by POR 15 but the white was too stark against the endcap. In the end we bought Tile Doc (2-part epoxy) from Sherwin Williams and had it tinted to match the end cap. We used surfboard resin to fill any hairline cracks, sanded really well, and cleaned with mineral spirits. There were only a few bugs and stray dog hairs floating about in our outdoor spray "booth" . My husband used his HVLP to spray the bathroom pieces, including the outside of the toilet!
The results are awesome. It looks almost brand new! I'll post a pic when I finish putting the trim around.. hopefully this afternoon! The old bathroom had plastic trim to hide the rivets, but it no longer matched, plus I broke some, so I'm using aluminum tile edging I found at the hardware store.
What a great job you are doing! You will spend many good times enjoying your trailer. I think it is great to save an Airstream. They all need TLC, and it's such a shame to let one go to pot.
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'77 20' Argosy MH (Looking for a new home)
2007 GMC Sierra 2500 HD Duramax
2006 GMC Sierra 5.3 V8
WBCCI 1754 - AIR # 6281 w) www.balrgn.com www.balrgn.com/Airstream.htm
Thank you!! The cabinet doors are original and the inspiration for the green in the checkerboard floor. The walls were just that clean under all the grime!!
I have a new refer, that is slightly larger than the old, and needs a 12 volt wire run to it in order to operate the electronic switch for the propane/elec option. My question is, will I be able to add a wire for this - can it come from the control panel (right next door) or will it come from the converter/battery area in back??
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