Progress on our '67 Tradewind - Page 2

**Stefrobrts** · 11-29-2004, 03:26 AM

Ingrid, you are my kind of girl! And you inspire me as I continue towards my own floor replacement surgery! Keep the updates coming!

eljay · 11-29-2004, 05:11 AM

WOW! Isn't exciting when you conquer a new tool?

I am so envious that you can work on yours while I sit and watch mine in the rain...Keep up the good work! Love watching the progress.

maxandgeorgia · 11-29-2004, 09:51 PM

and the rain and the rain and the rain and the (oops) snow and the rain. . .What's going on here? I'm ready to run out between the rain drops to sleep in Gypsy tonight just so I can enjoy. . .(you guessed it) the patter of rain on her aluminum roof. You'd think this grey sky misty country is the coast of Washington!

pinkflamingoes · 11-30-2004, 12:33 AM

Actually, hearing about all that weather was what made me realize I had no excuse but to get out there and do it, and take advantage of our weather. It's scary but not rocket science, and when I finally got the hang of it, the sun had gone down to where it was dark underneath the trailer. I was really excited to keep going, but when I was making sparks just so I could see, I decided I'd better stop.

Today I had to do other things involving forms and faxing and 800 numbers. Booo-rinnnggg...and I had to clean house since I'd left the kids inside to tear it up as long as they were entertained and didn't bug me. The weekend's pile of dishes is actually still there...!

But husband is home with the digital...pictures tomorrow!

pinkflamingoes · 11-30-2004, 08:27 PM

No it's not done, but I have pictures of the frame as it's being painted. I did some more today and I also have pictures of the sliced off bolt areas...I guess I shouldn't be doing this at night anymore. I did a number on the frame but I guess it will be OK.

Keep in mind I did this laying on my back under the trailer!

pinkflamingoes · 12-18-2004, 05:37 PM

painted another three feet of the frame towards the back today. Splattered dots of black on my face without knowing it; did a bunch of scrubbing and now I'm really pink, but at least the dalmatian effect is gone! Whew!

overlander63 · 12-18-2004, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by pinkflamingoes

painted another three feet of the frame towards the back today. Splattered dots of black on my face without knowing it; did a bunch of scrubbing and now I'm really pink, but at least the dalmatian effect is gone! Whew!

Ingrid, POR-15 tends to get EVERYWHERE when you are using it. I think if it doesn't, you aren't doing it right!

Keep the updates coming, we are rooting for you.
Terry

**Stefrobrts** · 01-15-2005, 10:05 PM

Good job, ingrid! What did you use for cutting with? I am well into the floor repair now, and so far it's not too bad, just tiring. Once I get the wood out and the frame welded where it's broken, I'll be wearing POR-15 too! Just keep thinking of spring, and it'll all be OK!

pinkflamingoes · 01-16-2005, 01:39 AM

I think they're just tin snips? My husband used to be a pipe coverer and when he worked with sheet metal he used them to cut. I just hacked away because we're putting a whole new pan on.The POR 15 part is fun, I think you'll enjoy it. It's a magical change from rusty old metal to shiny black and new looking.
I won't be traveling in the spring...probably helping husband with the shell-on floor replacement, which we're doing completely from scratch too. Are you doing the whole floor, or just repairs?

**Stefrobrts** · 01-16-2005, 02:23 AM

Just repairs. I don't want to do any more than I absolutely have to. The sooner it's back on the road the better! But by repairs I mean the entire front half of the floor. I think that's enough to get all the bad spots. The back half looked ok.

pinkflamingoes · 02-18-2005, 01:12 PM

I did some scrubbing of the interior panels. It's been raining so I couldn't do much on the outisde, so I moved in!

LA's Awesome Concentrated Cleaner, really is awesome. You can see the difference where I only scrubbed a little after spraying some on. I labeled it. Very satisfying for a German to be seeing this kind of results!

Thanks to creampuff, I may be able to in someday without holdling my nose.

pinkflamingoes · 02-18-2005, 03:42 PM

Today I said SCREW IT. I couldn't rinse out one more greasy ragful. Too gross. I took everything out of the trailer, coated the interior with sprayfuls of Awesome, waited a while, and hosed out the thing. Lucky for me, there are so many holes in the floor that the water (mostly) just dripped right out onto the ground. I'm sure I soaked insulation, electrical stuff, and other things that shouldn't be soaked, but it's ALL coming out and being replaced. I finally got a close-up, in-the-sun look at all the interior panels, and a lot of them need to be replaced. Or fixed? What does one do? There is also a layer of paint from some PO that came off in flakes from the hose.

It was quite gratifying.

**Stefrobrts** · 02-18-2005, 04:28 PM

MIght as well strip those panels down or replace them and go CCD-style.

Good job on the cleanup - you're certainly persistent!

pinkflamingoes · 02-18-2005, 06:04 PM

How hard is it to replace panels? Do you know? Anybody? I would think you can just cut aluminum and rivet it in...that sounds much easier than our zolatone/paint/veneer/whatever options.

Now that would be COOL! Now you've got my mind going. Hubby can do this I think.