New Restoration Project, '72 Overlander - Page 2

uwe · 04-28-2006, 12:32 AM

Right on, Ron. I see that you got the color coded PEX. Very cool. Mine's all milky white...easy to confuse cold with hot. Had to do a lot of tugging and marking so as to not mix up the two.
Looking great. Good Luck!

surferstyler · 04-28-2006, 10:45 AM

Thanks Uwe,
The color coded pex made things a lot easier to work with, plus my wife can figure things out easily if she needs to!
Ron

Jim & Susan · 04-28-2006, 11:26 AM

Ron, what type of paint are you going to use? I assume you have the Vinyl covered walls?

Jim

gtijewlr · 04-18-2007, 10:46 PM

Its been interesting reading everyone comments on their trailers; I removed the broken tambour doors in the kitchen and replaced them with sliding doors cut made from"glass" panels ( Cut from drop ceiling inserts) and they actually look very nice;plan to do likewise with the bedroom using the linen style wallboard that matches the original wall coverings. And guess what -it's snowing again-so time spent on the new toy has to wait again Will spring EVER come? Hope to see some of you on the road this summer-
Blessings;Garth & Joanne Ingham

cameront120 · 06-03-2006, 07:33 PM

Looks great! Are you going to set up all your pictures in your photo album, so we can see the full progression from start to completion? Please?

surferstyler · 06-04-2006, 12:28 AM

Sure. It may take a bit, but good idea!
Thanks
Ron

surferstyler · 06-12-2006, 05:46 PM

Well our maiden voyage was a success! As you know, she isn't fully finished, basically she was an aluminum tent for us, but she worked out great. We figured a great way to fill the Airstream with water for future reference. See waterfall below. If you haven't been to Yosemite before, then go, it's the most beautiful place that I know of.

Now back to work!
Ron

cameront120 · 06-12-2006, 10:12 PM

Beautiful! What a memorable trip that would have been!

surferstyler · 06-22-2006, 03:45 PM

The bathroom ABS plastic was ugly as you'll see below. We used a 2-part Epoxy Paint from Home Depot to paint the ABS plastic after alot of sanding and prep work. The have two different packages, one is for porcelin and the other for plastic. We used the plastic, and did 3 coats with it, but it had a "flat" finish to it. Glossy would really look better, so I called the manufacturer, and they said I could use the Porcelin Epoxy paint over the Plastic Epoxy paint and it would have a nice Glossy finish. And it did. I definitly recommend it for your yellowed ABS plastic. Before and After photos below.

balrgn · 06-22-2006, 03:56 PM

Looks t'rific! From nasty to nice

Jim & Susan · 06-22-2006, 04:20 PM

Man, that looks great! Hope mine come out that nice.

Jim

surferstyler · 06-22-2006, 05:14 PM

Hey Thanks for the response. It's really nice to see that things are coming together. The condition that we got it in was pretty bad, and it was hard to see any light at the end of the tunnel. Luckily we didn't have any rot or body damage to deal with. More updates coming next week!

Ron

ankornuta · 08-07-2006, 02:50 PM

Geeze, it seems like this must be the season for getting trailer interiors put back together! Nice looking work!

surferstyler · 08-07-2006, 03:24 PM

Thanks for the compliment! Tis the time to get'r done!