This is a picture of the wall where the bath wall ends and the bedroom wall begins. The bedroom is now complete with a coat of blue paint. In the bathroom, the lower vinyl coated aluminum has just the primer. The upper plastic end cap has only a small patch covered with the primer (just havent gotten to it yet).
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Here’s a picture of the bedroom area, roadside, completed. We decided the blue paint was too dark for the whole interior, so we’re only going to use it in the bedroom only. We’re probably going with white for the bath (I know, original thinking, right?) and maybe a very pale yellow for the galley and living room. We’ll see how it goes. (Excuse the bad lighting in the pictures)
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A couple of other things I forgot to say. When we cleaned the walls before we put them back in, we used a stiff bristle brush and Scotch-Brite pads to get all the stuff off them. Before I began to paint anything, I went over the entire interior with water dampened Mr. Clean pads (that somebody recommended a few posts back). Then rinsed again with just clean water. This was to clean and rough up the surface just a bit more. Worked out well (so far).
Jim
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Hey, JP! Where ya "bean"? 'Cross the pond, ol' man?
Yep, looks like we can make it. In fact, we just set our date today to take it out for the first time. My buddy Eric, that has been so much help with this project, and I will be taking it to Indian Springs State Park on September 13th. Sort of a shakedown expedition. Just to make sure all of the rivets are in the right places and the bolts are good and tight. It's not too far from home, "just in case". Hopefully, I'll have the bathroom back in by then. Enough of a camper to make it functional.
Pack up the family and come on down. Indian Springs is believed to be the first "state park" in the country. I thought it would be cool to go there on the first expedition.
Almost got the painting done. Goin' to work on that now, as a matter of fact.
C ya
Jim
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It is me SIU Bound (Brian) I changed my name on the forum. Trying to keep everybody off balance. No I wanted to include my wife since she has done as much work as I have.
Your AS looks great. Man you will have a new rig when you are finished. I was checking out Indian state park down by your neck of the woods. Looks like a great place.. I am amazed with the type of work and detail you put into that trailer. It is looking awesome.
Thanks, Brian. I saw your thread about the name change and I have you on my buddies list. Now I just need to rememebr who belongs to that new name. Just kidding.
Jim
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It looks fantastic! Reading your previous posts you mentioned that you rolled the primer. Did you also roll the finish. It looks as if it were sprayed but I don't see any maskings. Keep up the good guidance. I love it! I hope to be not too far behind you (maybe a few months however ).
Yep, rolled the whole thing. I'm very suprised how this looks. Do you have vinyl walls in your '70 model? I can't remember when Airstream switched to the vinyl.
Jim
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Do you have vinyl walls in your '70 model? I can't remember when Airstream switched to the vinyl.
Jim
Yes, mine has a vinyl coating. The PO painted most of the walls and I have no idea what prep if any they did. Therefore the first thing that I will need to do is strip it. We have been experimenting on some of the smaller pieces. It appears that my best bet will be using a water rinsible stripper and pressure washer.
My game plan is to strip and prime the sheets while they are out. I will put the final coat(s) on after installing them. I am very interested in your progresss and results.
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I love it! I hope to be not too far behind you (maybe a few months however 
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