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06-26-2018, 05:28 AM
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Rivet Master
1974 20' Argosy 20
Richmond
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Originally Posted by PeterH-Airstreamer
a little bit of movement and a little bit of water. Leave to Lao Tzu, who successfully explained it in the 6th century BC
“Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong.”
― Lao Tzu
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Ah.....Grasshopper understands now.....
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06-26-2018, 05:31 AM
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Rivet Master
1974 20' Argosy 20
Richmond
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So, would replacing the rivet be the right choice or would sealing with Captain Tolley's Creeping Crack Cure be a better option?
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06-26-2018, 05:54 AM
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#663
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Airstream Driver
1994 30' Excella
1992 35' Airstream 350
Austin
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Originally Posted by bkahler
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I would think a new buck Rivet with Vulkem 116 would be a more permanent fix. Just don't use a rivet with the rubber washer, since it will fail sooner or later and cause the same paint problem
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06-26-2018, 05:58 AM
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Rivet Master
1974 20' Argosy 20
Richmond
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PeterH-Airstreamer
I would think a new buck Rivet with Vulkem 116 would be a more permanent fix. Just don't use a rivet with the rubber washer, since it will fail sooner or later and cause the same paint problem
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It will have to be Olympic rivets. I'm not going to pull the interior to fix a few rivets!
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06-27-2018, 06:50 AM
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Rivet Master
1974 20' Argosy 20
Richmond
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Well, due to the weather, paint stripping operations have ground to a halt the last couple of days. Through trial and error we found that the stripper works very well when it's sunny but when it's cloudy it almost seems to go dormant. Yesterday we had a toad strangler and I believe today is supposed to be more of the same. However tomorrow through Saturday we're supposed to have sunshine so with luck paint stripping will begin again tomorrow morning.
Fingers crossed!
Brad
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06-29-2018, 11:13 AM
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1974 20' Argosy 20
Richmond
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06-29-2018, 06:49 PM
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Keen amature
1975 20' Argosy 20
Chestfield
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bkahler
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Wow, he is coming up clean!
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06-30-2018, 04:41 AM
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Rivet Master
1974 20' Argosy 20
Richmond
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Peanut is looking surprisingly good so far. Probably my biggest concern at the moment is whether or not we're going to have enough stripper to finish the job. As of this morning there is exactly half of the stripper left in the container. Ernie has company today and tomorrow and I'm not sure how much time he's going to spend stripping paint so I'm not sure how much progress I'll be reporting today.
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06-30-2018, 08:04 PM
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Take me back to the 70's
1970 21' Globetrotter
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1977 20' Argosy 20
Boston
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bkahler
Finally had enough sunshine for Ernie to do some more paint stripping.
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That looks AMAZING!! The aluminum is in great shape!
“You go Ernie” !!
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07-02-2018, 01:15 PM
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Rivet Master
1974 20' Argosy 20
Richmond
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Progress to date.
You can see the "sanding" marks in the aluminum that I mentioned previously. Ernie things they might have been caused by a wire wheel on a drill motor. Polishing them out should be interesting but doable.
It's taking about three separate coatings, sometimes four, of paint stripper to get everything off.
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07-02-2018, 07:38 PM
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1982 28' Airstream 280
Port Angeles
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You know Ernie is doing such a great job I wonder if he would be interested in a vacation to the Pacific Northwest?
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07-03-2018, 05:06 AM
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Rivet Master
1974 20' Argosy 20
Richmond
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Smartstream
You know Ernie is doing such a great job I wonder if he would be interested in a vacation to the Pacific Northwest?
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Your idea of a vacation and Ernie's idea of a vacation probably have two different meanings
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07-03-2018, 09:33 AM
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Rivet Master
1974 20' Argosy 20
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Today's progress.
There's a lot of masking that has to be done around the front so it's likely going to take a couple more days to finish the stripping process.
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07-03-2018, 11:25 AM
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Rivet Master
1982 28' Airstream 280
Port Angeles
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bkahler
Your idea of a vacation and Ernie's idea of a vacation probably have two different meanings
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Hey Brad there is no lawn mowing required.
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07-03-2018, 04:31 PM
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Rivet Master
1974 20' Argosy 20
Richmond
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Smartstream
Hey Brad there is no lawn mowing required.
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Not having to mow would be a vacation for me but I doubt that would impress Ernie
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07-03-2018, 07:05 PM
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Rivet Master
1982 28' Airstream 280
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Well Brad maybe you could use a vacation too. Remember I acquired a 345 that would be a great vacation spot for both of you.
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07-04-2018, 07:09 AM
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#677
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Rivet Master
1974 20' Argosy 20
Richmond
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Smartstream
Well Brad maybe you could use a vacation too. Remember I acquired a 345 that would be a great vacation spot for both of you.
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There's a whole lot of vacations I can think of taking and NONE of them include Ernie
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07-04-2018, 11:37 AM
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Rivet Master
1974 20' Argosy 20
Richmond
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Today's progress.
It'll probably be a day or two before any more progress is made. Heat index for today was up to 105 and I think tomorrow is supposed to be more of the same.
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07-04-2018, 12:12 PM
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#679
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Rivet Master
2007 22' International CCD
Corona
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Looking kinda naked...[emoji3]
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Multiple Yaesu Ham Radios inside and many antennae sprouting from roof, ProPride hitch, Prodigy P2 controller.
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07-11-2018, 06:14 PM
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#680
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Rivet Master
1974 20' Argosy 20
Richmond
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