 Every Last Rivet
My husband got so tired of tracking leaks, and then finding out that there were more after every big rainstorm, that he has decided to replace EVERY LAST RIVET on the whole exterior. He's using larger rivets and vulkem on both sides (the interior is stripped). He's also adding ones where he feels they are needed, especially the rear door hatch that leaked so badly before. Well, at least we wont have mis-matching rivets on the outside!
He made an interesting tool out of a piece of dowel larger than the rivets, that is concavely curved to the convex shape of the rivet. He then cuts a little circle of abrasive padding, puts it into the wood cavity and puts it into a power drill which then can be used to polish the rivets to a perfect bright shine. And he enjoys this! I keep thinking of the "Airstream Scream " picture.
And I wonder why this trailer rehab is taking so long? I can hardly wait for the all metal interior riveting, done with the petal style aluminum panels on the ends. (Classy I know ,but major time comsuming).
Polishing the rivets is something I can do, but he'd rather keep that pleasure to himself. This must be a MALE thing. " I WILL appreciate this when it is done, I WILL......" that's my new mantra. silver suz
Really, I DO appreciate his hard work and attention to details. but I keep thinking I would like to use the trailer on a trip in this decade. silver suz
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