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08-06-2013, 11:44 AM
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Rivet Master 
1956 22' Flying Cloud
1953 32' Liner
1955 22' Safari
Valley View
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meanwhile...
got side tracked with Jims' Caravanner.
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08-06-2013, 03:34 PM
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Rivet Master
1997 30' Excella
1961 26' Overlander
1954 22' Flying Cloud
1981 28' Airstream 280
San Antonio
, Texas
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 1,436
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Melody Ranch
got side tracked with Jims' Caravanner.
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Lookit all them purty traylahs!!! NICE
Carravanner?????? Did Francisco polish of 4 feet of trailer and make it shorter or wash glare from the shine in your eyes  
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08-06-2013, 03:36 PM
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#183
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Rivet Master
1997 30' Excella
1961 26' Overlander
1954 22' Flying Cloud
1981 28' Airstream 280
San Antonio
, Texas
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 1,436
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bwoodtx
Lookit all them purty traylahs!!! NICE
Carravanner?????? Did Francisco polish of 4 feet of trailer and make it shorter or wash glare from the shine in your eyes |
That should be "polish off 4 feet of trailer"
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08-08-2013, 07:22 PM
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Rivet Master
1956 22' Flying Cloud
1953 32' Liner
1955 22' Safari
Valley View
, Texas
Join Date: Jan 2006
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Door seals
An abbreviated work day. I got the main and inner main door seals on. I do use 8008 3M adhesive an addition to the sticky back on the seal. I used the same seal for the rear hatch as the main door. It looks tight. The piano finish floor is next.
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08-08-2013, 09:26 PM
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4 Rivet Member 
1955 22' Flying Cloud
mapleton
, Utah
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 464
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So.. did you break down and drill out the riveted seal you installed a few days ago?
tim
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08-11-2013, 06:25 AM
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Rivet Master
1956 22' Flying Cloud
1953 32' Liner
1955 22' Safari
Valley View
, Texas
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 3,971
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door and seals
Hi Tim! Damnest thing. My expert friend and I brainstormed the problem...and it looked like the hinge had been "tweaked" somehow. I am guessing it was me pushing the door closed in an attempt to compress the new seals. So we went at the hinges. I could see where both the inner door and outer had rub marks on their frames. Now, if you have not looked at the fabrication and geometry of the hinge....do so. I am trying to find some more info....GOT ANY? The best I can find on my own trials is using a C clamp to get at the inner door adjustments. The good old hardwood/hammer on the outer. Then just work it a little at a time. I cannot , at all, figure out why Airstream used both rivets AND screws for the hinges. That may be the adjustment answer.
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08-17-2013, 10:58 PM
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4 Rivet Member
1956 16' Bubble
Dallas
, Oregon
Join Date: Feb 2010
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be sure to just check the lock mechanism itself--i had to take mine apart, lube, and adjust. for the longest time i thought i needed to tweak the hinges too. they ended up being fine-- i was tweaking all kinds of stuff till i found the obvious. it's easy to be fooled when you can't see through aluminum and the inner and outer door gasket from VTS works great once everything's lined up well. these doors can shut like a european car door if you're patient... and get lucky.
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08-18-2013, 06:23 PM
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Rivet Master
1956 22' Flying Cloud
1953 32' Liner
1955 22' Safari
Valley View
, Texas
Join Date: Jan 2006
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Thanks for the tweak info.
Tweaking in progress. Lock has been apart and cleaned/greased. Tomorrow.....?
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09-25-2013, 08:30 PM
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Rivet Master
1956 22' Flying Cloud
1953 32' Liner
1955 22' Safari
Valley View
, Texas
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Unbelievable
Well, it is something I don't want to believe. The pecan tree sap residue that covered my freshly polished Bubble apparently is quite acidic. All those tiny flecks have etches all the skin, my polished Worthingtons and my new polished battery box. Bonnet with G6 and my usual mashed up green bar hardly touches the damage. It will require compounding and polish all over again.
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09-25-2013, 08:39 PM
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Site Team
1963 26' Overlander
Hollis
, New Hampshire
Join Date: Oct 2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Melody Ranch
Well, it is something I don't want to believe. The pecan tree sap residue that covered my freshly polished Bubble apparently is quite acidic. All those tiny flecks have etches all the skin, my polished Worthingtons and my new polished battery box. Bonnet with G6 and my usual mashed up green bar hardly touches the damage. It will require compounding and polish all over again.
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Holey moley  man, that's awful 
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09-25-2013, 08:46 PM
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Rivet Master
1991 34' Excella
1963 26' Overlander
1961 26' Overlander
Central
, Mississippi
Join Date: Nov 2006
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Oh dear. I usually park under my parents pecan trees when we tow over to visit. So far we have not used our polished '63 and now I know not to park there.
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09-25-2013, 08:49 PM
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Rivet Master
1964 17' Bambi II
Vintage Kin Owner
Schererville
, Indiana
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 2,637
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Now that's a HUGE bummer!!! Sorry for you......  
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1964 Bambi II
1988 Avion 32S
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09-25-2013, 08:50 PM
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Streamline Owner
Vintage Kin Owner
Indianapolis
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Join Date: Oct 2012
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So sorry to hear the news.
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09-25-2013, 11:21 PM
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Rivet Master
1999 34' Excella
Currently Looking...
Hillsboro
, Texas
Join Date: Feb 2013
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Was it waxed after polish or is that not done?
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09-26-2013, 09:41 AM
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Rivet Master
1956 22' Flying Cloud
1953 32' Liner
1955 22' Safari
Valley View
, Texas
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 3,971
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ruined polish job
No! I don't use wax on a polished one. I do use Turtle wash/wax for the up keep during the year or two befor next polish. The sap damage is akin to bird poop staining.
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09-26-2013, 02:34 PM
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Rivet Master
1964 17' Bambi II
Vintage Kin Owner
Schererville
, Indiana
Join Date: Jul 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Melody Ranch
No! I don't use wax on a polished one. I do use Turtle wash/wax for the up keep during the year or two befor next polish. The sap damage is akin to bird poop staining.
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Just curious as to why you don't wax? Obviously you don't store it inside.....
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1964 Bambi II
1988 Avion 32S
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10-03-2013, 10:43 AM
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Rivet Master
1956 22' Flying Cloud
1953 32' Liner
1955 22' Safari
Valley View
, Texas
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 3,971
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What went wrong
Well, here are some pics I took of the damage to the polished Bubble. Still amazed.
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12-19-2013, 12:11 PM
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#198
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Rivet Master
1956 22' Flying Cloud
1953 32' Liner
1955 22' Safari
Valley View
, Texas
Join Date: Jan 2006
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anther problem
As I just looked at the last posting….I was having problems. So be it……again
Here are the pics of the coating process for the new interior aluminum panels. I used KBS Diamond finish.
A high quality, self leveling, coating. I did OK until I saw some thin areas and went to re roll them with a thin coat to finish. The result was a pocking which the Company Tech rep is working on with me. I hope it is solvable.
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12-19-2013, 12:37 PM
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Always learning
1972 29' Ambassador
1962 19' Globetrotter
1951 21' Flying Cloud
Central
, Texas
Join Date: Oct 2010
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It will be a pain, and take a lot of time, but it can be fixed.
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Work is never done, so take time to play!
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12-19-2013, 02:27 PM
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Rivet Master
1956 22' Flying Cloud
1953 32' Liner
1955 22' Safari
Valley View
, Texas
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 3,971
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It is a PAIN
Right! A PAIN!
The Tech rep said that the MEK leaves a residue which will cause the problem Why then, did their instructions tell me to use it? So I am now where I have to strip the panels with aircraft type stripper, re
clean the surface and re apply the clear coating. It is only money, and time, etc.
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