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12-05-2021, 01:33 PM
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#601
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Rivet Master 
1982 31' Airstream 310
champaign
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 4,071
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Outstanding work!
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12-05-2021, 05:33 PM
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#602
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3 Rivet Member 
Currently Looking...
2024 Atlas
Jeffersonville
, Alabama
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 173
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Very nice!
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12-06-2021, 06:24 AM
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#603
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4 Rivet Member 
1977 20' Argosy 20
Matsubushi
, Saitama
Join Date: Oct 2018
Posts: 435
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PeterH-350LE, mayco and chevy2man
Thank you!
I'm very glad to hear your message, and also you gave me the motivation to work! 
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12-13-2021, 07:20 AM
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#604
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4 Rivet Member
1977 20' Argosy 20
Matsubushi
, Saitama
Join Date: Oct 2018
Posts: 435
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I have been working on making the subfloors. And playing with other tasks some times, because I still have lots of to do things. I can choose many options yet!
I'm not going to use any equipments powered by propane gas, that including a furnace as well. So I don't need these stuffs. Probably it's assembled by two pieces, but it seemed like hard to disassemble due to rusted and sticked...
So I decided to cut it off!
Then stripped painting with paint remover.
My Argosy is a thick make-up, I need to apply paint remover then scrape it by several times at the same area.
There're bruises on the body, because it's an Argosy...
I have done it at the opposite side.
Since it's the Argosy, there're scratches on the body...
Anyway, I don't care about that!
I polished the body a little bit. I'm going to polish the body more and more! When it got a shiny surface, my face dull accordingly. 
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12-13-2021, 12:32 PM
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#605
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Rivet Master 
1974 20' Argosy 20
Richmond
, Kentucky
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 9,115
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GREEN ARGOSY
Hi Brad,
Does that mean disease, illness or whatever?
My symptom is.. eager to do replace everything with aluminium  |
Yuki, you have WAY to much energy
Looking good!
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1975 24' Argosy Motor Home
1974 31' Excella trailer (parting out, as of 4/1/2015 I have wheels & windows left to sell)
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12-19-2021, 06:33 AM
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#606
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4 Rivet Member
1977 20' Argosy 20
Matsubushi
, Saitama
Join Date: Oct 2018
Posts: 435
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bkahler
Yuki, you have WAY to much energy
Looking good! |
Thank you 
I'm still keeping the energy.
But I'm not sure which will come first the polishing work is completed or my energy is run out.
My hands are almost dead..
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12-19-2021, 07:42 AM
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Keen amature
1975 20' Argosy 20
Chestfield
, Kent
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 3,535
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Aghhhh....
The dreaded Argosy 'orbital sander marks'.
Good luck and I hope your energy keeps up!
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12-21-2021, 06:50 AM
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#608
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4 Rivet Member
1977 20' Argosy 20
Matsubushi
, Saitama
Join Date: Oct 2018
Posts: 435
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Quote:
Originally Posted by martin300662
Aghhhh....
The dreaded Argosy 'orbital sander marks'.
Good luck and I hope your energy keeps up!
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Thank you! I need to keep the energy by some beverages like Red Bull!
Yep! That's like a nightmare.. But we can find that marks under paint easily in an Argosy!
I always delete it with hard abrasives and an angle grinder. I hope the body won't worn out by grinding! 
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12-25-2021, 07:25 AM
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#609
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4 Rivet Member
1977 20' Argosy 20
Matsubushi
, Saitama
Join Date: Oct 2018
Posts: 435
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I've been fighting the dreaded orbital sander marks recently.
Today's enemy was this part.
Yes, of course there are lots of marks!!
Here is my weapons for the first step of polishing.
I use an angle sander with a sisal disc (The top left in the picture). The sisal disc is made from sias hemp, it's harder than cotton or felt buffing discs. And I use an abrasive that is called "Sisar". The brown color bars in the picture are the Sisar and a tripoli abrasives. Those are look similar but they have different material. The Sisar is an oil based alumina abrasive and the tripoli is an oil based cilica one.
The Sisar is coarser than the tripoli, so I usually use this for the first step.
I polished a little bit.
The Sisar can delete the mark unless a deep wound.
But it cannot remove deep scratches or corrosion marks. There are many corrosion marks near rub rails.
The first step is finished.
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12-25-2021, 07:29 AM
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#610
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4 Rivet Member
1977 20' Argosy 20
Matsubushi
, Saitama
Join Date: Oct 2018
Posts: 435
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12-25-2021, 07:35 AM
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#611
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4 Rivet Member
1977 20' Argosy 20
Matsubushi
, Saitama
Join Date: Oct 2018
Posts: 435
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The final step.
The last weapons are a
double action polishier and fine grid metal abrasive (1μ).
The polisher is attached a felt buffing pad, and I wrap with a cotton cloth when polishing.
All of steps were completed.
Umm... The mark is left a little bit, so this is not parfect mirror finishing. Anyway, I cannot spend lots of time polishing, and there are left surface that needs to polish on the body, I'm satisfied it at the moment.
I'm going to do the same process at rear of the rig tomorrow!
If I need to delete the marks compleatly, I think sanding pads or papers will work better.
I've used a sanding pad that is like a Scotch Brite before. It was able to cut the marks, but not parfectly. I should have used coarser one. In fact, the marks are tough to beat! 
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12-28-2021, 10:27 AM
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#612
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3 Rivet Member
Currently Looking...
2024 Atlas
Jeffersonville
, Alabama
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 173
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Looking good!
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12-31-2021, 04:48 AM
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#613
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4 Rivet Member
1977 20' Argosy 20
Matsubushi
, Saitama
Join Date: Oct 2018
Posts: 435
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chevy2man
Looking good!
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Thank you!
Today is the last day of the year. But I worked on the Argosy, because I'm a hard worker.
The last work was polishing a drivers side rear body.
I wish you all the best in the new year.
I hope my Argosy get back on the road in 2022!
Have a nice holiday!!
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12-31-2021, 08:25 AM
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Keen amature
1975 20' Argosy 20
Chestfield
, Kent
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 3,535
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Happy New Year Yuki
Fingers crossed that your are successful in getting your Argosy back on the road during 2022!
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01-01-2022, 02:24 AM
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#615
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4 Rivet Member
1977 20' Argosy 20
Matsubushi
, Saitama
Join Date: Oct 2018
Posts: 435
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Quote:
Originally Posted by martin300662
Happy New Year Yuki
Fingers crossed that your are successful in getting your Argosy back on the road during 2022!
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Happy New Year Martin
Thank you! I'll try my hardest!
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01-01-2022, 06:51 AM
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#616
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3 Rivet Member
Currently Looking...
2024 Atlas
Jeffersonville
, Alabama
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 173
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Happy New Year Yuki!
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01-03-2022, 02:51 AM
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#617
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4 Rivet Member
1977 20' Argosy 20
Matsubushi
, Saitama
Join Date: Oct 2018
Posts: 435
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chevy2man
Happy New Year Yuki!
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Happy New Year to you too!
I'm looking forward to seeing a new post on your thread!
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01-03-2022, 04:36 AM
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#618
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4 Rivet Member
1977 20' Argosy 20
Matsubushi
, Saitama
Join Date: Oct 2018
Posts: 435
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The first work in 2022 was installing a front fender trim.
The fender trim will be fixed with bolts and nuts, so I make holes on it and a body.
The first, marking an out line of the fender trim on the body. The body was not trimed evenly, I measured the distance between the outline and the trimming line, then wrote numbers in metric.
Next, chose the points there're enough space for making the holes, then drilled eleven of 3mm holes.
I'm going to install an outer fender trim. Unfortunately it has damage, needs repairing. 
However, I cannot repair smashed aluminum perfectly. Probably I'll use body filler for forming the outer fender.
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01-04-2022, 08:32 AM
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#619
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Rivet Master
1974 20' Argosy 20
Richmond
, Kentucky
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 9,115
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GREEN ARGOSY
I'm going to install an outer fender trim. Unfortunately it has damage, needs repairing.
However, I cannot repair smashed aluminum perfectly. Probably I'll use body filler for forming the outer fender. |
Repair the trim as best you can and move on. Those are called "battle scars" and can be considered a badge of honor
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1974 20' Argosy Motor Home
1975 24' Argosy Motor Home
1974 31' Excella trailer (parting out, as of 4/1/2015 I have wheels & windows left to sell)
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01-09-2022, 04:35 AM
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#620
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4 Rivet Member
1977 20' Argosy 20
Matsubushi
, Saitama
Join Date: Oct 2018
Posts: 435
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bkahler
Repair the trim as best you can and move on. Those are called "battle scars" and can be considered a badge of honor |
"Battle scars" sounds nice! That's cool.
However, that trim is bent and ripped, it looks pitiful.. 
I'm going to restore its shape with pliers as far as possible. And use body filler or FRP for forming, then paint it. I'm not sure, still thinking about it, though.
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