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11-11-2007, 12:23 AM
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1 Rivet Member
1977 27' Overlander
Lava Hot Springs
, Idaho
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 9
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Help on plastic edge trim inserts
I am looking for plastic trim inserts that go in aluminum extrusion trim. I am working on the galley and bath in a 77 overlander. Readily available RV trim insert sold as 1 inch really isn't. It's to narrow and soft to fit the Airstream trim extrusion. I have looked at the links provided in this forum but can't find what I am looking for. Here's a couple of pix of what I am trying to find. Thanks for any help.
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11-11-2007, 06:02 AM
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Rivet Master
1976 31' Sovereign
Currently Looking...
Chandler
, Oklahoma
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 1,770
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Try searching these sites: Rockler.com and Brunner Enterprises.
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11-11-2007, 06:13 AM
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Rivet Master
1973 31' Sovereign
Danielsville
, Georgia
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 904
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Strips of linoleum work well and will match the floor if you replace it.
I've also heard of others using plastic from venetian (sp?) blinds.
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11-11-2007, 09:45 AM
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418
2007 25' Safari FB SE
1958 22' Flying Cloud
1974 29' Ambassador
Yucca Valley
, California
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: 1963 26' Overlander
Posts: 4,804
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I was unable to find this trim a few years ago. I ended up using aluminum colored heavy tape from a sign shop, cut to size and inserted into the groove. I did not remove the adhesive backing cover, but rather used it as it came. It looked pretty good, and as I recall, came in many different colors. My bath hed just been refinished in a very clean white color, so the silver tape made it look even cleaner. The old brittle yellowed insert just did not make it, visually.
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11-11-2007, 09:53 AM
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Rivet Master
1971 27' Overlander
Central
, Ohio
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 2,365
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You might try calling Airstream and getting a hold of the parts department. Send them a photo of what you need via email. It will be hit or miss with them as they have a variety of trims in storage - none that would fit my 71 by the way - but you could get lucky.
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11-11-2007, 12:05 PM
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Rivet Master
Airstream Dealer
Corona
, California
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 16,497
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Idaho Ken
I am looking for plastic trim inserts that go in aluminum extrusion trim. I am working on the galley and bath in a 77 overlander. Readily available RV trim insert sold as 1 inch really isn't. It's to narrow and soft to fit the Airstream trim extrusion. I have looked at the links provided in this forum but can't find what I am looking for. Here's a couple of pix of what I am trying to find. Thanks for any help.
Attachment 49149
Attachment 49150
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That insert is readily available from a parts stocking dealer.
Andy
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11-11-2007, 01:00 PM
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Rivet Master
1973 31' Sovereign
Danielsville
, Georgia
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 904
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Uwe,
I'd like to see a picture of that.
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11-11-2007, 01:16 PM
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418
2007 25' Safari FB SE
1958 22' Flying Cloud
1974 29' Ambassador
Yucca Valley
, California
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: 1963 26' Overlander
Posts: 4,804
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Inland RV Center, In
That insert is readily available from a parts stocking dealer.
Andy
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It wasn't when I needed it in 2004. I asked everywhere.
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11-11-2007, 01:17 PM
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418
2007 25' Safari FB SE
1958 22' Flying Cloud
1974 29' Ambassador
Yucca Valley
, California
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: 1963 26' Overlander
Posts: 4,804
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PizzaChop
Uwe,
I'd like to see a picture of that.
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Ron, I sold that particular trailer a while back, and did not take pics of the bath remodel. It was a wet bath, very small and awkward to take pictures of.
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06-10-2011, 12:34 PM
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2 Rivet Member
1975 29' Ambassador
1995 31' Land Yacht LE
Southwest
, New Hampshire
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 31
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Resurrecting this thread from 2007.
Andy, by "parts stocking dealer" do you mean the factory?
Looking for a sort of 'burnt orange' color for a 1975 International Overlander.
Any new info would be greatly appreciated......thanks all.
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06-10-2011, 12:38 PM
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Rivet Master
Airstream Dealer
Corona
, California
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 16,497
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Quote:
Originally Posted by shebeen
Resurrecting this thread from 2007.
Andy, by "parts stocking dealer" do you mean the factory?
Looking for a sort of 'burnt orange' color for a 1975 International Overlander.
Any new info would be greatly appreciated......thanks all.
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A "parts stocking" dealer is a dealer who normally stocks many parts for telephone or on line ordering by Airstream owners.
Unfortunately many dealers do not stck anything but a very few repair parts.
Andy
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06-10-2011, 12:40 PM
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Site Team
1974 31' Sovereign
Ottawa
, ON
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 11,219
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Be sure to ask any "parts stocking dealer" before you buy it if it is a good, exact, proper fit.
I bought a bunch of it from one, and after I bought it and complained that it would not fit, I was told that it needed "a bit of sanding" to go in.
I still have it, uninstalled. I sanded till my hands were sore, no go.
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06-10-2011, 05:32 PM
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2 Rivet Member
1975 29' Ambassador
1995 31' Land Yacht LE
Southwest
, New Hampshire
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 31
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Thanks guys.....trying to keep it somewhat 'original'.
Dyed the curtains a similar color so I'm sort of locked-in with the burnt orange.
If anybody told me 20 years ago that I'd be dying curtains I'd have told them they had a SCREW LOOSE!
How times change.
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06-10-2011, 06:03 PM
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Rivet Monster
1975 31' Sovereign
1980 31' Excella II
Sprung Leak
, North Carolina
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 7,172
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Quote:
Originally Posted by shebeen
Thanks guys.....trying to keep it somewhat 'original'.
Dyed the curtains a similar color so I'm sort of locked-in with the burnt orange.
If anybody told me 20 years ago that I'd be dying curtains I'd have told them they had a SCREW LOOSE!
How times change.
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I would think the screw was loose from keeping the burnt orange color scheme...
When I did the teardown of my 1975 I found one scrap of the original orange shag carpet in a closet. I am considering having it framed and mounted.
Aaron
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06-10-2011, 09:54 PM
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3 Rivet Member
1976 Argosy 26
Fair Oaks
, California
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 166
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I recently purchased a few feet of the trim from Inland RV and it fits perfectly. With the new plastic paints, you can even change its color if you wish.
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06-10-2011, 10:44 PM
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Rivet Master
1978 28' Ambassador
Morada
, California
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 1,584
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Andy is one of those 'stocking dealers' with a great range of AS parts, call him for the right stuff...
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06-11-2011, 05:49 AM
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2 Rivet Member
1975 29' Ambassador
1995 31' Land Yacht LE
Southwest
, New Hampshire
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 31
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wahoonc
I would think the screw was loose from keeping the burnt orange color scheme...
Aaron
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LOL.....you're probably right Aaron.
But when I post a pic of my burnt orange trim and curtains with complementary Royal blue industrial rubber floor you're gonna be drooling!
You may not realize this but I'm an EXPERT on interior design......(I went to Wikipedia and looked up 'complimentary colors').
Thanks for the replies everybody!!!!
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06-11-2011, 07:21 AM
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Rivet Master
Airstream Dealer
Corona
, California
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 16,497
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Aage
Be sure to ask any "parts stocking dealer" before you buy it if it is a good, exact, proper fit.
I bought a bunch of it from one, and after I bought it and complained that it would not fit, I was told that it needed "a bit of sanding" to go in.
I still have it, uninstalled. I sanded till my hands were sore, no go.
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We came up with a way to "shave" some of the backside corners off so that the insert easily slides in the molding.
We made a jig that uses a simple "planer".
If you have a planer, shave off some of the backside corners at a 45 degree angle.
Andy
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