well, i had a couple of months back on the camper this fall. weather has been spotty, but i've made some progress.
i decided to paint the roof in late sept before nights got too cold. i ended out using easypoxy 6149 primer and easypoxy topside paint. semi-gloss for the inside and gloss for the outside since the roof will take the most beating of sun and rain. on the outside, i went 2 coats primer and two coats paint, one of each on he inside. rolled on the primer using 3/16 mohair roller and sanded with 120 between coats. i'm not much of painter, usually loathe it, but this was pretty straight forward. i used the roll and tip method to apply the paint. found that an 1/8 foam roller worked better than the mohair as it applied a thinner, more even coat and was easier to control. roll on a small area, then lightly tip, or drag a dry, soft brush over the rolled area, then continue on down the line. was my 1st time, and though hesitant, it was pretty easy and yielded a good job. far from perfect, but something i could do myself. it works for the boat guys, that's good enough for me.
whenever there was a warm enough day, i got at some of the remaining tasks requiring lamination. glassing up the nose was next. i had originally hoped to round this, but when it came down to it, the piece i had fabricated felt very heavy, i had a hard time visualizing the corner joints, and just decided to go with angles. the compound cuts on that were complicated enough.
kitchen was next. it has two main supports in the middle where the fridge will go and i wanted a pretty tight tolerance on that. i also lammed up the propane box, accessed from the outside and sealed from the living space. stove will be directly above and wave 3 heater just to the rear, so propane lines will be nice and short. that's a luan mockup of the counter. just needed to see it in place and get the sink and stove in the right place before cutting into my last piece of nida-core for the counter. $10 piece of luan vs $100+ piece of nida-core.
more soon.
