It won’t make a good boat. It leaks.
In this post, I patch holes and seal the roof.
Another big fat update!
I've been pretty busy lately. Work is about 50/50 right now. This past week I was at home with nothing on my schedule, but the week prior I was in DC and Chicago. Next week I'll be in Orange, CT and Tampa, FL.
The things I've completed may seem a little ADHD. Oh well.
First thing was to remove the existing clear coat. It will eventually get polished, but I have some patches to make and I'd rather not have the clear coat sandwiched in between a couple of panels, so I may as well remove it all.
I patched the holes where the original two batteries and vent were in the front, as well as the refrigerator vent. I'm going with a 12v fridge, as the last 3 way fridge I had tried to burn down my last camper.
While I was up there I put on a couple of coats of Bus Kote. This stuff works great. IR thermometer shows a solid 10*F difference in temperature on the back side of the metal between coated and uncoated. Yesterday I resealed all of the roof vents and put the MaxxAir vent covers on.
On the inside of things I've been slowly removing the vinyl from the interior wall panels. I've found that smothering the panel with paint stripper and covering it with a garbage bag yields the quickest and best results. Make sure when you apply the bag to smooth it out so there are no air pockets. Once the vinyl is loosened, peel it off. Then pour *and let soak for a few seconds* Goo Gone Professional. I learned the hard way that just using a wet rag and Goo Gone does not work well. The glue and wallpaper remnants need to soak in Goo Gone for a few seconds, then it will easily wipe away clean. Wipe a coat of mineral spirits to get the Goo Gone off, then spray and wipe with WD-40 to protect it and keep fingerprints at bay. I have all of the end cap sections done. Time to start laying out the big 20' long sections now.
3 layers (sometimes only 2 depending on the curve and space) of 1/2" insulating panel. Each panel is R 3.2, so this technically should provide an R 9.6 when completed.
Back on the outside I replaced all lights with LEDs, and added a Furrion S camera system with two side marker cameras and one rear mounted camera. Still working out where/how to mount the rear camera so that it can see the edge of the rear bumper and not be blocked by the rear awning.
