Scamp walls

[brigadoon]

Hi there
New to the Scamp and rv world. Can't wait until spring. What product do you use to hang things in the furry walls?

[David B.]

Michele, we use the hook part of the hook & loop (Velcro) that has the peel & stick design.
Dave & Paula

[brigadoon]

Thank you so much. Is it easy to remove? I just got a 2005 13ft Samp. Should be fun with my great dane and standard poodle. Needless to say bed will be down permanently! Never owned an rv but excited to get going. I visit it every couple if days at the storage place.

[David B.]

I would not want to apply anything to the walls with the velcro IF it needed to be removed frequently, as I believe this would cause the "rat fur" wall covering to look a little fuzzy. I have used it for an inside/outside thermometer, and a digital alarm clock. It really takes quite a bit of effort to pull the items off the wall, but this can be adjusted by simply using less velcro on whatever you are applying to the wall. I have also used the very small peel & stick round velcro on light objects.
We use a double mummy style Big Bertha sleeping bag in our 13' Scamp, so we can easily change from bed to table use daily. I know what you mean about just looking lovingly at the trailer just sitting there & wishing you could use it.
Dave & Paula

[brigadoon]

Thanks Dave and Paula. I think I'm losing it. I talk to it! Lol

[Byron Kinnaman]

Congratulation on your Scamp.
I understand the desire to get out in it. Our 2006 Scamp was delivered December 15 2005. We managed to wait until New Years Eve, 2006, then off we were for a single night. We only waited about 3 more weeks before we headed for Ft Stevens for nice week end. One of the really nice things about a trailer in Oregon you can easily camp year around.

[brigadoon]

Hi there. I live on the Oregon Coast. Have always lived in large cities. Can't wait to get out on the road.

[Carol H]

Be careful hanging items of the rat fur/furry walls. If its to heavy it can pull the rat fur away from the wall.

I use office Cubical Hooks for hanging keys etc by the door.

Also use small drapery hooks for hanging small light pictures etc.

[brigadoon]

Thanks Carol. Looking to hang lightweight pictures. I prefer to call the walls mohair. Rat fur makes me think of Willard lol

[David B.]

Originally Posted by brigadoon

Thanks Dave and Paula. I think I'm losing it. I talk to it! Lol

You're normal.......unless IT talks back to you.

[brigadoon]

No sentences yet.

[Donna D.]

Originally Posted by brigadoon

Thanks Carol. Looking to hang lightweight pictures. I prefer to call the walls mohair. Rat fur makes me think of Willard lol

A bit of history. A number of years ago, we had a valued member here Pete Dumbleton. He full-timed in a 13' Scamp... with three rats (check out his avatar). The white kind, not the black icky kind. I believe it was Pete that coined the name "rat fur" when it came to the marine headliner material Scamp uses. Pete provided lots of good information and was a warm and caring person to other all molded towable owners. Pete has since passed away from cancer... about 3 or 4 years ago. But the term Rat Fur continues on.

So, while you may think of Willard... I prefer to remember fondly Pete Dumbleton when I hear that term of endearment about the fuzzy walls.

[David B.]

Thanks Donna for solving the mystery of the "rat fur" origins, and for sharing your friends story.
Dave & Paula

[Pam Garlow]

Originally Posted by Donna D.

A bit of history. A number of years ago, we had a valued member here Pete Dumbleton. He full-timed in a 13' Scamp... with three rats (check out his avatar). The white kind, not the black icky kind. I believe it was Pete that coined the name "rat fur" when it came to the marine headliner material Scamp uses. Pete provided lots of good information and was a warm and caring person to other all molded towable owners. Pete has since passed away from cancer... about 3 or 4 years ago. But the term Rat Fur continues on.

So, while you may think of Willard... I prefer to remember fondly Pete Dumbleton when I hear that term of endearment about the fuzzy walls.

Awww, Donna, I didn't know that story behind ratfur! I remember Pete Dumbleton, he was a wonderful, helpful member of the forum.

[brigadoon]

I will look at rat fur in a new light. Sounds like a wonderful person.

[Donna D.]

Michele, I think if you prefer mohair.. it's perfectly okay. I was just attempting to put a bit of history to something.

Now, ensolite... which we call "elephant skin," I don't think any all molded towable owner has ever had an elephant as a pet...

[brigadoon]

Really have a problem with rat tails. I imagine them hanging on the wall. I know too much information. Art major.

[Carol H]

[QUOTE=Donna D.;432851
So, while you may think of Willard... I prefer to remember fondly Pete Dumbleton when I hear that term of endearment about the fuzzy walls. [/QUOTE]

[brigadoon]

Nice vision. Thump thump Steven King movie?

[RogerDat]

On the plain fiberglass surface those window hooks on a suction cup work well to hang small items. I think one person put a mesh bag on these hooks next to the bed to use as a "nightstand" to store small flashlight, glasses etc.