|
|
02-28-2016, 12:28 PM
|
#21
|
Senior Member
Trailer: Lite House
Posts: 282
|
A new one was only 20$s. My time is worth more than that to me. OTOH, I now have spares in case I encounter a helper.
Sent from my iPhone using Fiberglass RV
|
|
|
02-28-2016, 12:39 PM
|
#22
|
Senior Member
Name: Kathleen (Kai: ai as in wait)
Trailer: Amerigo FG-16 1973 "Peanut"
Greater Seattle Metropolitan Area, Washington
Posts: 2,566
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Davie B
Attachment 92724 As part of my LiteHouse rebuild, I am redoing the cushions. The upholstery guy said that except for some mold, the foam is in good shape. At his suggestion, I'm treating the mold with. 30% bleach solution.
Sent from my iPhone using Fiberglass RV
|
Paul has asked me to post his suggestion that you throw those cushions away; our foam guy said you cannot ever get all the mold out, and some mold is extremely toxic.
HOWEVER, that said, others here have cleaned cushions, and bleach is about your best bet. If you have sunshine, try to get them out in it to dry some; UV helps kill a lot of nasty things.
We really feel for you. We ended up throwing out our cushions (bought our amerigo last September) when our foam guy here said no way...and we've bought a foam mattress to cut up, like you've mentioned. (IKEA, on clearance).
I'm just extra nervous about mold, since I'm terribly allergic. Funny I didn't really notice it when we bought the trailer...(I think he'd sprayed and aired it out with the fan before we arrived) but I sure became aware of it once I spent time in it there. I gagged all night long in the house, and was sick for two days. So...
Anyway, what a cute trailer. Rear end looks a lot like the amerigo.
Good photos!
BEST.
|
|
|
03-05-2016, 12:37 PM
|
#23
|
Senior Member
Trailer: Lite House
Posts: 282
|
Closing in on the demo of the old floor. I hope to finish most of that today and start figuring out the plywood next. I'm planning on epoxying in marine plywood. A few folks have recommended 3/4" but the original floor was 1/2" and I want the cabinets and benches to fit.
I haven't decided about the rat fur yet. Once I get the floor in, I'll start thinking about the rest of it.
Sent from my iPhone using Fiberglass RV
|
|
|
03-05-2016, 01:55 PM
|
#24
|
Senior Member
Trailer: Lite House
Posts: 282
|
I'm still on the fence. I hit it 30% bleach which got most of it. A little bit has come back. I still have bleach left so I'm going to put the whites back on and try again.
The upholstery guy I talked to, suggested cutting a mattress is a bad idea and wants to sell me $300 of foam to replace what I have. I assume I need giant scissors to cut foam?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kai in Seattle
Paul has asked me to post his suggestion that you throw those cushions away; our foam guy said you cannot ever get all the mold out, and some mold is extremely toxic.
HOWEVER, that said, others here have cleaned cushions, and bleach is about your best bet. If you have sunshine, try to get them out in it to dry some; UV helps kill a lot of nasty things.
We really feel for you. We ended up throwing out our cushions (bought our amerigo last September) when our foam guy here said no way...and we've bought a foam mattress to cut up, like you've mentioned. (IKEA, on clearance).
I'm just extra nervous about mold, since I'm terribly allergic. Funny I didn't really notice it when we bought the trailer...(I think he'd sprayed and aired it out with the fan before we arrived) but I sure became aware of it once I spent time in it there. I gagged all night long in the house, and was sick for two days. So...
Anyway, what a cute trailer. Rear end looks a lot like the amerigo.
Good photos!
BEST.
|
Sent from my iPhone using Fiberglass RV
|
|
|
03-05-2016, 02:22 PM
|
#25
|
Senior Member
Trailer: Escape 17 ft
Posts: 8,317
|
Electric carving knife works well cutting foam.
__________________
What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
- Bertolt Brecht
|
|
|
03-05-2016, 03:13 PM
|
#26
|
Senior Member
Name: Kathleen (Kai: ai as in wait)
Trailer: Amerigo FG-16 1973 "Peanut"
Greater Seattle Metropolitan Area, Washington
Posts: 2,566
|
You can cut foam with a serrated bread knife, too. It's surprisingly easy, just go slow and be careful. Mark both sides and check often to see you're on the line. It's not "a bad idea." And there are a lot of foam mattresses that can be had for much less than $300.
Put your foam up on a big table and cut near the table edge, to keep the foam stable. You can even use a bungee or something to strap the foam so it holds still.
That said, you CAN go ahead and buy the foam set; it's easier. OUR foam guy wanted $2000. Now really!?!?
YMMV
|
|
|
03-05-2016, 03:19 PM
|
#27
|
Senior Member
Name: Kathleen (Kai: ai as in wait)
Trailer: Amerigo FG-16 1973 "Peanut"
Greater Seattle Metropolitan Area, Washington
Posts: 2,566
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Davie B
Attachment 93032 Closing in on the demo of the old floor. I hope to finish most of that today and start figuring out the plywood next. I'm planning on epoxying in marine plywood. A few folks have recommended 3/4" but the original floor was 1/2" and I want the cabinets and benches to fit.
Attachment 93033 I haven't decided about the rat fur yet. Once I get the floor in, I'll start thinking about the rest of it.
Sent from my iPhone using Fiberglass RV
|
3/4" vs 1/2" ply:
I agree with you, that you should probably use the same thickness of ply that you took out.
Our floor was 5/8, so we got 5/8 marine ply. We borrowed some OLD ply from a neighbor to make temporary flooring while we took apart the belly band and windows because the trailer is outside, it rains a lot here, and we don't want the lovely new marine ply to get wet, prima donna plywood that it is.
We may use a scrap of the marine ply for the countertop...they sell "counter sealant" paint that's food-safe, and the edge of the ply looks like a chocolate necco wafer. It's really lovely plywood!
Took months to "fume off" in the living room.
|
|
|
03-06-2016, 06:28 AM
|
#28
|
Senior Member
Trailer: Lite House
Posts: 282
|
Was your marine plywood BC birch?
Sent from my iPhone using Fiberglass RV
|
|
|
03-06-2016, 09:14 AM
|
#30
|
Senior Member
Name: Matthew
Trailer: Trillium
Texas
Posts: 129
|
When I redid my floor I went with the grind down to flat rather than use filler to raise up... I think it was the right way to go, however i wanted to share a little.
First off I used a 24 grit flat wheel on an angle grinder to do most of the heavy removal. worked well, was a dust cloud nightmare. Don’t try this in a suburban front yard or anywhere up wind of anything that you don’t want covered in dust. Buy the shop-vac filter that is waterproof and can be hosed off.
The dust and the trailer are staticly attracted to each other, the dust worked its way into unimaginable places... if you can, tape off everything, cover it in plastic or something... I had mold issues as well and had assumed I would be scrubbing every surface anyway so I hadn’t worried about the dust. Keep as much as you can covered and dust excluded, its not worth biologically contaminated areas that also will make you itchy for a week.
The regular bondo filler is fine, it is so much easier to work with than the fiber re-enforced kind... The truth is if you need the extra strength, build up the strength with mat and use the bondo to make the shape. Whenever I could, I used glass under and above anywhere I used filler
|
|
|
03-06-2016, 09:23 AM
|
#31
|
Senior Member
Name: Matthew
Trailer: Trillium
Texas
Posts: 129
|
oh yea... The shape of you trailer is probably like mine, very plastic... with the floor rotten and or removed the walls and rest of the trailer responds dynamically... It is a bit of trial and error to determine the shape the trailer wants to be... start experimenting and figure out a clamping plan for when you want to glue the floor back in... check the walls against a template from the cabinets and door to be sure they are in the right shape... if you put a straight edge along the fiberglass floor it might be humping in the middle and letting the walls sag down. think about how you will support all of this weight to allow the plywood to resin-in flat.
|
|
|
03-06-2016, 09:26 AM
|
#32
|
Senior Member
Name: Matthew
Trailer: Trillium
Texas
Posts: 129
|
I think I might have had too much coffee this morning but I hope some of this information is helpful... oh yea, I would also advocate for polyester resins over the epoxy, I don’t know what west systems product you had meant
|
|
|
03-06-2016, 01:27 PM
|
#33
|
Senior Member
Trailer: Lite House
Posts: 282
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ironhinge
I think I might have had too much coffee this morning but I hope some of this information is helpful... oh yea, I would also advocate for polyester resins over the epoxy, I don’t know what west systems product you had meant
|
Why polyester resin? And, yes, very helpful.
Sent from my iPhone using Fiberglass RV
|
|
|
03-06-2016, 01:31 PM
|
#34
|
Senior Member
Trailer: Lite House
Posts: 282
|
It appears that the original builder used red locktite on the big bolts.
Sent from my iPhone using Fiberglass RV
|
|
|
03-06-2016, 07:08 PM
|
#35
|
Senior Member
Name: Matthew
Trailer: Trillium
Texas
Posts: 129
|
The idea basically is that the trailer, with the exception of the wood, has lasted a very long time with the materials they chose. Epoxy resins stick to anything but polyester only sticks to polyester, once you switch to epoxies you have to stay there... and so do future owners.
That being said I have probably put down 7 gallons of resin, there is a large price difference and so far I have found little lacking in the strength of the polyester
|
|
|
03-06-2016, 07:27 PM
|
#36
|
Senior Member
Trailer: Lite House
Posts: 282
|
Does polyester resin saturate plywood as well as epoxy?
|
|
|
03-07-2016, 06:18 AM
|
#37
|
Senior Member
Trailer: Lite House
Posts: 282
|
It may be too good to be true but I found an alternative to West or System 3 for a much more reasonable price. Has anyone had experience with resins from these guys? http://www.uscomposites.com/epoxy.html
Sent from my iPad using Fiberglass RV
|
|
|
03-07-2016, 08:19 AM
|
#38
|
Senior Member
Name: Kathleen (Kai: ai as in wait)
Trailer: Amerigo FG-16 1973 "Peanut"
Greater Seattle Metropolitan Area, Washington
Posts: 2,566
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Davie B
Was your marine plywood BC birch?
Sent from my iPhone using Fiberglass RV
|
I don't know. We got it from a local marine yard.
|
|
|
03-07-2016, 08:25 AM
|
#39
|
Senior Member
Name: Kathleen (Kai: ai as in wait)
Trailer: Amerigo FG-16 1973 "Peanut"
Greater Seattle Metropolitan Area, Washington
Posts: 2,566
|
Paul's been getting his epoxy resin at a local auto body shop. The hardener is available even at Lowe's or MacLendon's hardware stores.
He's paying about $40 a gallon for the resin. It requires no special treatment to kick or harden, just add the appropriate amount of hardener for the temperature and it takes about 20 minutes total, maybe less, but he gives it that long.
It's sticking to everything he wants it to stick to very well. So far. But he's also doing a great deal of prep work and later lots of fairing and more prep for priming with Rustoleum Marine (wood and fiberglass) "white" primer.
|
|
|
03-08-2016, 11:09 AM
|
#40
|
Senior Member
Trailer: Lite House
Posts: 282
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Davie B
Attachment 93057 It appears that the original builder used red locktite on the big bolts.
Sent from my iPhone using Fiberglass RV
|
I'm assuming that I should replace the carriage bolts with grade 5?
|
|
|
|
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
|
|
Thread Tools |
Search this Thread |
|
|
Display Modes |
Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
» Recent Discussions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
» Upcoming Events |
No events scheduled in the next 465 days.
|
|