Yesterday our friend Christine and her son Espen came over. They came right before a big dust storm hit, so we had to close up the airstream while the storm rolled through. This morning we worked on installing new electrical outlets and covers to continue with the crisp white updates. We also took down the 70s wall speakers and spray-painted the yellowed plastic white. The speaker grills look like little chocolate bars…I wanna eat them. We have to connect a couple wires up to see if the 8 track player works. We’ll probably work on that tomorrow.
Posts Tagged ‘paint’
Project #8: New Electrical Outlets and Speaker Update
Posted in Before photos, kitchen, living area, paint, tagged 1974, 31', before photos, electrical outlets, paint, renovation, Sovereign, speakers on August 19, 2011| 3 Comments »
Project #6: Epoxying the bathroom
Posted in bathroom, Before photos, paint, tagged 1974, 31', Airstream, bathroom, before photos, epoxy, paint, renovation, Sovereign, tambour on August 17, 2011| 1 Comment »
From my previous posts, you’ve probably seen that plastic from the 1970s doesn’t age well. It turns yellow and stains really easily. After watching a rad tutorial online from the show Classic Rides, I learned how I could transform my tub, sink and counters with epoxy paint. We went to Lowes to find epoxy and came across one that didn’t say it was suitable for plastic, but we took a risk with it and bought it. The results are nothing short of amazing. The new finish was applied with a 6″ foam roller and a 2″ foam paint brush. 3 hours of applying two coats of epoxy and it’s ready for some pretty new fixtures.
Project #4: Prime all the wall and ceiling surfaces
Posted in Before photos, paint, priming walls, weight loss, tagged 1974, 31', Airstream, before photos, paint, priming walls, renovation, Sovereign, weight loss on August 17, 2011| Leave a Comment »
I have lost 8.5 lbs in 6 days. I have only owned the Airstream for 6 days! Until we get a 30 amp outlet installed in our garage, we don’t have enough power to test the AC. So, that makes for a hotttttttttttt working area. When it’s like 104 outside, it feels like 104 inside the Airstream. I have a temperature gun….I am going to test the inside vs outside temperature to see which is hotter…inside or outside the airstream.
Priming the walls was a nightmare….2 long days of taping and priming with thick gooey oil-based primer. I don’t want to see oil-based primer again for as long as I live. Trust me, neither do you. Priming plastic tambour was a painful experience. I have to get into every little groove and ensure that I didn’t paint the sliding cabinet doors shut. Christie and Matt helped me prime, which made it go a lot quicker.
Project #2: Prep for paint and remove bathroom vinyl wall skirt
Posted in Before photos, paint, tagged 1974, 31', Airstream, before photos, paint, renovation, Sovereign on August 17, 2011| Leave a Comment »
After we ripped up the existing vinyl flooring and sanded the plywood, we covered the floors and prepped all wall and ceiling surfaces for painting. Since much of the interior is plastic, we had to use an oil-based primer. I searched for a no voc oil-based primer, but couldn’t find one. We did find a natural white no-voc latex paint to use to freshen up the walls.
The bathroom was by far the scariest room in the airstream. It was dirty, dingy and all the plastic was discolored. And, the walnut laminate bathroom wall skirting was being covered up by black and white vinyl tiles….ew!
Here are some photos from the paint prepping and bathroom vinyl skirt removal.
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