Maintenance Reminder for Full-Timers
Well with the new year here I thought I'd throw out some good 'ol maintenance reminders which basically apply to most RV types. Some apply even more as we live in our RV's. I may go over board (it mus...
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Ah yes good old rust!
Well I recently looked at all the screws on the exterior of my 5'er. The ones that hold molding and trim on as well as other things. I noticed most were rusting pretty bad. Here I have this 5'er that still looks like it came off the showroom floor and all these "red" screws lol. Looked pretty bad. I even had a few campers mention it so the firedude went to work.
The screws the manufacturers use ar metal. Yep good old rust magnets. I went down to good old ACE Hardware and bought all new screws but this time Stainless Steel as they won't rust. I took a large piece styrofoam block from packing stuff I had and stuck all the screws into the block. I then painted them white with a good gloss paint. let them set a couple days to dry/cure and then replaced all my "red" screws. Looks so much better now.
Cost me maybe $25 all together and of course some time to replace them but well worth it.To me anyway. Just another tid bit.:)
Well I recently looked at all the screws on the exterior of my 5'er. The ones that hold molding and trim on as well as other things. I noticed most were rusting pretty bad. Here I have this 5'er that still looks like it came off the showroom floor and all these "red" screws lol. Looked pretty bad. I even had a few campers mention it so the firedude went to work.
The screws the manufacturers use ar metal. Yep good old rust magnets. I went down to good old ACE Hardware and bought all new screws but this time Stainless Steel as they won't rust. I took a large piece styrofoam block from packing stuff I had and stuck all the screws into the block. I then painted them white with a good gloss paint. let them set a couple days to dry/cure and then replaced all my "red" screws. Looks so much better now.
Cost me maybe $25 all together and of course some time to replace them but well worth it.To me anyway. Just another tid bit.:)
