Am I out of my depth?
Hello All I'm new to this site and the RV world. I've gotten a wealth of info here. I've been looking into an RV for about 2 yrs. I came close to a minnie winnie class c last year owned by a close ...
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Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Well now that the Genset is squared away with much help from the folks at smokstak, I can move on to other aspects of the RV. The wood is painted from the cab to the hallway. I finished the cabinet doors all nice & white. I opted for new hinge hardware as painting the brass looking originals was not going to work out. However the $40 hinges I got were close but not perfect so I had to drill 6 new holes per door. Pain but had to be done. I'm keeping the handles as I can't justify the exspence for new. I've cleaned the brassy ones well and primed. I will use flat black & a silver spraypaint from a distance to simulate a pewter finish. Then I'll shoot it with clear. Cabinet doors are all installed. Pics to come this week. I'll have to wait until spring to protect the roof with a good product (any recomended ) will be appreciated.
I scrubbed the double steal sink with barkeepers friend. Looks new. And I got a new satin SS looking fawcet for kitchen. About $50 Home Depot. Unfortunately when hand tightening the hot water line to the thing it stripped it. Leaked. Due to the sub freezing temps here any work on the water systems will have to wait. I painted over the wallpaper with a slate grey color for now. Just 1 coat but not sure if I'm going with it. I really want to do a backsplash of some sort. Perhaps some faux tile or some tin looking stamped pattern sheets. I'm going to rip out all light blue stained nasty carpet and lanoliom floor and put down some fake wood (dark) laminate. It will clean up much easier with the central vac.
Trashing the 3 piece window treatments and will get new blinds and normal house curtains. I really want to paint the ceiling white as well but spraying will be a mess and rolling will fill all the pinholes. I may dilute some ceiling paint then try rolling.
Last will be to reapolster the 3 captain chairs, pullout couch-bed and L-shaped dinette
The bathroom is a project all on it own. Brass and wood. YUCK! The shower door enclosure when opened hits the toilet so it very hard to enter shower. I don't know why. Perhaps the toilet was raised and is in the path of the shower door? May just take it out and install a shower curtain.
The bedroom is pretty ugly as well. Will be more painting and a TV install. Also may replace the stereo bedside with an updated one. (Don't need a cassette player) LOL
The only things not operational at the moment are minamal for the price. The dryer. Cuz it's old had no circuit board and it can only be a few reasons it's not working like the door switch. And a fuse, loose wire or connection, on off switch. The fact it's a simple oldschool GE is in my favor. 1 ceiling fan/ vent is dead. In galley. My wipers not working. The outside lights and headlights flickered on the drive home. (Short). Air horns? I have to find the switch for them. There is a hole in dash where it should be and under dash is a bit of a cluster..... It has the tow breaks set up and I know NOTHING about it. Also what looks like some sort of phone or communication devise. Also a electronic block of hardware that I'm guessing was for TV subscription. All the wiring under the dashboard will be my biggest headache. I noticed a little drip drip drip down onto the dash. It's likely from the broken clearance light lens letting in water. Now I know why it had tape covering it.
That's the plan. I wish it wasn't winter. Then I'd be able to see if the furnace and HW heater worked. It would help I I had some LP in the tank LOL
Ok enough for now. Like I said pics to come
I'll post a few interior before pics for reference. Enjoy the turkey and family
Ryan
I scrubbed the double steal sink with barkeepers friend. Looks new. And I got a new satin SS looking fawcet for kitchen. About $50 Home Depot. Unfortunately when hand tightening the hot water line to the thing it stripped it. Leaked. Due to the sub freezing temps here any work on the water systems will have to wait. I painted over the wallpaper with a slate grey color for now. Just 1 coat but not sure if I'm going with it. I really want to do a backsplash of some sort. Perhaps some faux tile or some tin looking stamped pattern sheets. I'm going to rip out all light blue stained nasty carpet and lanoliom floor and put down some fake wood (dark) laminate. It will clean up much easier with the central vac.
Trashing the 3 piece window treatments and will get new blinds and normal house curtains. I really want to paint the ceiling white as well but spraying will be a mess and rolling will fill all the pinholes. I may dilute some ceiling paint then try rolling.
Last will be to reapolster the 3 captain chairs, pullout couch-bed and L-shaped dinette
The bathroom is a project all on it own. Brass and wood. YUCK! The shower door enclosure when opened hits the toilet so it very hard to enter shower. I don't know why. Perhaps the toilet was raised and is in the path of the shower door? May just take it out and install a shower curtain.
The bedroom is pretty ugly as well. Will be more painting and a TV install. Also may replace the stereo bedside with an updated one. (Don't need a cassette player) LOL
The only things not operational at the moment are minamal for the price. The dryer. Cuz it's old had no circuit board and it can only be a few reasons it's not working like the door switch. And a fuse, loose wire or connection, on off switch. The fact it's a simple oldschool GE is in my favor. 1 ceiling fan/ vent is dead. In galley. My wipers not working. The outside lights and headlights flickered on the drive home. (Short). Air horns? I have to find the switch for them. There is a hole in dash where it should be and under dash is a bit of a cluster..... It has the tow breaks set up and I know NOTHING about it. Also what looks like some sort of phone or communication devise. Also a electronic block of hardware that I'm guessing was for TV subscription. All the wiring under the dashboard will be my biggest headache. I noticed a little drip drip drip down onto the dash. It's likely from the broken clearance light lens letting in water. Now I know why it had tape covering it.
That's the plan. I wish it wasn't winter. Then I'd be able to see if the furnace and HW heater worked. It would help I I had some LP in the tank LOL
Ok enough for now. Like I said pics to come
I'll post a few interior before pics for reference. Enjoy the turkey and family
Ryan
