Anyone interested in 83 Pace Arrow Tear down and Rebuild?

Brob wrote:
Have you tackled the roofing yet?

The interior is coming along!

I have not tackled the roofing at this point. This summer has been one of those, where it's been very hot and not comfortable at all to be outside, and even worse in the sun.

Since the roof is covered with the TPO, and everything is nice and dry, I figured I could wait until slightly cooler weather. Hopefully, with the next month or so, I'll be able to get up there without frying my bacon, and 'git 'er done. Lol.

Interior - yea, getting there.

Thanks.

Have you tackled the roofing yet?

The interior is coming along!

Spent some time on the living room walls last 2 days.

Lacquer Time!

I put on several coats, let it dry, sanded a little, add another coat or 2, and one final sanding, with another final coat of Lacquer.

All together I think I have about 6 coats or so on the walls, so they are good to go.

I did the areas above, below, and in front of the LR windows.

Lt46 wrote:
I got a little dizzy looking at all that stone. I do like the accent wall but surrounded by it...I'm not so sure.

Yea, we're still not fully sure we want the stone look on the passenger side. We'll see how that develops.



On a side note, my brother stopped by a couple of days ago. The door on the motor home was open and as he was walking past, he glanced inside.

His first thought was, "Wow, he laid stone in there, in that corner". So he walked in and discovered it was wallpaper. Lol.

Most wallpaper I have seen looks kind of "washed out" to me, but this stuff is different. It looks more like a good 3D version, and at first glance looks fairly real.

Here's the link to Home Depot for that, in case I didn't post it before.

I got a little dizzy looking at all that stone. I do like the accent wall but surrounded by it...I'm not so sure.

Bill1374 wrote:
Doing just the counter end would make a different look where it doesn't look like a cave. And yes the lighter picture does make it look better. Also when the kitchen lights are in, it will change the look again.

We like plenty of light, and normally use the "daylight" (or bright), led's, in the range of 5500 to 6000K instead of the warmish look like an incandescent.

Once we get something at the other end of the kitchen, that will also change the look, for the eye.

Like I said, fortunately, if we don't like the looks of it, we can always just pull it off. Some of the stone look will be partly covered up from the counter top down anyway.

Hey, we have to have an "entryway" look coming in, right? Lol.

Doing just the counter end would make a different look where it doesn't look like a cave. And yes the lighter picture does make it look better. Also when the kitchen lights are in, it will change the look again.

Here is the updated manipulated picture.

As I said, it's a little bit deceptive, since it was kind of a close up. I'll take another one from farther back, as it changes the perspective a little.

Sometimes, it looks better to me, other times, just a bit "busy".







I only have enough wallpaper to do the end of the counter on the passenger side, but not the wall. The good news is, the paper is removable, and since the wood is covered with lacquer, there should be no damage when removing it.

Maybe I'll put some up, look at it, and see what the wife thinks, and go from there.

That also means a spreadsheet update. The 4 quarts with tax and shipping amounted to $56.95.

Adding that to our prior total of $10,198.79 and our new total is $10,255.74.

I ordered some more Lacquer a couple of days ago from Amazon, as I found it was cheaper than buying it at Lowes. Not sure how they pull that off, since it had to be shipped.

It was only available in quarts.

This is what showed up today.







Not sure why they were all shipped individually, but they were.