Here is a slight preview of what's coming on the counter top and the front of the shelves.
Did a bunch of sanding and cutting today, and got to the point where I could kind of hold these in place long enough to take a picture.
Did a bunch of sanding and cutting today, and got to the point where I could kind of hold these in place long enough to take a picture.
I also called the roofing distributor and picked up a 5 gallon pail of adhesive. Turns out it is a Low-Voc version used for EPDM and/or TPO roofing.
It is a contact adhesive, so I guess I'll have to test it out on a smaller piece to see if it can be moved at all after putting the 2 together. Both surfaces get coated with the adhesive, allowed to dry a little bit, before putting them together.
To go with that, I needed something to stir it up, and make sure it is mixed properly. Enter a long drill powered mixing device.
It is a contact adhesive, so I guess I'll have to test it out on a smaller piece to see if it can be moved at all after putting the 2 together. Both surfaces get coated with the adhesive, allowed to dry a little bit, before putting them together.
To go with that, I needed something to stir it up, and make sure it is mixed properly. Enter a long drill powered mixing device.
When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping! OR, when the weather is lousy, it's a good time to go shopping.
We had been waiting for a lousy weather day to pick up some groceries, and a few other things, so we had a wonderfully, lousy weather day today, so off we went!
I am almost out of Lacquer thinner, so that was first on the list.
We had been waiting for a lousy weather day to pick up some groceries, and a few other things, so we had a wonderfully, lousy weather day today, so off we went!
I am almost out of Lacquer thinner, so that was first on the list.
Here are a couple of closer pictures to be able to see the difference.
That's all for tonight, Capt'n.
That's all for tonight, Capt'n.
After getting the shelves in place, I decided to sand some of the black walnut that will get used for the shelf face frames. No pic for that.
I did, however, also give a quick sanding and put some lacquer on the cedar boards that I got from Lowes, and planed them down.
Here you can see the difference between having some oil based lacquer applied, and the areas on the left, where there is no lacquer.
Yes, all 3 of those are cedar.
I did, however, also give a quick sanding and put some lacquer on the cedar boards that I got from Lowes, and planed them down.
Here you can see the difference between having some oil based lacquer applied, and the areas on the left, where there is no lacquer.
Yes, all 3 of those are cedar.
Of course, we can't forget the single screw going into the ceiling, into the hidden plywood.
Just like the passenger side, this is screwed to the bath wall, as well as the shelves having a piece screwed to the wall and back of the shelf as well.
Also glued and screwed on the opposite end - towards the front of the coach.
Also glued and screwed on the opposite end - towards the front of the coach.
I was working on the drivers side shelving today. During the process I was thinking ......
What ya gonna do, what ya gonna do, what ya gonna do, when ya can't use a screw? I decided to give it a wedgie!...
Say what?????
This was at a spot that I could not use a screw to draw the bottom of the shelf end against the wall. Soooooo,,,,
I clamped a block of wood on the counter top, and proceeded to use a piece of wood that was tapered, (black arrow), and lightly tapped the wedge in until the back of the shelf end was tightly against the wall, with the adhesive between the two, (red arrow). Now, we wait....
What ya gonna do, what ya gonna do, what ya gonna do, when ya can't use a screw? I decided to give it a wedgie!...
Say what?????
This was at a spot that I could not use a screw to draw the bottom of the shelf end against the wall. Soooooo,,,,
I clamped a block of wood on the counter top, and proceeded to use a piece of wood that was tapered, (black arrow), and lightly tapped the wedge in until the back of the shelf end was tightly against the wall, with the adhesive between the two, (red arrow). Now, we wait....
This is a pic of underneath the top shelf, before I cleaned up the adhesive squeeze out. You can see there is adhesive between the strip and the wall, and there is also adhesive between the shelf and the strip, as indicated by the arrows.
That means, those shelves should be nice and secure to the wall.
That means, those shelves should be nice and secure to the wall.
Under the top shelf are a pair of screws that also are screwed into another piece of 1/2" plywood inside the wall.
