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Anyone interested in 83 Pace Arrow Tear down and Rebuild?

fulltimin
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Started to look into some water damage in the kitchen of our 83 Pace Arrow. The more I looked, the more I found. I have some pics of the damage so far. Anyone interested in following a rebuild thread?
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If you don't, you will find an excuse.

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A lot of experience, comes from bad judgement.
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fulltimin
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I also sprayed some blue on a piece of plywood. There are probably about 5 or 6 coats on this... (the plywood was cold... pun intended).

Anyhow, after it cured several days, I wanted to see how it stuck to the plywood, and I must say, it was stuck pretty well. It took a lot of effort to pull it off.

Here is step one....







As you can see in the second pic, it stretched quite a bit and not a huge amount had been pulled away from the plywood at this point.

Yeah, it was stuck very well.







Yeah, somewhere along the line, I think I see some of this in my future, although not necessarily blue! Wahoo!
If you want to do something, you will find a way.
If you don't, you will find an excuse.

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Good judgement comes from experience.
A lot of experience, comes from bad judgement.

fulltimin
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Nomad
Here are a couple of pics of black Plasti Dip spayed on rusty steel. The black section has been sanded to remove most of the rust and make a smooth surface.

This is just how it comes out of the can, without much shine.







This section was sanded the same way, then sprayed at the same time, but the "Glossifier" was added over top of the black, which makes it a little more shiny.



If you want to do something, you will find a way.
If you don't, you will find an excuse.

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Good judgement comes from experience.
A lot of experience, comes from bad judgement.

fulltimin
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Ever have one of those weeks where every mole hill turned into a mountain? Yeah, me neither....... Lol....
If you want to do something, you will find a way.
If you don't, you will find an excuse.

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Good judgement comes from experience.
A lot of experience, comes from bad judgement.

fulltimin
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Nomad
First off, just like Por 15, I have no affiliation with this outfit, make no money from them, and so on.

I stumbled onto this on YouTube, (where else)?

I did not know this was "A Thing". It is indeed "A Thing", though. What, you ask?

Well, people have been using this paint, which is kind of a rubber-ized paint, and paint their cars to change the color, and later will peel the paint off, and repaint with a different color. They are known as "Dip Heads". Yes, you read that right. Dip Heads. Lol.

This stuff seems to stick very well to a variety of different substrates, including ones that are rusted, which is how I stumbled on to it in the first place.

As such, I pulled out a piece of rusty steel and proceeded to "test it out". (No shock there)!

That is how I ended up "bloody-ing up the floor, with the red paint.

Here are a FEW of their colors, that I am playing around with.







Evidently, as long as the rusty surface is dry, and free of loose material, this will stick.

It is not meant as a permanent repair, as is Por 15, but it evidently will last several years, in order to buy some time, until you can get to work on your project.

No, I am not looking to extending my project for a few years. This is actually meant for another vehicle of mine, not the motor home, so don't panic.
If you want to do something, you will find a way.
If you don't, you will find an excuse.

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Good judgement comes from experience.
A lot of experience, comes from bad judgement.

fulltimin
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Thanks for the words of encouragement. I did NOT cut off any thing. Not even a flesh wound. Sure looks like it though.

This amounted to another round of user error. Not with tools and hurting myself, but I noticed after using one of these ......







... that by NOT pressing FULLY on top of the spray trigger, that red paint was dripping all over the floor, while I was trying to spray paint something.

I took a look at my index finger, now covered in paint, saw the floor, and my first thought was, "that does not look good". To me, it looked like I had cut off something I was born with, and blood was spurting everywhere!

Fortunately, that was not the case. That also brings me to what was going on when this occurred.

Painting, with Plasti Dip.
If you want to do something, you will find a way.
If you don't, you will find an excuse.

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Good judgement comes from experience.
A lot of experience, comes from bad judgement.

nohurry
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Pshh! โ€œItโ€™s only a flesh wound!โ€
Carl
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LouLawrence
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Looks like the old days when I was flying radio control airplanes as a hobby. Every time the basement looked like that the wife was really pissed that she was taking me to the hospital (somehow it was usually around dinner time). I hope it was not that serious!

stripit
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Oh My, that looks like a delay in production is coming your way? Hope that is not as serious as it looks.
Stacey Frank
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2019 Tesla Model X
2015 Cadillac SRX we Tow
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joerg68
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Whatever happened ... get well soon!
2014 Ford F350 XLT 6.2 SCLB + 2017 Northstar Arrow

fulltimin
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Good news and not so good news.

2 x 3's are now down another $.50 a piece to $5.48. Not great, but a little better, as I need to get a few.



This is probably not good.....



If you want to do something, you will find a way.
If you don't, you will find an excuse.

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Good judgement comes from experience.
A lot of experience, comes from bad judgement.

fulltimin
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Wahoo! 2 x 3 x 8' are down to $5.98 in our area! Ugh....
If you want to do something, you will find a way.
If you don't, you will find an excuse.

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Good judgement comes from experience.
A lot of experience, comes from bad judgement.

fulltimin
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Nomad
PastorCharlie wrote:
Thanks, that is very revealing




You're welcome. Thanks for asking, as I probably would not have thought about doing that. Definitely interesting.

Perhaps different types of fiberglass cloth might be different. This stuff is kind of "stringy" and easily cut with a pair of scissors.
If you want to do something, you will find a way.
If you don't, you will find an excuse.

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Good judgement comes from experience.
A lot of experience, comes from bad judgement.

PastorCharlie
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Thanks, that is very revealing

fulltimin
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Nomad
And of course, finally, the big one. Lol. If you can call it that.











As you can see, there is a major difference between just the cloth alone, and adding either Por15 or Epoxy.

I haven't tried Fiberglass resin, and probably won't unless someone wants to see what that will do.

If so, let me know.
If you want to do something, you will find a way.
If you don't, you will find an excuse.

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Good judgement comes from experience.
A lot of experience, comes from bad judgement.

fulltimin
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If you want to do something, you will find a way.
If you don't, you will find an excuse.

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Good judgement comes from experience.
A lot of experience, comes from bad judgement.