Unfortunately, when I cleaned the bathroom ABS plastic fixtures with Retrobright (see previous post) and left them out in the sun to catch the ultraviolet rays, the wind picked up. It blew the shower seat off the picnic table and it landed on the bend in the back and created a 2 x .25 inch crevice and a crack extending another 2-3 inches along the ridge. I thought about having this fixed professionally and also looked around to see how hard it is to find a rear bathroom 1973 Safari shower seat — too expensive to have fixed and no obvious source for a replacement. I wanted to learn how to do fiberglass, right? (stinky chemicals)
So here are some photos of my amateur attempt at fixing the shower seat. The last shot shows it with a light coat of spray primer (painting later). It’s not professional, but as my dad used to say “A blind man on a galloping horse won’t see it” or as Krusty the clown says “It’s not just good, it’s good enough.” It just hit me, those two were a lot a like 😉
I received the Tubby USA DIY paint kit (Light Almond) yesterday to do the sink and now the tub seat. I’ll put up pictures after I paint these pieces.
Bad news is the outriggers are almost all bad. Good news is that the cross members and main frame rails are ok. The great news is that she’s getting fixed!
I received an email from Frank last night that Rosie is in the hot seat at the Trailer Works. I cringed when he said “ripped apart starting Monday”, but am VERY EXCITED that she’ll have a new floor and axles in the near future, along with some other work.
I pulled 5 of the trailer’s 6 window screens out of the basement. I’m wondering if #6 is still in the trailer. The basement is full of trailer guts and it’s hard to sort through, but I don’t think I missed it down there. I removed the old screen material, sanded off the old paint, spray painted two coats of off-white (matches the color of the bathroom fixtures), and re-screened them with new grey spline and fiberglass screening material. I think they look lovely!
Here is round one of RetrOBright application (see my last post).
I cleaned the bathroom fixtures and sanded them with 800 weight sand paper when I took them out in November. I wiped them down again today before putting RetrOBright on them.
I used Merlin’s recipe with 12% Hydrogen Peroxide (Sally Beauty), Xanthum Gum (food coop), Glycerin (drug store), and Oxyclean (drug store). It was in the high 50’s with partial sun today. I applied the goop with a paint brush and was able to coat all four and a second coat on the sink with one recipe. It seemed to dry out pretty quickly and I should have spread it more consistently, so I washed it off in the house tub after 4 hours. Be sure to wear gloves for application, moving them around, and cleanup!
I am anxious to do another coat. I think it’s going to work for the base, shower seat, and tub, but the sink is so stained I think I may need to paint it. Click on the picture and you can still see the stains – I don’t think the RetrOBright was meant to take those out. On the other hand, the tub had a circle stain on it and it appears to be gone. So we’ll have to see!
(You can see what the sink looked like when I got Rosie in the link on the right under Picture Shows – Bathroom cleanup – first picture.)
The picture brightness was messed with in PhotoShop (I did a terrible job taking them and they were taken in different places at different times), but I left the color alone.
I think I’m going to try this “RetrOBright” recipe on the ABS plastic bathroom fixtures. When I sanded the fixtures down, they still had some stains and discoloration, but this stuff might actually do the trick.
I’ve ruled out fiber glass, spray on, and foam boards. I’m thinking two layers of foil insulation and using Prodex instead of Reflectix. The total space is only 1.5 inches deep. Apply first reflective layer directly to outside wall, use foam tape or insulfoam as a perimeter and to create air space? Is two layers of reflective foil overkill? The electrical wiring would go in-between the two foil layers. Can I tape the wires to the foil insulation? Will it move around too much, tear or pull down the foil? I’m also thinking of a thin double sided tape on the ribs before the inner panels go up.
I’ve ruled out fiber glass, spray on, and foam boards. I’m thinking two layers of foil insulation and using Prodex instead of Reflectix. The total space is only 1.5 inches deep. Apply first reflective layer directly to outside wall, use foam tape or insulfoam as a perimeter and to create air space? Is two layers of reflective foil overkill? The electrical wiring would go in-between the two foil layers. Can I tape the wires to the foil insulation? Will it move around too much, tear or pull down the foil? I’m also thinking of a thin double sided tape on the ribs before the inner panels go up.