phase 2 Restoring Lou Ann my sweet little Shasta!

OKAY! so I have done quite a bit of procrastinating, however to no avail lets do a quick review on some of the things you may need to know about restoring your vintage camper.
1st and foremost GUT IT ALL OUT! don't forget your respirator!  You can also check out my first blog post by clicking this link!  http://glitterrockandroll.blogspot.com/2014/05/project-glamper-adventures-of-restoring.html

We made sure to save any hardware we may need to use as templates and we saved all the trim for windows etc. 

Then my husband checked the bearings, repacked them and painted the wheels. We also bought some baby moon caps from vintagetrailersupply.com

We had a fabricator come and rebuild the hitch with extra reinforcements (there was some rotting just on the hitch itself, however, all of the underneath frame was in great shape)... we also purchased a new gas tank rack from www.vintagetrailersupply.com 

Then we began rebuilding the inside. I can tell you some basic information on what we used but if you have specific questions you should probably just leave them in the comments below and I can shoot you an answer from my husband. We used 1/4 inch luon right over the old floors! 

We replaced all the rotten frame supports with new ones and they just slipped right into the old trim. We used 1/6 treated wood ripped into smaller pieces in case of moisture to prevent rotting.  

After we replaced all the supports and rotten wood and while everything was gutted out, we used rubberizer (flex seal) in white on the roof! (however I would prob skip this step as it really did not do any good) We waited for a really big storm to confirm that it was a S#$T idea) Then I decided to buy some butyl tape and tape every seam and make sure it had a very good bond! Then we bought cold seal and went to town up top! THAT WORKED LIKE A CHARM! 

We rewired the fixtures and outlets we were going to use and then used the 1/4 inch luon for the ceilings and walls. We decided to just float the seams with joint compound. and we caulked every seam. We used regular 3/4 inch plywood to rebuild the beds and dinette using the old stuff as a template. We then laid down the new floor using vinyl wood stick on planks after researching we decided that is would be best since the trailer will shift during moving we didn't want laminate planks to break or dislodge etc. it just seemed more practical. We took all the stove pieces apart and I bought white appliance expoxy spray paint from Lowes.  My husband sanded then lightly and painted them. It was impressive! they turned out perfect they looked brand new!  

Then we primed every thing inside the camper then went over it all with semi-gloss exterior WHITE!!!! (I am going for a cottage shabby chic vibe inside) 

We brought the old cushions to be reupholstered by our "guy" and we are going with silver (light grey tweed) with commercial zipper so we can change the foam if we desire down the road. If you are cutting your own foam for dinette set he did tell me that you should always use 5 inch commercial grade foam!! which will coast you about 179.00 to 200.00  per sheet and you would need 2 sheets for this 62 Shasta Airflyte model dinette. (that is some expensive cushions not even including the reupholster charge.) I will post pictures when we get them in!!! 

and what you have all been waiting for ... 

PAINT TIME: 

Paint supplies: 

• Paintbrushes 
• painters tape 
• Valspar Bonding Primer 
• Valspar Duramax Exterior in Satin

As we discussed in part one you can click the link below to see the paint I chose and why! I have the source links for my decisions posted to direct you to the information! 

http://glitterrockandroll.blogspot.com/2014/05/project-glamper-adventures-of-restoring.html

We sanded with 180 grit sandpaper 2x's (just to be safe)

Then wiped it down with wet rag to remove dirt and dust.

We painted one coat of Valspar Bonding Primer. 

Then my husband drew our design in pencil and painted the yellow stripe first it did not have to be straight or taped off!!!! 

After the yellow paint dried he painted a second coat! 

After about week of it drying he placed the painters tape in the design we wanted over the yellow paint and measured it so that it was all perfect and straight! 

Then he painted the bottom with the turquoise color and primed over the yellow that ran over the top of the tape! 

  

And that where we are at today! This weekend Lou Ann will receive a second coat of turquoise paint and we will paint the top white.

In phase 3  I will cover  interior finalization!  As well as a picture of the finished paint job! 

Thanks for stopping by and we cant wait to pull our gal! Hopefully coming soon to a campsite near you!