Sunday, June 16, 2013

Prelim Wood Prep

There's so much that has to be done to Lil' Chick before I can even BEGIN to think about gussying her up:  repairing the "groundlights" (you know, like skylights, except you see the ground through them.....), rebuilding the lower galley cabinet to accommodate the new fridge, rewiring the electrical and fixing the water system, exterior body work, and lots of cleaning and polishing interior and exterior metal trim.

Because of my schedule and Denny's from Southern California Vintage Trailer Design, it's gonna be at least mid-July before I can even get the Chick in to him to start fixing the holes in the floor.  But I can't sit and do NOTHING in these intervening weeks!  So I tackle a little project every weekend, something that'll need to be done anyway, just to feel like I'm making progress.

Today I donned my trusty dust mask, grabbed the sanding block, and gave the entire interior paneling a good hand sanding.  The previous repair of nail and screw holes with wood filler needed to be sanded down anyway, so might as well do the whole trailer, right?  I mean, it's not like she's a gargantuan beast!


Looking very UN-glamperous.....
 It didn't take very long to do a good scuff-up of the paneling.  Once Denny repairs the "groundlights" and the rot in the rear corners and under the windows, I'll give the interior a coat of primer, then she'll be ready for her pretty paint!


This photo doesn't do the vibrancy of this
beautiful shade of yellow any justice!
I may not get a whole lot done during each session, but it's all stuff that has to be done anyway so I'm just slowly chipping away at it as I can.

2 comments:

  1. I spent some time looking at your blog before I drove down to Lake Elsinore to look at a Thunderbolt. I brought it home today and they are a lot alike! Mine is a 13' but I think we are doing a lot of the same work. Thanks for making your stuff searchable! :-)

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    1. Congratulations, Victoria! I had contacted the seller of your baby when I saw the Craigslist ad because I had so many questions about mine - info on them is uber-hard to find! Yours and mine are very similar - I think I recall that yours has the bunk beds? Mine is 13' overall, too, with a 9' interior box. LOVE these tiny trailers!

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