WEEK FORTY-SIX & FORTY-SEVEN: Exterior Skins & Windows
Exterior Skins All walls have been insulated, taped and checked to assure proper blocking (in this case 1/4" piece of plywood) is provided for any wall-mounted fixtures such as behind the stove, behind the upper half of the shower, where the table bracket will be, etc... All wires are concealed/protected. Skins have been hung for the two sidewalls including windows/vents on the street side. One change I've made is how the skins attach to the underside of the trailer. The meta
WEEK FORTY-FOUR & FORTY-FIVE: Painting the Skins, Air Conditioner Cabinet and Interior Paint
Painting the Skins I spent last weekend packing up all of the exterior aluminum skins (12 pieces!) and hauling them to get a new coat of automotive-grade paint. I know a couple of lovely people up in the mountains of Vermont who offered to help do it the right way (shout out to Quint and Laura, you guys are amazing!) so I traveled to the shop in Eden Mills. I purchased my paint through Eastwood; first all panels were primed with a grey epoxy primer and then finished with thei
