What did you do to your old RV today?

[Brob]

Originally Posted by D Gardiner

Impressive . Good luck making the jig for the epoxy.

Thank you. I got the lower panel prepped for the epoxy and when I pressed it flat to the new luan, it was going uphill slightly relative to the bottom of the coach. I pulled out a couple of my bottle jacks and a pry bar and set about making an adjustment. As I jacked on the wall frame, there was some creaking and groaning, my pry bar slipped and I smacked my head into the motorhome, but eventually I got everything pretty well lined up.

My setup for applying pressure during the epoxy cure consists of some heavy lumber, my skid-steer, and a couple trees. I decided I would rather have some ratcheting support for the pressure, so this necessitated a trip to Gainesville, which is 45 minutes away. The DW learned of my trip, and later I headed out with a list of things she wanted me to pick up while I was there. ...so tomorrow I will be attaching the lower filon panel.

The heat and humidity are still hovering around unbearable. We have been setting records daily for the last week.

[wayhilc2]

looks great
I see to went to Gainesville, Gainesville, Fl.?, Am located in Lake City. If you meant Fl, yeah heat and humidity is the worse I have ever seen here,/and I am a native Flordian. Does make work difficult and fragmented at times with all the rain we have been getting. Best of luck with your re-do,/stay safe

[ga traveler]

Originally Posted by Brob

Thank you. I got the lower panel prepped for the epoxy and when I pressed it flat to the new luan, it was going uphill slightly relative to the bottom of the coach. I pulled out a couple of my bottle jacks and a pry bar and set about making an adjustment. As I jacked on the wall frame, there was some creaking and groaning, my pry bar slipped and I smacked my head into the motorhome, but eventually I got everything pretty well lined up.

My setup for applying pressure during the epoxy cure consists of some heavy lumber, my skid-steer, and a couple trees. I decided I would rather have some ratcheting support for the pressure, so this necessitated a trip to Gainesville, which is 45 minutes away. The DW learned of my trip, and later I headed out with a list of things she wanted me to pick up while I was there. ...so tomorrow I will be attaching the lower filon panel.

The heat and humidity are still hovering around unbearable. We have been setting records daily for the last week.

The original construction was glue between the fiberglass and wood. Would it not be better to use 3M spray glue than epoxy? Our dealership used epoxy when the surfaces were rough, but 3M spray glue on smooth surfaces.

[Brob]

Originally Posted by wayhilc2

looks great
I see to went to Gainesville, Gainesville, Fl.?, Am located in Lake City. If you meant Fl, yeah heat and humidity is the worse I have ever seen here,/and I am a native Flordian. Does make work difficult and fragmented at times with all the rain we have been getting. Best of luck with your re-do,/stay safe

Yep, I'm in Starke, FL. I have lived in Florida for 18 years now, 15 of those in the Tampa Bay area, and I can't recall it being this stifling this late in the year. I stepped outside around 1:30 AM this morning and it was STILL unbelievably muggy!

[Brob]

Originally Posted by ga traveler

The original construction was glue between the fiberglass and wood. Would it not be better to use 3M spray glue than epoxy? Our dealership used epoxy when the surfaces were rough, but 3M spray glue on smooth surfaces.

I have gone back and forth on that myself. Originally I was going to attempt the repair from the inside; I bought the epoxy under this assumption. Once I peeled open the walls inside and saw just how far gone the luan really was, my method of reconstruction shifted to where I am now. I thought about using a contact adhesive, but some of the filon had taken a memory of the "bubbles" of the delamination. I have a bit of concern that it may let go under the stress of travel, heat, etc. I already purchased the G-Flex so I figured I'd use it.

I do have some water-based contact cement on order to reattach the foam to the luan. I ordered it from Home Depot as it was the better price, but it's been a week and it still hasn't arrived. I could have paid an extra $10 and Amazon would have delivered it the next day. Live and learn...

[mountainkowboy]

Organized my basement storage, fixed the door on the rear side storage bin, and started investigating if I can run new speaker wires.

[sam-3]

Back in 2012 we did extensive wall rebuilding on our RV due to water damage. We had good luck with heavy Duty Liquid Nails. Cheapest at Walmart. Another forum member used 4 ounces of Gorilla glue and one tube of HD liquid nails per ceiling sheet material. No HD liquid nails doesn't "eat insulation panels". We used Bondo on the inside of the fiber glass to seal up any holes you can't even see. I am sure many choices of what products to use. Not one only choice. Great job you are doing. Lots of work that should last for years.

[wayhilc2]

if this is any indication of what our winter is going to be, we may need to/start considering a fireplace forvour rigs.

[PaulAchuff]

I finally broke down today and became a supporting member of iRV2.com.

[Brob]

Originally Posted by wayhilc2

if this is any indication of what our winter is going to be, we may need to/start considering a fireplace forvour rigs.

Where are you? We have broken heat records every day for more than a week. It's stifling in North Florida right now.

[PaulAchuff]

We tried this weekend to redo our ceiling with 1/4" cork underlayment and it was a miserable fail! So, we looked on Wal-Mart's site and found some other cork that looked like it might work and ordered it. It's supposed to be here on the 24th. Keeping our fingers crossed!

[Brob]

Originally Posted by PaulAchuff

We tried this weekend to redo our ceiling with 1/4" cork underlayment and it was a miserable fail! So, we looked on Wal-Mart's site and found some other cork that looked like it might work and ordered it. It's supposed to be here on the 24th. Keeping our fingers crossed!

What are you using as an adhesive? I would suggest something like DAP Weldwood contact adhesive.

[PaulAchuff]

Originally Posted by Brob

What are you using as an adhesive? I would suggest something like DAP Weldwood contact adhesive.

We tried using that on the cabinet doors and found that it bubbled up on us. We used Roberts 7250 cork underlayment adhesive. It worked great on the cabinet door insets but the ceiling was another story altogether.

The 1/4" cork was too unwieldy to handle even if we cut it down to 2' x 2' sections. Plus we're both shorties so that didn't help any!

[Snufy1]

I would recommend a 3m product go to an auto upholstery shop ask them what they use. I believe it is 3m 75 but I'm not sure I have a can at home