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Looks comfortable already …

looking good....

Wolfgang92025 wrote:looking good....

GPW wrote:Looks comfortable already …

Thanks!!!

Once you start building things out of foam, it's hard to stop. I decided to use the scraps from my camper to start building my kayak.

for more foam Kayak building info … https://www.facebook.com/Rowerwet/

The kayak is coming a little faster than the camper.

ST , Great idea for a Yak from foam scraps …. Nothing goes to waste !!! … and with some carving and sanding you can make a really beautiful boat for very few bucks !!!

GPW wrote:ST , Great idea for a Yak from foam scraps …. Nothing goes to waste !!! … and with some carving and sanding you can make a really beautiful boat for very few bucks !!!

It's starting to look very boat-like. I may be more excited about this than I am the camper.

WOW!!! Look how Nice that is !!!

GPW wrote:WOW!!! Look how Nice that is !!!

Thanks, but now I need your painting expertise. I'm using a high gloss exterior paint, but I'm having issues with cracking. Could this be because I'm not giving the paint enough time to cure, or could I be using the wrong paint?

Sounds like you’re putting paint over wet paint that hasn’t had time itself to cure …
Latex paint is curious , It works easy, dries quick all that but in actuality It can take a week or more to properly cure … I know nobody is going to like that news , but if you think about it , if you paint over uncured paint , you have two different drying rates happening … a trick the crafters use to get an age cracked antique finish is to apply paint over a layer of not completely dried white wood glue, which dries slower than the paint, so the paint dries quick, remembering it contracts as it dries , a fast drying finish over a slow one , makes the most beautiful antique age cracks … and if you let the glue dry for a couple weeks , then paint over it , it won’t crack at all ..

The idea is with both drying due to exposure to the air , the top film dries quicker , contracts , becomes stable …while the slower drying under layer (less air exposure) is still contracting taking the dry upper film with it = cracking … capisce?

The test , stick your fingernail into the dried paint , if it leaves a dent , it’s still not “cured” …
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Painting and covering should be an unhurried process…

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GPW wrote:Sounds like you’re putting paint over wet paint that hasn’t had time itself to cure …
Latex paint is curious , It works easy, dries quick all that but in actuality It can take a week or more to properly cure … I know nobody is going to like that news , but if you think about it , if you paint over uncured paint , you have two different drying rates happening … a trick the crafters use to get an age cracked antique finish is to apply paint over a layer of not completely dried white wood glue, which dries slower than the paint, so the paint dries quick, remembering it contracts as it dries , a fast drying finish over a slow one , makes the most beautiful antique age cracks … and if you let the glue dry for a couple weeks , then paint over it , it won’t crack at all ..

The idea is with both drying due to exposure to the air , the top film dries quicker , contracts , becomes stable …while the slower drying under layer (less air exposure) is still contracting taking the dry upper film with it = cracking … capisce?

The test , stick your fingernail into the dried paint , if it leaves a dent , it’s still not “cured” …
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Painting and covering should be an unhurried process…

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I ended up sanding it down and repainting it. It turned out pretty well, but now I’ve decided to go over it with a couple coats of spar varnish to harden it up a little more.

You may want to leave it a couple weeks as it takes that long for Latex paint to really harden … Just sayin’ ...

It's been a while since I posted updates, but here goes. I got the last of the foam on the roof and have now skinned the ceiling.

I also added back support to the dinette and made the cushions.