Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

I installed 3/4" AL angle trim on my tear and I'm not happy with certain parts of it.

I roamed Lowes aisles exploring other alternatives. The one I am thinking about is to use a rubber water hose. I'd slit it lengthwise and glue and screw it around the edges.

Any thoughts on this idea?

Any other trim ideas?

Thanks,

Steve Wolverton did a simular thing with I believe it was garage door rubber seal.

Those are great ideas. I'm getting 99% of my materials at Lowe's and HD and would love to see more ideas of alternative uses of their products on teardrops.

I'm doing a full woody now and I'll be building a laminated profile piece probably out of white ash.
In my opinion, a full woody needs this piece... 70% for looks, 30% for bangability.

bangability

That's a new one for me, but hey, I like it! Somehow another picture comes to mind.......

Scooter,

I may be wierd but one of my great loves in building things is to roam a store looking for something for a purpose for which it was not produced. I recall a psych class where "functional habituation" is that a hammer can only be used as a hammer. Creative people look at a hammer and think of lots of other ways to use it.

Thanks for the encouragement.

I used quite a bit of aluminum carpet edging for trim. It comes in long lengths, it's cheap, has predrilled holes, and looks good.

Q

David Beckett wrote:Scooter,

I may be wierd but one of my great loves in building things is to roam a store looking for something for a purpose for which it was not produced. I recall a psych class where "functional habituation" is that a hammer can only be used as a hammer. Creative people look at a hammer and think of lots of other ways to use it.

Thanks for the encouragement.

I do the same thing. Salesperson walks up and asks, "May I help you." "Nope, just looking for ideas. Not a clue what I want till I see it!!"

Geron

Q wrote:I used quite a bit of aluminum carpet edging for trim. It comes in long lengths, it's cheap, has predrilled holes, and looks good.

Q

The carpet trim is a good idea. I'll have to go and look at it!!!

Mike...

I was thinking about carpet trim from the very beginning, but does that stuff hold up under the elements? Also, to bend around our curves?

IraRat wrote:I was thinking about carpet trim from the very beginning, but does that stuff hold up under the elements? Also, to bend around our curves?

All very good questions... That's why I want to go and look at it...

Mike...

If we stuck to products intended purpose only, there'd probably be no such thing as homebuilt teardrops!

The aluminum carpet edging holds up just fine to the elements. It also bends easily around curves, being a pretty much flat profile. I used it for almost all the trim on my tear. I used the plain aluminum stuff but if you want to get fancy, it comes in gold anodized.

Q

Q wrote: it comes in gold anodized.

Q

You said the magic words.....

The aluminum carpet edging holds up just fine to the elements. It also bends easily around curves, being a pretty much flat profile.

Q,
So this is not the angle carpet edging for stairs, right? You're talking about the edging for carpet to vinyl transitions?