Thrifty Alternatives ..Building Foam Campers

[GPW]

Actually doing the floor exercises my Doctor recommended to strengthen the muscles around the spine helped a Lot ... for me anyway ... and it’s a Great excuse for getting out of Honey Do’s ... "Not today Baby , my back hurts" ...

[eaglesdare]

i can tell you i have been milking that excuse when it comes to the dishes! loading and unloading the machine just causes too much pain. which for some strange reason they just can't understand that one, when i am out back busting my entire body trying to put this stupid floor together!

now i just came in from out there and i now have the top lauan on. last bit of glue is drying now. and i am off a ways on the side. i think i flipped the board the wrong way. that same amount i am off on one side, seems to magically appear on the opposite side. oh well, some filler on one side and a saw to the other.
hubby was laughing his butt off at my work. but i told him "if there are no pictures, then it did not happen". so as far as anyone looking at it, it will look perfect!

as it is right now, it does seem to be pretty strong. i can stand and walk around without a problem. but hubby stood on it and says it is strong, but one part kind of pops up and down for him. so we are going to have to make sure that part gets bolted down to the trailer and that problem should be fixed also.

[GPW]

It’ll never show under the rug !!!

[eaglesdare]

i might just put a small rug down! but right now i am going out there to make an attempt at that brown paper bag floor. if this works, (keep fingers crossed) i will take a pic of this part. if it doesn't work, then it didn't happen and i will use a rug.

[GPW]

Brown paper bag floor ??? How interesting? Paper is just wood eh ??? sorta'...Cool idea !!! Very Green !!!


I don't want to go on another rant again about the skin, but the idea that 17oz. canvas is available is just mind boggling for me ... I can't wait to try some out ... Hmmm??? Now a Bigger, Wider foamie with 4" foam and Thick canvas skin ... I think that might work !!!

[eaglesdare]

i am stopping with this foamie. 2 is enough for me.

now about this floor. i think i will be bringing it in sometime today. its going to rain here today/tomorrow. not sure hubby is going to like that in the house, but he'll have to get over it. i also think its going to take a while for me to finish off this type of covering. i want to get fancy like sharon did with those leaves. not that i will use leaves. gotta start gathering my scrap paper and figure out what i will do.

thank goodness my shell is not totally dependent on the floor.

[GPW]

Eagle , just the two ???

Whoa !!! It’s been raining like Crazy around here ... the little Foamie is out in the middle of it all .... another great Test ....

[droid_ca]

Eagle so whats your idea or is it hush hush I have an urge to get the creative juices flowing this morning

[eaglesdare]

idea? not sure what you mean? but i am now starting to really like the look of my floor. this stuff is covering all my flaws!

[GPW]

Er, I have several thousand wine corks collected over the years ... Any way of making a floor out of that ... ??

If it covers the flaws and you like then it’s Cool !!! Guessing you could do the whole trailer inside like that if you wanted ... outside too...

[KCStudly]

Hmm. Cut all of the corks into shorter cylinders, say quarters, using a stop in the saw or a jig and sharp knife (so that they are uniform in length, shorter and you get 4 per cork), then glue them on end in a round honeycomb or hex tile pattern on your floor. Belt sand (or hand held electric planner if necessary? ..need to experiment) to get a nice even finish. Maybe collect the resulting cork dust, add some white glue and use the mixture to 'grout' in any voids (need more cork dust? whack 'em on the belt sander).

Seems like a lot of work just to be thrifty, but would definitely be unique, very cool, and cushiony at the same time. Even provide some insulation value.

I like it!

Who's going to do all that work?

Make sure you post pic's!

Another option would be to cut them up coarsely then feed them through one of those old hand crank meat grinders (yard sale), add some ground up packing peanuts or other stuff for color variety, make a paste with a pliable setting glue, like white glue, and mud it into your floor like Terrazzo.


If you use the glue sparingly it might even be reasonably light weight and springy.

[GPW]

KC, Brilliant about the old hand cranked meat grinder .... I was wondering how to bust them up... thought about making an old school ice box , using the cork bits as insulation ... more thought revealed that the new coolers were Soooo much Better , so that idea was discarded as “silly” ...

Just as the floor could be covered with brown paper , it could be covered with bits of material too .. you could do some pretty cool decorative floor patterns with just some scraps ... like doing an old floor cloth (oilcloth) ... anybody remember those ... ???

[eaglesdare]

i read a blog somewhere that said they have done their walls and/or floor in fabric using the same method as the brown bag way.

[GPW]

That sure should work eh ?? Limited only by imagination ...

[Ratkity]

i read a blog somewhere that said they have done their walls and/or floor in fabric using the same method as the brown bag way.

That would look FABULOUS!! You could do a spray poly over it if you do it after making the shell. How about cutting out Disney mousies and putting them on top of the brown paper like Sharon did her leaves?? Wow, so many cool ideas.

Hugs,
Ratkity