Finally the weather broke and the heat wave passed. Tuesday was blue skies and thunder heads.
Didn’t quite catch the classic anvil shape in this “hang the camera out the side window as the cop drives by pic”, but… PUNCH BUG MOCHA LATTE CONVERTIBLE. LOL
As mentioned Wednesday, I had put a second coat of polyurethane on the door inners and a third on the floor top.
Thursday morning and afternoon the temps were down right chilly. Woke up to sub 60’s, and later when arriving home Yvette had closed a bunch of windows because the furnace was running (prime time thermostat set at 68). Didn’t need the fan or open windows at Mecca.
The doors look pretty good despite some orange peel texture.
The “six pack abs” reflection is of the plastic sheeting strung from the ceiling joists with the fluorescent lights above.
Orange peel is a little more apparent from this angle w/o flash.
Doesn’t quite pass the Doug Hodder quality test (can’t read the serial number)…
… but maybe close enough?
I’m happy with the floor. Shortly after these pics, because I was concerned about the poly lifting, I scored the tape line lightly with the razor knife and peeled back the tape. It quickly became apparent that the tape was peeling back just fine (despite multiple coats) without needing to score.
(Again, light squares are reflections of the ceiling plastic drape.)
The more I look at these pics, the more I think I will let the doors set up good and hard (couple days) and then sand and recoat. The floor is not perfect, but it is a little flatter than the doors and does look a little better. Toss up if it is worth the effort… still won’t be perfect. The work is kind of tedious, but easy and does yield results.
(See all of the “fuzzy” area around the flash glare? That’s little nubs and orange peel.)
Karl and Simon came out to visit at just the right time to help me move the floor off of my stand, and switch to the curb side wall inner. Also set the bulkhead up on the out feed table.
First wet coat on the bulkhead cabin side (had sanded this side less… and camera lens needs cleaning).
With flash the color looks a little more orange than actual.
Without flash the color looks a little drabber than actual.
Curb side wall inner first wet coat of poly.
I am having some reservations about jumping into the finishing before some other steps, like fitting the doors, latches, and strike plates (… but then there is the canvas to consider); spackling the door outers; and rounding over the door frames and jambs for the canvas to wrap over. Not sure how the canvas will terminate at the inner skin of the door, and not sure how the black trim paint will interact with the poly. Maybe I should have done that first and poly’d right over the black.
Here you can see the floor stashed in the pile with the tape removed.
With flash.
Without flash (again, the white splotchy spots are reflections).
Train kept a rollin’ and a couple more hrs added to effort.
by Fishingtomatoseed » Tue Jul 23, 2013 11:46 am 
... More a Personal achievement than just another a camper build ... You have done some AMAZING things .... It’s going to be a Beauty !!! 
Best clear out a space in the garage ... or do like the Harley owners and store it in the Living room .... 
