Hello from Dallas! Now, about those canvas-backed foamies?

[Patti]

I get the 'foamie' part but not the canvas part. Why use canvas? How is it treated? Do you paint it and/or decorated it? Is the canvas texture still visible once it's done?

We're looking to buy our teardrop--not enough time or stick-to-it-ness to build or restore our own. Instant gratification is our game. But I am loving watching everyone else here go through the process!

[bc toys]

Welcome Dallas from Las Vegas Nv don't know a thing about foamies or canvas just welcoming you to this great site

[pchast]

Patti,

Foam is strong in compression and needs a skin to impart
greater strength. The skin, normally a canvas, helps
maintain the sculpted form. Other skins are being used and
tested. I've read about cotton and linen fabrics, Paper and
plywood being used.

The structure is similar to a cored and glassed boat construction.
Its been likened to an I beam. The skins separated by the foam
as the web.

I personally applied the canvas with a paint primer after the foam
was lightly scuff sanded. The canvas was then primed before the
addition of 2 coats of exterior latex paint. Hope the explanation
helps.

Others may, likely, explain it better.

[Patti]

Does the canvas supply the exterior or do you cover it with aluminum or something else?

[Patti]

I went and looked at your build pics and saw you and your wife stretching the canvas. Fascinating!

I'd love to see pics of the inside!

[tac422]

Does the canvas supply the exterior or do you cover it with aluminum or something else?

The painted canvas does become the exterior, and doesn't require any other covering.
I used a "less coarse" canvas, and the texture barely shows through. Another coat of paint on the sides would certainly hide the texture completely.
The texture shows through on the roof where I used aluminum paint, but it is a nice effect.

Here's where I started the canvasing on the Big Pink:
viewtopic.php?f=55&t=56441&start=75

[Racquetman]

That is a beautiful trailer Tac, nice job!

[Patti]

Tac, that was fun to page through and see the 'big pink' grow! Looks wonderful.