Backtracking

I have decided to coat the inside of the trailer with Rubberize it. It's a paint or spray on rubber coating.
"It is environmentally friendly, easy to use and cost effective. And with over 800% elasticity, this waterproofing coating expands when it needs to! And, it can be applied as a sealant to most surfaces – concrete, wood, even rusty old metal to name a few.

There are unlimited uses for this innovative coating technology. Use it to maintain and waterproof almost anything, from your leaky roof to ponds and fountains. Paint around skylights to secure a leak-proof seal."

The above is off there website http://www.rubberizeit.com

So I have removed all the  bubble wrap insulation I had put up to prepare for doing the Rubberized coating. It was hard to remove all that work. I have saved the pieces as the silver bubble wrap insulation to reinstall. It is quite expensive.

This is a shot of what I removed. I did not take long to remove.   :(    Lots of work but I think the rubber paint will be worth it. 

I talked to a representative of Rubberize It, and he told me I should only need two 5gal buckets to coat the ceiling and the walls.

a day of frustration, panic and plan changing.

I must say getting the body off the frame has proved to be a big challenge. It's much like trying to move a 32 foot long spaghetti noodle. I am not at all sure that I can manage to get it off. Here are the latest pic of the frame under the floor in the bedroom. The body is up high enough to complete what I need to on the frame and get a new floor back down. The inner frame rails look good and still have a lot of paint on them. The outside rails are very rusty.

My boyfriend just picked up an 1966 18ft Oasis. Cute little thing needs some work. Hopefully not as much as my Spartan does! Will do some tlc on it a little down the road. For now we will solve the leaking problems it has and take her out camping.

Got the last wrap around panel off the back of the trailer. Started jacking up the body again going from side to side and to the front and back trying to keep the trailer as level as possible while it is being lifted  I don't want to put to much stress on any one spot on the body.
I have to come up with a way to keep the body walls from spreading out as I lift the body. I discovered this to be a problem today.
I am thinking I will run rope from side to side in several spots. have to see how this will work.

more body removal

I got all the bolts bolts and took off one section (that wraps under the frame) in the front of the trailer to see what it looked like under neath.
You do need to remove the front panels that curl around and go under the trailer. I took the left side off  to check and because it needed repair any way. I was hoping that I could just pull the trailer out and not have to remove the back pieces that curl around and under the trailer. However it looks as though I will need to remove the back panels as well. I was hoping to not have to drill out any more rivets............

When jacking up the trailer the guide pins that are in the middle of the trailer are hard to work around.
We started jacking up the back-end of the trailer and seemed to be hanging up in the middle.
We then moved the jack to the center of the trailer next to the guide pins and worked the trailer off of the right side guide pin. We blocked the right side up off the pin and will do the left side tomorrow. Ran out of daylight to day. All in all a great work day on the trailer.

I have the best boyfriend in the world. Thank you Mark for helping me with yet another crazy project!

the last few bolts in the floor

WOW! the sawzall is my new favorite toy! got the last of the bolts holding the body to the frame. Only one little mishap in the front with the body. :(
Now if I can just get the screws that some idiot put in the skirting that have rusted to the frame I will have the body off in a jiffy!

removing the skirting

I got some of the skirting off today. Most of it came off easy. The pieces that are giving me the trouble, are the pieces that were put back on using the wrong screws. They have rusted to the frame. Now I get to try my had at drilling them out. This has taught me that the right screws are very important. Also the wrong ones get rusty and look bad. I think the right screws are stainless?? will look into that.

I numbered the pieces as I took them off. I hope this will make it less of a gig-saw puzzle for me when putting them back on. I am not sure how the front will come apart. It looks like I will have to remove some rivets to do it. I am not excited by this at all................