Closing in on completion!

I am SOOOO excited!! This coming weekend is our family reunion and Ziggy will be ready. So many times I've said, "I hope to have Ziggy done for__________". Then watched as that date came and went and still she wasn't done. Pretty exciting to have her maiden voyage be to see people who have provided so much support and encouragement for this project. At this point we have only a short punch list.

 Before this weekend:

• Stove back splash
• Diamond Plate rock guard
• J- rail
• Door knob
• Curtains
• Touch-up paint
• Buff front

For final completion:

• Window rock guard
• Tape and paint inside of door

This past week has been a flurry of accomplishments. I put the hubs, with the new bearings and seals, back on. Littlest and hubby put on the new tires, Littlest installed knobs and hinges, Hubby and I installed all of the windows and the cargo door. Hubby helped me install all of the cupboard doors. I put the back bunk back in, We dry fit the diamond plate rock guard so it is ready for installation tonight.

Bearings

We chose to totally replace the bearings, races and seals. So I learned how to remove the old ones, seat the races and pack the bearings. That's a LOT of grease.

Progress, progress and more progress!!

Ziggy is finally painted inside! It was super hot over the weekend so painting her interior was grueling but it looks AMAZING! Thanks to hubby for his help and encouragement when I was in tears because I was having issues with the spray gun, it wasn't spraying right and was leaving huge runs everywhere. I thought I was going to have to go back and sand them down and start over. We finally decided to just roll it. That decision was made none too soon as we were able to roll out all of the runs and clean them up. I spent Sunday doing all of the corners and trim with a tiny roller and brush. It looks so crisp and clean!

Chris' accomplishment list might be a little longer than mine. Besides spending Saturday helping me paint the interior, on Sunday he used the grinder and cleaned up the back bumper then painted it, removed the wheels, pulled the bearings, masked the exterior furnace vent, and started wire brushing the under side for rust reformer. All while I worked on painting the interior, when I was done painting I worked some on the underside as well. I DO NOT like doing that, in fact it is probably my least favorite part of this restoration.

 

 

 

 

Today I will get the new bearings and spend the evening painting doors and drawers.

Doors and Drawers

Got a good layer of KILLZ on the doors and drawers!! 

This stuff is awesome, the entire trailer had an "old" smell to it when I first got it and the smell lingered even after I demoed and rebuilt much of the inside. I can say that having the windows out and coating the entire interior of the trailer with Killz has completely eliminated any old smells. Ziggy will have a "new trailer smell" when she's complete which makes me very happy!

Upholstery lady (Amie) came out and got the cushions over the weekend to get started on the covers for them!! I am super excited to see how they turn out!

I've also removed every bit of j rail and the awning rail to clean and straighten. I was going to leave the back-top and the awning rail but while I was buffing I realized that the old putty tape was getting pretty dry and chunks were missing. I now have a few more piece to take care of  but I'd rather remove, clean, straighten and replace with new putty tape and add a couple days work to the trailer than have a leak in old trim and have it ruin all my work on the inside. How depressing would that be?

I'll be working the next couple days on those extra couple pieces of trim and any other little things I can do in the evenings after work. Littlest has a basketball tournament over the weekend so I won't have time for working on the trailer. Hopefully I can have things buttoned up so I can pull Ziggy out of the garage and paint the interior next week.

July 2017

I hope everyone had a great 4th of July. We certainly did! been pretty busy getting things done on Ziggy too! In the last couple weeks I've

• Finished up all of the trim/ moulding and caulked all of the seams.
• Dry fit the windows and trimmed the openings accordingly. 
• Cleaned all of the aluminum window trim. I hadn't realized how dirty it had gotten of the past few years sitting around in the garage waiting to be reinstalled. They are now ready to be installed once I get the interior painted.
• Cleaned and buffed most of the back of the trailer
• Started work on cleaning the j-rail. I had to clean off all of the old putty tape and remove all of the old nasty aluminum sealer that was slopped all over it. The only thing I've found to remove that crap is brake cleaner. Unfortunately that stuff is hard on the hands. I know this from when I cleaned all of the windows. I use brake cleaner to get off the old sealer then mag cleaner (also hard on the hands) for a nice shine. They are turning out pretty good for the shape they were in. I have most of them clean but it's been too hot lately to do too much in the garage so last night I set to straightening the cleaned pieces of j rail with vice grip clamps. They are really looking good now!

Waiting for the upholstery lady to have time to come out take measurements for the cushion covers before I paint. I don't want her to have to work around wet paint. Once she's comes out I'll get the interior painted and start getting things put back together. My to do list is dwindling!

Finish cleaning and straightening j-rail
Finish buffing exterior of trailer
Install J-rail
Clean and install cargo door
Clean and install lower rock guard
Paint interior
Install interior hardware
Install window trim
Install windows
Clean and install window rock guard
Install curtains
Pack bearings
New tires