Who likes to polish aluminum???

[NEWFISHER]

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

Fish can't respond because he can't raise his arms enough to reach the keyboard

...and that may not even be a joke!

Close! I gave up. I have found a greater appreciation for those with more patiencee than I. Several hours, 2 days, 4 different steps and lots of frustration. I going to rock the patina look and save some dough to have it professionaly done.

The good news is the new motor/trans/rr end combo rips the trailer around perfect and I couldn't be happier with the 6/700/3:73 set up
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[NEWFISHER]

Originally Posted by NEWFISHER

Close! I gave up. I have found a greater appreciation for those with more patiencee than I. Several hours, 2 days, 4 different steps and lots of frustration. I going to rock the patina look and save some dough to have it professionaly done.

The good news is the new motor/trans/rr end combo rips the trailer around perfect and I couldn't be happier with the 6/700/3:73 set up
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Updating my thread: I wasn't going to continue and I had hit rock bottom, testosterone depression, no will to get off the couch and actually turned the TV on for the first time in months ( which depressed me even more ). I started to get hungry and didn't even want to get up. My daughter sent me a txt and asked " what are you doing this weekend?" and I could either reply "Nothing, I'm worthless" or " polishing a trailer" so after txt'ing back and forth with her ( in Tuscon) I got off my lazy A$$ and got everything back out of the boxes, set up the tables and POLISHED MY TRAILER

The stories of 200 hours is mostly the frustration learning how the allooys in the aluminum react with different heat, compond/chemicals and pads. It's definately a multi stage process, but well worth the journey. I also didn't have to admit to my daughter that I couldn't do something and that was the best part of the whole project. Here is a shot from last weekend and you can see the front is now super shinney, as is the rest of the trailer.


Dne', here is a shot of the interior you asked about. There is a full bath/shower in the rear ( pink components) and it only has a black tank. Grey water is collected in a bucket. Fresh water is in a bladder style tank with air pressure, no electric pump. A Humphry gas lamp, 12v/110v original combo fixtures, a giant lp furnace, princess stove, Norcold fridge and radio/TV anteannas are all original. the silver mount on the right side of the pic is for a 17" flat screen DVD for the rainy nights. In the above pic, the lp fire pit is cool to touch on the underside and heats up the awning space really well without getting hot enough to burn the awning. We can "dry camp" off the grid for a week before needing water and I have a portable solar panel system that keeps the lights going while reading or playing board games when it's nasty outside here in the NW. I'm standing next to a goucho couch/queen bed that pulls out and for a 20 footer, has a ton of room for us. I just need to shrink the 90lb hound dogs.