Stage one painting.... Done.

Ended up sponge painting the bublegum pink over the coral.  The door is striped.

I'm thinking of leaving the top unpainted any further.  It has aluminum showing and spots of paint... kinda Shabby.   I have the Aloha decal for above the back window and I think I will put in on her even though she's got no new upper paint.   Her name is Shanti-Lillie and she is shanty shabby chic. 

Today... I started painting the Aloha.   I paper & taped her stripe off this morning... chose my colors and went to Ace to pick up some paint.   I chose a Semi-Gloss indoor/outdoor paint that works on aluminum siding.  I chose the color Autumn Reverie which is a salmonie pink.  

 When I came home I set my materials up and sponged on the paint on the bottom half of the trailer only.  I painted the lower half of the door and the storage door a solid Autumn Reverie.  I even Painted the lower half of the Propane tanks.

   After a while I began removing the tape and paper and was dissappointed... the Reverie goes good with the front of the trailer colors, but the pink under the stripe is too pink... the salmon pink looks off.
   So I chose a Flamingo-ie pink and headed back down to Ace.... it was just turnin 6 pm and they were closed.  Bummer.  I will head down there tomorrow morning to get more paint.   I came home and paper & taped off the trailer again and since I will be only sponging over the salmon paint I will create a two tone look.   I also decided to tape off the solid doors into stripes just for fun.  The Propane bottles will also be striped lower.  
   I hesitate to completely paint the the entire tank, I've heard that they won't fill the bottles if they are painted.  One has a couple of labels on it but the other, I think older bottle, doesn't.  I'm gonna check with Bleyhls this week.
    Here are some pics of the Work in Progress....

 I went to the Yakima Valley Jr. Fair in Grandview today... I heard there would be some "Sisters" there.  I didn't find the sisters, but I did find a Vintage Horse Trailer being used as a Food Booth.

I talked to the owner and she says they've been hauling their food appliances for quite a few years, unloading and loading at each function.  Then they decided to just arrange it and use the trailer as part of their booth.   Like so many Vintage Travel Trailer's being converted into food booths, I thought this was a great idea.  You basically don't have to gut it as there is no fixtures in it to begin with.

New paint on her bumper...

New paint on her tongue....

New paint on her icebox door....
From brown to off white.   It will get some kind of silhouette design on it too.

Found a C-rail over her front window.  She has a window shade that protects the front window while traveling, but over that is a C-rail that is made for an awning.  I plan to move it to the doorside over the door and making her an awning.

I've not gotten a chance to work much with her or clean her up lately... weekends get busy.  I do think I may have to strip the paint before I repaint her.  I'm only going to sponge paint her salmon and white... and hope to just be able to lightly sand her before she gets her paint. 

Here's a pic of her inside bed & bunk on our first camping trip.  My little grandson wouldn't show his face for the picture.... little stinker.

Gotta Love him.

Just got my Aloha Decal for her this week.  It will go on after she's been painted.  They are usually stationed above the back window.

   My son-in-law had the muscle needed to loosen & remove the heavy bolts that held the box base onto the back bumper.  The 3/4 plywood was rotten in one corner and I plan to replace it with a new box.  Thank You M.

   Now the scraping of old... flaky... ugly paint.  Today after work I accomplished this... scraping and chipping the white and salmon.  Then washed the bumper and the "I don't know how many years" worth of dirt from most of the crevices.  I could have used the paint remover, but decided to just sit down and scrape.  I'll wash it down again and sand it later.
   I then moved to the front of the trailer and began scraping.  The 2 propane tanks were kinda in the way, so I removed them too.

   While scraping at the silver paint on the triangle tip I found some lettering... HADCO ENG???, Pat. No. 2523500.   I hosed it down too... I'll wash again and sand it before it gets paint.   I'm thinking of painting bumper and tongue black Rustoleum.
   I have a couple of concern spots underneath behind the tires... the wood looks like a composition wood... it is warped and sagging.  There is a wooden floor over it that the linoleum is on.  This is in the area of the goucho bed.  Gonna haveto do something about it.  Otherwise the underneath of the rest of the trailer looks solid. 

One of the improvements I made was removing the wooden box on her back bumper.  It was made of 3/4 plywood, with a bottom, front, back, 2 side pieces and a small strip where the piano hinge for the lit was attached.  The right corner was badly damaged/rotted... I thought I would just repair it but decided that I would like to build something new for her.

Before pic...

After pic.

I left the base of the box on just to use as a carrier platform for the outdoor rug and a couple of chairs.  I tarped and bungied them to the bumper platform and they traveled well. You can see the salmon pink that was behind the box.  These are the colors that I plan to repaint her... salmon pink & turquoise.
  When I texted the kids I got a trailer, I took a picture with my phone and told them "the Beast has a little Sister".  I think I will name her "Lil Sister" for now, until something better comes up.   What is her theme?  I'm thinking ME.  A little bit Gypsie, Pirate, Faerie, Country, Bohemian, Ecclectic and very similar to my home decor.  In otherwords... fashionably cluttered.  Ha. :)

Took the little girl out on her first camping trip under my possession. We drove 170+ miles to Spokane's Bowl and Pitcher camp ground.  The drive was good, we cruised a smooth 60-62 miles per hour.  Our first stop of course was the Country Mercantile just outside Pasco....

The sign above says "Asparagus is here"... is this a sign that I should name her Asparagus?  I don't think so.  :)

Got to the campground after first stopping off to collect the grandsons and my daughter and set up camp.  The boys were eager to help set up, and I gave them solar lights to stake out.  We settled in for the night with baked beans, pigs in the blankets, celary & carrots for dinner. 

The next day we ran to Coeur D'Lane for an RV store that sold new and used RV parts to look for a couple of things that we needed.  I was didn't find what I was looking for but did find a toilet seat lid for my moterhome toilet.... whoohoo.   And then my 5 yr old grandson and I fixed my ice box door handle.  Bonus.

Back at camp that evening, we had visitors... deer, a buck and a couple of doe.

Our camp set up... very basic for now.  No Canopy. No extra Glamping Accessories just the Basic Glamping accessories.

I enjoyed our camp trip.. the boys were fun to have and full of energy.

Things that need attn:

1. Finish fixing the Icebox door.

2. Have gas lines checked... smelled propane ouside but not inside.

3. Work on Left Tail light/brake light.

4. Finish Glamping her up.