Howdy! :)
This week we moved forward with more work on the windows!
This week we moved forward with more work on the windows!
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Here, you can see the new glass that we got last week, since we couldn't find it at a hardware store in a wide enough piece. Having it custom cut was pretty nice! It was a bit less stressful than cutting it (and possibly breaking it!) ourselves :)
Isn't that gorgeous!?
These seals go in the frame on the shell of the trailer and help seal the sash to the frame. It was PRETTY tough to try to figure out which replacement seals we needed, as the old ones were either missing or really difficult to tell their original shape. But through the magic of Google, Mike found which shapes we needed and a place that sells them! :)
This photo shows a couple of things! 1. See the smooth gray seals around the edge of the frame? Those are the new seals in place! 2. See how clever they were with the design of the windows? The whole sash just lifts up and slides off! Super cool :)
This is the frame for the middle window. We got the old plexiglass pulled off and discovered that the corner seam had split apart. Ugh!
We tried using a metal epoxy putty (the same stuff we used to repair the bolt holes in the Land Yacht plaque!) It didn't work. ;) We decided to do some more research to figure out how to fix it.
So in the meantime, we used the wire wheel to grind off all of the REALLYHARDGUNK (TM) that some previous owner had used to try to keep the window from leaking. Remember, I already scrubbed and scrubbed on this stuff with acetone and mineral spirits when we reseated all of the windows! THANK GOD for wire wheels!
And all clean! It's wild the transformation!
End of Saturday - Two of three ain't bad!
Mike did some Googling Saturday evening and found these aluminum welding rods. Watched some videos and it looked pretty simple! (sorry for the cruddy picture with my finger in the frame! I'm an acupuncturist, not a photographer! LOL)
Our first try didn't work quite right, but our second try turned out pretty good!
EXCEPT - when we were trying to clean it up just a little bit, it cracked again, so we cleaned it AGAIN. Unfortunately, this time, we overheated the aluminum frame and ended up disforming it a bit! :( We tried a bit to fix it some more, but I called it. I think because we were trying to get it done before the rain came in, we were making things worse. It's a bit of a disappointing note to end the weekend on, but I think it's better to stop while we're ahead? Or at least not as far behind as we could get ourselves LOL. Such is the way of working with Maude! Ups and Downs.
Until next time (when there will hopefully be more ups and fewer downs ;) ) <3 Becca
EXCEPT - when we were trying to clean it up just a little bit, it cracked again, so we cleaned it AGAIN. Unfortunately, this time, we overheated the aluminum frame and ended up disforming it a bit! :( We tried a bit to fix it some more, but I called it. I think because we were trying to get it done before the rain came in, we were making things worse. It's a bit of a disappointing note to end the weekend on, but I think it's better to stop while we're ahead? Or at least not as far behind as we could get ourselves LOL. Such is the way of working with Maude! Ups and Downs.
Until next time (when there will hopefully be more ups and fewer downs ;) ) <3 Becca
