Reskinning RV Door
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- Опубліковано 9 бер 2022
- "Reskinning" RV Door
Today, Sharon, one of the Two Tired Teachers will show us one method of Reskinning an RV door.
This is actually "Reskinning the Door," Part 2; however, you won't find a Part I. Sharon said she is sparing us that.
The reason she is working on the door is because over the years, we've developed a number of stress cracks on the door. At first Sharon had tried using a textured paintable wall paper on the door. The problem was it didn't stick well. Not one to let that deter her, she tried again with some
permanent vinyl wall paper.
Before she even opened the wall paper, she thoroughly cleaned the door. Since she had used another product on it, she wanted to clean any glue off the door. After cleaning the door, Sharon taped around the window with some painters' tape. The vinyl says it's permanent, and if any got on the window, Sharon wanted to be able to simply peel the tape.
With the backing still on the vinyl, Sharon laid it out and taped it to the door so that she could easily cut around the window with a razor blade. She did the left side of the door first, then repeated the process on the right side.
To do the top of the door, Sharon took the template of the door, laid it out on her dining table, and cut the vinyl using that pattern. Again, she did the left half of the door first, and then she did the right.
The finished product is beautiful. It's been over six months, and the vinyl is sticking extremely well.
A word of warning: Things may not be perfectly centered on the door. One side of ours was 4" while the other side was 4 1/2."
This video only covers up the cracks. Easy just to replace the entire inside skin. Home depot sells 4x8 fiberglass panels in white or grey textured on one side for @ $45. I just fixed my door yesterday and it took @ 2 hrs. Take door off, remove hardware, 4 screws on bottom and bottom trim. Get couple putty knives and pry off door u shape trim carefully and window trim. Tear off old skin and use as templet for new panel. Cut new panel with circular saw and jig saw. Put back together carefully and use wood block and hammer to set trim over edges. Better than new! Now solid 3/32's thick.
You are absolutely correct: that's a much better fix if you have a circular saw and a jigsaw. Our goal was to cover the cracks to prevent damage. Thanks for the tip.
Excellent repair! Very creative.
Thank you.
Great idea! Thanks!
Thank you.
Nice looking job.
Thank you.
Hello ladies how are you both doing? I hope all is well with you both. I've saved up several of your videos and I'm so happy to get to have a small binge session:):) I throughly enjoy watching your adventures 😊 this was a great video very helpful . Sharon you are so handy and make thi gs look so easy to do so as always 5hank you and God bless
Hey, Cassie. We are both just fine. I have to agree with you that Sharon is very handy. If we had to pay for all of the minor repairs and upkeep she's done, we'd be out thousands of dollars.
It's great to hear from you.
looks like a good solution.
So far it's working just great.
had the same issue with our 2019 Rockwood Mini Lite 2506s. I ordered 2 rolls of vinyl wall paper from Wayfair. Going to sand the finish down and tape the edges and remove the window. Hopefully I can make this look better.
I'm betting it will look better when you've finished.
This happened to our 2018 TC, my husband surgically removed the skin so to not damage the insulation and replaced it with a thin piece of Formica, this was not super hard or super easy and yes you need some tools to do it right, but it looks like a brand-new door, just better.
Very cool.
I’m gonna try this.
Hope it works well for you.
Hi I'm from Pasadena Texas close by downtown town Houston and was wondering if have ya any good recommendations for places in texas for star gazing and swimming with cabins and tents and rv allowed for the texas summer basically for family vacations with kids
Davis Mountain State Park in Fort Davis is a park I would recommend. It has a 39 room hotel with a pool. The pool is only for hotel guests. Indian Lodge is in the Davis Mountain State Park. You can star gaze at the park, or for a real treat you can visit the MacDonald Observatory. The observatory is run by UT and it has massive telescopes. You'll want to go to the star party. Students man the telescopes and they will make sure that you see what there is to see.
If that doesn't work, you might try South Llano River State Park. If you don't want to camp at the park, several places are in Junction where you might like to stay. The park is a dark skies park.
Good job. Now you can do our door. ( I wish )
Wish we could.
What, again, is the PRODUCT you sprayed over the old skin ???
I watched this video twice and didn't see thar she sprayed anything on the old skin. She cleaned it with soap and water.
Were you 2 actual teachers and if so, what grade and subject ?
We were really both teachers. Sharon taught American Sign Language to grades 9-12. I taught English I to high school freshman for 32 years.
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