Your Mum did an awesome job! I have no sewing skills or sewing machine so I just used black plasti-flute sheets and drilled 10mm holes 80% of the way through them around the edges using my drill press, then glued 10mm magnets into the holes. It works well and was cheap also. Nice video. Thanks for sharing.
I've arrived here via Into the Mystery 13 to boost your #'s (by a whopping 1) and see how the Kiwi's are doing #vanlife. They assure me that if I learn and use anything here I won't have to copy it upside down and/or backwards. Must be because it's right to begin with. Cheers!
Yesterday I did a $7 DIY curtain that can easily be pulled into place within a few Seconds! It stays in place so I never have to keep taking it down & putting it back up, use up space to store it, etc. I use 2 1/4" X 5ft PEX Pipe (PVC) $2.25ea, Paracord to feed through it and secure it to the sun visor and the back seat roof handle. Snip holes about every 3-4 inch in a dark lightweight $2 tshirt fabric from Walmart. 1 Clip for each of the front seat ceiling handles to support the PVC and fabric. A pieces of Velcro on the dashboard. This will allow you to have one long piece of fabric that can easily slide into place & gather up next to the seat or even better yet, behind the headrest so that you can still have complete visibility in the blind-spot & your back seat can stay hidden 24/7! The fabric I used is dark enough where people can't see in but I can still see out.
I've made some from Reflectix (foil bubblewrap) and then edged them with duct tape - they work by friction and stay put in my Sprinter. Though the duct tape looks good on one side and not so flash on the other. Might try and make some more like yours - though I do have curtains/blinds in my van too - but they are still a WIP at the moment..
@@EatSleepVan I've got the Jumbo one from the Warehouse - fits nicely in my Sprinter. Am going to make some for the side windows in the cab once I can get my hands on some more Reflectix for a reasonable price. Someone in Chch is selling one of the posh sets for the Transit cab on Trademe for $50
Are these covers for privacy or insulation? We are looking a Reflectix in the middle to keep in/out the heat/cold as we travel, as well as for privacy. Just curious if your design provides any insulation at all?
Yeah so it has a layer of oven mitt liner to slow the transfer of heat. Although in theory it needs an air gap to do that, which it has with a thin layer foam in there too. So they provide a bit of insulation, but won’t be like installing a slab of XPS foam in your back windows. That might be worth considering if you’re in a super cold climate. I’d recommend getting a good diesel heater then it doesn’t really matter how efficient they are.
great job, lovely Mum, did you use magnets each side or does one in each location do both sides? I would have liked to see the actual magnet fitting stage. Thanks for the tip
Yes - I would like to see more on installing the magnets - since its difficult to sew them on with a machine... the neodymium magnets wreak havoc with the needle and the machine. Did she hand sew these in? Did she have to make small pockets and slide them in? How are they attached?
Lovely! I will be making 2 also for the back doors and another for the sliding pager door. What did you use for seam binding the edges? And with the 8 magnets, where did you use the small disks and the long ones?!
Hi so there are 8 magnets per window, all small disks, one each corner and one each side. The edge banding is a common sewing edging I can’t remember the name of!
@@EatSleepVan Haha! Yeah, there's not much benefit from making 10 more after the fact. But considering the amount of effort spent on working out how to make 1 pair, making 10 pairs at the time wouldn't have taken much longer, you'd have been able to choose the best pair, which would have paid for themselves _and_ bought something nice for your mother. They'd sell for around £50 per pair, I expect, though I'm no expert.
Don’t mean to be a pain but please don’t let your mum sew over pins, the needle can collide and snap (have broken a few this way) but this can also mean the pin can snap and go flying .. could get an eye :(
Your Mum did an awesome job! I have no sewing skills or sewing machine so I just used black plasti-flute sheets and drilled 10mm holes 80% of the way through them around the edges using my drill press, then glued 10mm magnets into the holes. It works well and was cheap also. Nice video. Thanks for sharing.
Good idea! Thanks
If your mom does start making them I sure would love to buy a set from her!!... She did an awesome job!! 😊
Thanks! You're not the first person to say! You can buy similar from these guys strawfoothandmade.com
Mom is awesome. With lots of love from here in Iran to you
Thanks so much!
Moms are awesome 😁
These are amazing, I need these for our van. Well done on the video too. Very easy to watch
Thanks so much!
What a professional job! Beautiful!
Thank you! Cheers!
Top work guys n mums a keeper 👍🏼
This is exactly the simple solution I’ve been needing! Have you done a light leakage test on them?
You mom amazing woman! Take care of her!
Wise words!
I've arrived here via Into the Mystery 13 to boost your #'s (by a whopping 1) and see how the Kiwi's are doing #vanlife. They assure me that if I learn and use anything here I won't have to copy it upside down and/or backwards. Must be because it's right to begin with. Cheers!
Haha you get used to everything being upside down. Thanks for checking out my channel!
Yesterday I did a $7 DIY curtain that can easily be pulled into place within a few Seconds! It stays in place so I never have to keep taking it down & putting it back up, use up space to store it, etc. I use 2 1/4" X 5ft PEX Pipe (PVC) $2.25ea, Paracord to feed through it and secure it to the sun visor and the back seat roof handle. Snip holes about every 3-4 inch in a dark lightweight $2 tshirt fabric from Walmart. 1 Clip for each of the front seat ceiling handles to support the PVC and fabric. A pieces of Velcro on the dashboard.
This will allow you to have one long piece of fabric that can easily slide into place & gather up next to the seat or even better yet, behind the headrest so that you can still have complete visibility in the blind-spot & your back seat can stay hidden 24/7! The fabric I used is dark enough where people can't see in but I can still see out.
Nicely done
Mom did a great job! Very professional looking!\
I've made some from Reflectix (foil bubblewrap) and then edged them with duct tape - they work by friction and stay put in my Sprinter. Though the duct tape looks good on one side and not so flash on the other. Might try and make some more like yours - though I do have curtains/blinds in my van too - but they are still a WIP at the moment..
For my front window I’m just using a big sun reflector from super cheap auto! Nice they have the big ones that work on van windscreens.
@@EatSleepVan I've got the Jumbo one from the Warehouse - fits nicely in my Sprinter. Am going to make some for the side windows in the cab once I can get my hands on some more Reflectix for a reasonable price. Someone in Chch is selling one of the posh sets for the Transit cab on Trademe for $50
*super cool trying to make my own*
This is really good idea 👍
nICE!! WHAT STRENGTH ARE THE BATTERIES?
Thanks Mum!
What brand magnets did you get?
Hi I bought the magnets from dangerousmagnets.co.nz
What a nice mom.
What fabrics did she use? Blackout - or looks like it - oven mitt liner, what else?
Yeah we used oven mitt liner, so it is blackout except for a tiny bit around the sewing
The white is a silky material and the blue is polyester. So just the three layers total
Excellent
Thank you! Cheers!
Are these covers for privacy or insulation? We are looking a Reflectix in the middle to keep in/out the heat/cold as we travel, as well as for privacy. Just curious if your design provides any insulation at all?
Yeah so it has a layer of oven mitt liner to slow the transfer of heat. Although in theory it needs an air gap to do that, which it has with a thin layer foam in there too. So they provide a bit of insulation, but won’t be like installing a slab of XPS foam in your back windows. That might be worth considering if you’re in a super cold climate. I’d recommend getting a good diesel heater then it doesn’t really matter how efficient they are.
Your mom is awesome. I don't know any young women today who are capable of that.
great job, lovely Mum, did you use magnets each side or does one in each location do both sides? I would have liked to see the actual
magnet fitting stage. Thanks for the tip
Hey one each corner and one each side. So 8 per window
Yes - I would like to see more on installing the magnets - since its difficult to sew them on with a machine... the neodymium magnets wreak havoc with the needle and the machine. Did she hand sew these in? Did she have to make small pockets and slide them in? How are they attached?
@@chasincloud957 Yeah small pockets, slide them in and then sew shut. Make them a bit long, so that last bit isn't near the magnet.
Lovely! I will be making 2 also for the back doors and another for the sliding pager door. What did you use for seam binding the edges? And with the 8 magnets, where did you use the small disks and the long ones?!
Hi so there are 8 magnets per window, all small disks, one each corner and one each side. The edge banding is a common sewing edging I can’t remember the name of!
@@EatSleepVan oh! Thank you so much for replying! Yes - prob good ol' seam binding.
@@karenlewkowitz5858 looks like Bias Binding that you can buy from most material stores.
That’s the one
What magnets did you use for this project? Thanks...
Neodymium 5mm x 10mm disk magnets from dangerousmagnets.co.nz
Yay mumma!
I would like a set for my promaster 118wb van...does anyone sell these ??
Mom to the rescue!!
What sized magnets were used?
Hi 10mm x 5mm. Could use flatter ones I suspect too, but these have good hold power
Can I order some please?
Sorry mum's not taking orders :)
Should've made 10 sets or more. You could easily sell them on eBay.
I asked my mum if she wants to make 10 more. She wasn’t keen!
@@EatSleepVan Haha! Yeah, there's not much benefit from making 10 more after the fact. But considering the amount of effort spent on working out how to make 1 pair, making 10 pairs at the time wouldn't have taken much longer, you'd have been able to choose the best pair, which would have paid for themselves _and_ bought something nice for your mother. They'd sell for around £50 per pair, I expect, though I'm no expert.
Yeah they would certainly sell!
Would your mum be willing to make some for my van too? :) 2009 Ford E250 - these are fabulous and we'd of course pay her!!
Sadly not, I tried to
Convince her to start a business! But she’s not keen. Look up strawfoot I think it is, they make them commercially
@@EatSleepVan Thanks so much for the recommendation!! :)
Thanks Mom:)
No love like a mother's
Mom rules.
Id pay her for a 2019 grand caravan windows 😁
Haha I bet y ou would!
Can you tell me how "mom" put the magnets in the corners again? Thanks.
Sew on a small pocket. Slide magnet inside. Sew up the end of the pocket. If you make the pocket long enough it won’t get in the way of the needle.
Don’t mean to be a pain but please don’t let your mum sew over pins, the needle can collide and snap (have broken a few this way) but this can also mean the pin can snap and go flying .. could get an eye :(