Transmogrifie and Me

[RevBill]

Originally Posted by lornaschinske

We crush all cardboard in the cardboard baler as fast a possible. It keeps the debris down and the stores recycle the cardboard. So don't be surprised if you can't get a cardboard box from Home Depot. You will really need to be in the "right place at the right time".

Try furniture stores for cardboard as well.

.. well Lorna, y'all may do things a tad different than we do, not all stores are the same I am quite sure .. at my store (Lowe's) we unpack the daily deliveries every morning and we keep several freezer/refrig boxes beside the compactor to use as a top and bottom courses to hold the compacted bundles together .. we also save boxes for customers we know and/or who leave their contact information with the receiving manager .. we also use the larger boxes to save plastics and other recycle materials as well .. plenty of opportunity to pick up a couple "fresh" boxes ..

.. I'm sure some stores operate differently than mine .. but you can usually catch a good clean box before it hits the dumpster/compactor .. we don't make enough on the recycled bails that we can't help out a customer in need ..

[lornaschinske]

Originally Posted by RevBill

.. well Lorna, y'all may do things a tad different than we do, not all stores are the same I am quite sure .. at my store (Lowe's) ..

I wasn't referring to Lowe's. I don't know how they work. Just the Home Depot I work at. They like to keep the trash from accumulating so that the store stays clean.

[Shadoll]

Weather got down to 10 degrees at night and high of 29-30 so have been doing a lot of 'in-house' stuff. Big indoor garage sale on the 26th.

Should be warmer next week to caulk and paint.

Water tank I wanted to see about getting is 'shape conformed' to it's original placement ie over the wheel well. Not sure I want it 'inside'. hmph

Guy brought me a sample of the green carpet he said he had. I liked it. only 10x12 but I can make it work.

Still planning on flooring and insulation in by mid February, guess I picked a bad time of year to start this project.

[lornaschinske]

Put a heater inside and work inside when you can't work outside. Best way to do this is to have a pretty well thought out plan of what you want to do. Our exterior stuff is on hold until warmer temps are here. Meanwhile we are insulating the interior as fast as we can and getting that covered with "paneling". I'm used to living in sawdust. But the styrofoam beads from the Polyshield is driving me nuts (short trip). Not a whole lot more of that left. We also are finishing up the interior on the QT. We aren't too sure how happy the work would make the campground managers. We do a lot of materials cutting in the parking lot of the Home Depot where we are buying our stuff at. Gotta love those battery powered circular saws! Still we do a lot of cutting inside the bus.

[bansil]

Originally Posted by Shadoll

, guess I picked a bad time of year to start this project.

It could be july/aug and you are in your personal microwave....sweating body parts...off...
You get it one pc at a time

[roach711]

Too hot, too cold, too nice to work on a grungy bus......it's amazing we get anything done on them at all.

[thommassey]

Originally Posted by roach711

Too hot, too cold, too nice to work on a grungy bus......it's amazing we get anything done on them at all.

[Shadoll]

Bus wouldn't start on Sunday. Turns but won't fire. Gonna put a super charge on the battery and get some starter fluid for next trip out there. My car buddies say it's just cold blooded. Crossing fingers there's no damage from 7 degree weather. Made a terrible noise near the dash until I realized that I had the back door open. Good warning system.

Got it washed out with vinegar and looks pretty good (Still found bubblegum). One more washing and I should be ready to caulk and paint interior on next warm day I have time. Indoor garage sale put off a week. Dog-sitting this week so can't be home evenings. $100.00 cha-ching. One thing and another. Took laptop and printer to dog location to make signage for garage sale. Still moving forward.

I am still pleased. Oh.. and bought a gnome, my first 'decoration' purchased specifically for the bus. Will post when I get a pic. Looks sort of like Jerry Garcia.

[Shadoll]

Mopped and ready to caulk and paint... YAY! Got a window of 4 days of 31 and above nights. Gonna try for it.

[Shadoll]

And here is my new buddy...


I couldn't resist. I think I'll encorporate him into the dash somehow.

[Diesel Dan]

Hmmm... looks a bit more like David Grisman to me.

https://www.google.com/search?q=david+g ... 2QWQi4CICA

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[Diesel Dan]

[quote="Shadoll"]Mopped and ready to caulk and paint... YAY! Got a window of 4 days of 31 and above nights. Gonna try for it.

Be sure to run a heater in the bus while the paint is drying. Better safe than sorry! Oh, and speaking of safe - maybe an electric heater would be better than propane in combination with paint fumes.

[Shadoll]

It's been up to 60-something during the day, If I can do it Saturday. Would be better if I could take Thursday off but that isn't going to happen. Think I'm going to have to go with 2 different paints. The one I bought was for galvanized metal and aluminum but the one patch between the wheel wells I think needs regular rustoleum. Might get a quart of that just for that section. Just happy it's warmed up enough to get the primer layer down. Then a trip to home depot for the foam and boards. YAY. Seems that I can still keep to my schedule.

Originally Posted by Diesel Dan

Hmmm... looks a bit more like David Grisman to me.

https://www.google.com/search?q=david+g ... 2QWQi4CICA

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I can see that. Although I don't know either one that well. I was borrowing from my friends love for the Grateful Dead. I'm more the Bob Seger type. I was clueless in the 60's. And if you turn him around his underwear are showing like some rapper. *shrugs* I got so tired of seeing my son's underpants. Funny now that my son is in Kentucky, home of the the bluegrass.

[Shadoll]

OK.. my friend at work says he's a Gangsta Gnome... OH well.. he works for me. Maybe I should call him 8-mile.

[roach711]

I live 4 miles north of the famed (or is that INfamous) 8 Mile Rd.

[RevBill]

Originally Posted by Shadoll

And here is my new buddy...


I couldn't resist. I think I'll encorporate him into the dash somehow.

He's Hip .. very Kewl ..

[Shadoll]

Reposting this to my own wall as I found it interesting.
Hy-Tech Bus Kote #2150
Bus & Recreational Vehicle Coating

Bus-Kote is a bight white, acrylic elastomeric, insulating ceramic, waterproof coating designed specifically for Buses and recreational vehicles. This high build rubber like coating waterproofs, insulates, soundproofs, beautifies and protects with a ceramic shield that expands and contracts with varying hot and cold temperatures plus resists thermal shock. Bus-Kote offers superior mildew resistance and ultraviolet ray reflectivity.

Originally designed as an insulating, reflective coating for school districts to use on the roofs of school buses to lower the interior bus temperature. This energy saving coating will reduce interior temperatures when hot and make interior temperatures more constant when cold due to ceramic insulation. formulated to resist over 100 m.p.h. wind driven rains. Hy-Tech offers a 5 Year Limited Warranty when applied according to our specifications.
This easy to apply maintenance free coating will provide years and years of durable, insulating protection and outstanding beauty. ( For the ultimate in roof coating protection we recommend a top coating of Flexi-Clear, an elastomeric crystal clear coating that is designed for protecting paint finishes.
Flexi-Clear is completely non-yellowing, highly resistant to water, road salt, tar, oily grime and its natural hydrophobic film is easy to clean and maintain.)
Bus Kote Coverage: 125-150 square feet per gallon.
Available in 1 Gal, 5 Gal, and 55 Gal drums
$39.50 Per Gallon...5 Gallon$197.50

My question was one gallon would do the roof? hmmm.. mine would be approx 255 sq ft. so 2 gal.? Additive for 1 gal is $13.95.

[lornaschinske]

Don't know about BusKote: We used SolarFlex (Henry's) and used about 5 gallons for 3 THIN coats on a 40 ft bus. I need to do another 5 gallons come spring. Where oh where to roll it one. Not sure if Campground will lets us do it here. Maybe if we get the bus tagged/titled/insured we might move it across the street to the informal "truck stop" for a day or two.

[Shadoll]

Went by Home Depot to get some aluminum tape and was talking to one of the girls about countertop materials. Fun stuff. And I was walking by the 'clearance' rack. And saw some familiar looking boxes so I gave it a second glance. Allure trafficmaster, 5 boxes of American Walnut regularly $47 a box for $26. Not exactly the color I wanted but close enough to save $100 on. I had my heart set on the hickory, but the walnut finish is smoother and it's close enough to the right color. (Either one I would have had to special order in) So I now have 120 sq feet of laminate flooring. And the gal gave me some tips. I'm happy. (And that stuff is heavier than it looks).

[Shadoll]

Originally Posted by lornaschinske

Don't know about BusKote: We used SolarFlex (Henry's) and used about 5 gallons for 3 THIN coats on a 40 ft bus. I need to do another 5 gallons come spring. Where oh where to roll it one. Not sure if Campground will lets us do it here. Maybe if we get the bus tagged/titled/insured we might move it across the street to the informal "truck stop" for a day or two.

Tango recommended it on another stream (or at least that website) so I thought I'd have a look. I remember you saying about the SolarFlex and I've looked that up as well. Figure I'll get to that closer to spring.