We Have the Paint!

Found exciting stuff in unexpected places today. On a trip to our neighborhood Sutherlands Lumber, we stumbled across the elusive oil based enamel tint base that can be mixed to match our perfect hue. Thanks to Sutherland's Golden Glow Gloss Enamel, we now have exactly the color we hoped for: Alexandra Valley #7511.

May seem like a minor thing, but tracking down a mixable enamel base wasn't nearly as simple as we'd assumed it would be. So we had a little happy dance session in the paint aisle, asked the helpful paint expert to mix a gallon of 7511 and grabbed a gallon of gloss white for the top half of the camper. Whew, one more bit of anxiety laid to rest!

A fun tidbit: we've also settled on flamingo pink as the accent color, for the stripe between the colors on the outside and to spice up the inside. Can't wait!

Wall Doctor

Inspector Daisy

What else have we marked off the Trailer To-Do List in the past 24? Something huge--we pulled off the water damaged birch beneath the front windows and around the roof vent and found that only one supporting 2x4 would need to be replaced. Another sigh of relief...we'd seen folks remove the skin and basically rebuild the framework of the camper from the decking up. Much better outcome, ready to get started sealing J-Rails on the outside so we can replace the water damaged birch on the inside. Woot woot!