Repainting The Cabinetry

Finally! The repainting of the cabinets!

Let me tell ya, it was hard work.  Painting in a small space with little ventilation was a challenge in itself, not to mention trying to salvage the floor too!  We ended up not being able to completely protect the floor, but last night we took Goof Off to it, and it cleaned it up pretty nicely. We plan to eventually replace the flooring, but until then... the linoleum will have to do!

So first, here's a look at the before and after pictures:

We used Rustoleum 2x Ultracover Primer and Behr Premium Plus Ultra Paint & Primer In One in the color Bleached Linen on all of our cabinetry.  We bought one quart and only used about 3/4 of it, even with 2 coats! The accentual color on the vents are a Rustoleum American Accents in the color Taupe. All of the  hardware was purchased from Home Depot, as well as all of the other painting supplies. 

Priming took about an hour and we used almost 4 cans.  We decided to go with the spray primer, and it ended up working out great.  Each coat of paint took about 2 hours, but we allowed a good 12 hours of trying between them.  Through trial and error, brushing on the paint gave a better coverage and look rather than rolling.  Rolling might be okay for one of the coats, but definitely not both... unless you want to end up doing 4 or 5 coats! At least that's what we experienced.


Price Breakdown:
One quart of paint- $16.34
Four cans of primer @ $2.97 each- $11.88
Hardware (includes 4 handles, 3 latches and 1 hinge) @ $1.98 each- $15.84
Paint brushes (had our own)- $0.00
Vent paint (had our own)- $0.00

Subtotal: $ 44.06
Tax: $2.64

Final cost: $ 46.70

Very reasonable! We are so happy with the results :)  I'll be sure to include in the next post about the decor and how I plan to add more storage to our PUP! 

Thanks for reading!!  Let us know of any suggestions or ideas in the comments below.

A good, hard cleaning

So after getting a little carried away and starting the renovations on the inside of our camper, we didn't think twice about the outside!  Let's just say, that in it's 27 years of life, it's never had a bath.  The roof was completely covered in almost three decades of dirt and it needed some work. 

After cleaning half of the roof, we remembered we didn't take a before picture.  So here's showing a half cleaned, half dirty pop up... which actually worked out better so you can see how much of a difference it was!

And then after about 2 hours of scrubbing... we got this!

Tada! We just used regular car washing soap and a sponge, also a bristled brush for the roof top and that 27 years of dirt is gone! It's amazing what a little soap, water and elbow grease can do!