In a previous post we outlined how we removed the decals from our 2007 KZ Frontier camper. It was a vast improvement over the faded and cracked decals but still has some spots where we could see ghosting on the hitch end that you see below. We pulled out the orbital polisher and oxidation remover for…
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Jack Knife Sofa
Read moreOur jack knife sofa was relatively clean and in good shape. Since we have bunk house and there is no need for anyone to ever sleep here I wish we could remove the sofa and replace it with a more modern sofa. Unfortunately our camper’s rear bed slide out requires a sofa that lays flat.…
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Decal Removal
Read moreThe outside of our fiberglass camper has never been much to look at. White with faded and cracked silver, green, and blue vinyl decals. We recently resealed our roof and while checking the outside seals we noticed that not only did the vinyl look bad, it was holding water in some places. We’ve considered removing…
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Broken Bolts and Electric Jack
Read moreCamper jacks are not very notable or fun items to update; unless you are the person hand cranking a manual jack. This is the only picture we have of our camper’s original manual jack. After the first camping trip we decided we needed an electric jack. This was Josh a few weeks later when it…
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Bunkhouse Shelf
Read moreIf you read our earlier post Camper Guts you likely saw that our girl’s formerly camo bunkhouse had an ugly and bowing shelf between the upper bunks. We removed it when we painted the walls and almost 6 months later have finally gotten around to installing a new shelf. We started out with a 3/4″…
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Rusty Fridge No More
Read moreOur camper fridge and freezer cool well enough. However, it had some seriously rusty stains that grossed me out. I pulled the racks and drawer out and soaked them for several hours in a bath of baking soda and vinegar to help loosen up any grease and debri. After giving them a good scrubbing with…
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Dinette Upholstery
Read moreThere was never any question that we wanted to recover our dinette and sofa. I searched online for reviews and tutorials and ultimately settled on a durable fabric back and vinyl seat for the dinette and a slipcover for the jackknife sofa. I searched for what felt like hours for tutorials to see how I…
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Demo, Cleaning, and Patching
Read moreWhen we purchased the camper our city was recovering from hurricane Irma, our oldest had just started an intensive middle school fundamental gifted program, and I was still getting used to transferring schools. This meant progress on the camper would be slow and sporadically placed between kid’s assignments and lesson planning. Before cleaning I removed the…
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Camper Guts
Read moreEveryone loves a good before and after. These are our before photos of the camper from the day we decided she needed to be ours. I felt as though every surface of the camper had a thick film of gross covering it, the kitchen and bathroom counters were busted, and the interior was hideous. What…
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Buying Bran
Read moreI’m a Florida native, Josh is a New Jersey transplant of 13+ years. We have both seen our share of hurricanes and partied our way through each with a Publix sub in hand. The 2017 hurricane season was something different. We lived in an area of Tampa Bay that I love dearly, but…