Again, nice job.
Luckily the previous owner had the seal replaced on mine a few years ago, so I didn't have to pop the top for glide replacement.
I'm going to get into some interior renovation sometime here, she has some interior ceiling water damage. It doesn't leak and hasn't since the previous owner bought it used, but I just don't like to look at it, soooo........
I'll have to bust out my tool belt and have at it.

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2001 GMC Savana
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Mike, how were the cupboards fastened to the walls, I do see where there are screws along the top but don't see where they fastened along the bottom.

Thanks

Just looked at your face book pictures..I will print out your guide replacement instructions for future reference. My Hi Lo cabinents wood work looked a little tired/worn. I cleaned them with a multipurpose cleaner. When dry I applied minwax stain/early american. The next day I applied Scotts liquid gold. Probably could use rub on polyurethane high gloss. Haven't been ambitious to touch them up again. I think they get dried out due to extremes in temperature.

*how were the cupboards fastened to the wall*

The cabinets have a false bottom loosely stapled into place. Beneath the false bottom there is a 1x1 inch strip along the back edge attached directly to the wall. The real real cabinet bottom is attached to this strip from underneath. To dress it up, I glued a length of cove moulding along the joint between the wall and the cabinet. Inside, I reattached the false bottom loosely with staples in case I needed to access the wiring hidden underneath.

*I applied Scotts liquid gold*

My cabinet doors were badly dried-out and looked terrible. I used lemon oil on them and they look great, but they are now much darker than the *fake* wood used throughout the rest of the camper. I'm OK with that.

There is a trim-strip along the top edge of the bottom-half walls. It originally was laminated with the same fake wood. Instead of polyurethane, I removed them, covered them with a wide strip of clear packaging tape, then reattached them making sure the tape was wrapped all the way around and tucked underneath. It was an easy fix and they look great.

I haven't decided yet what I'm going to do with the walls and other flat surfaces. The fake wood laminate has deteriorated badly. I cleaned off most of the loose powdery stuff with steel wool and 409. For now, that'll do. Let me know how your polyurethane works out. I've been considering the same thing.

I haven't used wipe on polyurethane in the HiLo. Recently hubby sanded out all the wooden handrails at church and stained them with Minwax Early American stain. Then he applied three coats of the gloss rub on polyurethane. This is the first time he used the rub on polyurethane. Very easy to apply and it gave the wood a pleasing shine,not a glaring bright one. Defeniately would use again. Follow the directions for great results.

Outstanding job! If only I had the time, money and energy to do that... but as for a free camper kinda makes me think of the old adage that says there's no such thing as a free puppy - LOL!

Hi Mike - you didn't happen to take pictures of the dis-assembly? I'm trying to learn the substructure (walls and ceiling) since I have rotted cabinet mounts and am worried that I'm going to need to rebuild behind the walls.

Thanks!

'Sorry, no before/after photos. Looking back I should have documented the renovation process but it just didn't occur to me at the time. My guess is that if you have rotted cabinet mounts, the damage you don't see is much worse that you think. You might patch it up, but in the end, the walls/roof will probably need to be stripped-down and rebuilt.

**I made hinged frames and mounted the old divider fabric in them so I could open them out when I wanted. This photo shows the screens in their storage position, folded flat against the exterior walls**

Hi Mike

Your trailer looks great!! Thanks for sharing all your hard work. I really like your bathroom dividers modification [as shown in some photos in your Facebook link]. We have an older 1978 Model 2277B with a bathroom area similar to yours and have been trying to come up with a good idea for our bathroom dividers - ours came with white plastic [broken] mini-blinds. We did not like the mini-blinds idea at all and immediately took them down. But now what to replace them with?? Then I saw your fantastic reno and we think that would work great for us too! However, would it be possible to get a few more details on the design? What did you make the frames with? What type of hinge for the wall mount? How do they stay flat against the wall for travel? etc, etc. Thank you for any and all information you can provide [along with the photos, if possible] we would be VERY greatful!!

Joan & Chris