Category: 2018 Camper Build

Well I started painting the camper. First I put tarps down. Then I taped off everything that didn’t need to be painted. Now I put one coat of primer on all of the exposed wood on the outside. After 90 minutes or so I painted most of the inside. I realized that if painted both access points I might have to spend the night so I stopped before that happened. I’ll work on what’s left tomorrow. I will possibly do another coat before I’m ready to start adding the canvas skin.

I’ve also gotten a breaker box, and breakers, that will eventually receive AC from a campground power pedestal. Also some 12V LED car running lights (6 total for $8) that I hope will turn into the overhead lights for the cabin.

Here’s the new cargo hatch on the camper. As the name implies behind this there will be cargo. Soon after it warms up I’ll probably start painting and putting on the skin. If it seems brighter it’s because I also installed more lights in the ceiling of the garage. the body of the camper was blocking the light so more light.

I believe in the last status report I had hung the door to the camper. Over the last two weekends, I installed a genuine RV latch in that door and then hung the stud it latches to. Then I added some foam backing to the front top and rigid foam to the front. In the last picture, the foam out and backward at a shallow angle for some aerodynamics. I’ve got the foam for the center part but I’m going to leave it out for a bit so that I can access the back of cabin. Unless I make a mistake, two more sheets of rigid foam will be enough for the entire exterior.