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Livin Lite Forum => Livin Lite General Discussion => Topic started by: dlb53151 on September 13, 2019, 08:46:38 PM

Title: Paint
Post by: dlb53151 on September 13, 2019, 08:46:38 PM
Has anyone painted their Camp Lite camper?  My CL16TBS decals are a mess and am thinking about taking it in to get them removed plus a custom paint job. Sounds like it could be approx $5k for one color and no stripes etc. 

Would also like to upgrade cabinet fronts since they are rippling.  Probably from humidity. 




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Title: Re: Paint
Post by: john on September 13, 2019, 09:18:01 PM
has anyone thought about the possibility of taking the aluminum skin and polishing it to a restored airstream shine.You can even take it one step closer and mabye do a rivet pattern where the seam is. Is that possible or crazy or both...
Title: Re: Paint
Post by: Merlin on September 14, 2019, 02:28:02 PM
Quote from: dlb53151 on September 13, 2019, 08:46:38 PM
Has anyone painted their Camp Lite camper?  My CL16TBS decals are a mess and am thinking about taking it in to get them removed plus a custom paint job. Sounds like it could be approx $5k for one color and no stripes etc. 

Would also like to upgrade cabinet fronts since they are rippling.  Probably from humidity. 



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What color? The only painting I've done is a white roof. The exterior of mine is in good shape.
Title: Paint
Post by: dlb53151 on September 22, 2019, 04:03:52 PM
Addendum to Post

See pics attached, that show "bubbling" of the slideout storage compartment door.  Another reason for body repair / paint topic.


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Title: Re: Paint
Post by: Merlin on September 22, 2019, 05:12:31 PM
If that's a standard Challenger brand compartment door, there is wet wood in there forcing the bubbling. Just painting won't fix that.
Title: Re: Paint
Post by: Sylvain on September 22, 2019, 09:43:05 PM
Wow, that's a lot of bubbling.  You may need to replace the compartment doors.