polishing the exterior aluminium around
the windows and prepping the exterior
for paintwork.
“This proved to be a lot more laborintensive
than I anticipated!” she recalls.
“I kept thinking of the karate kid and the
scene where he was taught to ‘wax on,
wax off!’ I definitely put a lot of elbow
grease into the prep work! I used an
electric sander in the beginning and then
finished by hand with fine sandpaper
until it was really smooth. I went on the
Internet and searched through various
‘how to’ videos to find the appropriate
way to paint the trailer. I decided to use
Rustoleum paint after I completed the
sanding. (I wasn’t prepared to invest
a large amount of cash to have her
professionally painted.) I started with
a primer and then finished with a gloss
white. I then used the same process for
the red stripe. I primed it first and then
finished it off with a red Rustoleum 2X
spray paint. But I couldn’t stop there as it
really didn’t feel like it had my personal
touch, so the next step was to paint the
flowers on one side of the trailer while
my daughter completed a painting of a
retro style Hawaiian woman sitting by
the ocean using oil paint on an aluminum
piece for the canvas. I finished it up with
two coats of UV protective sealant. Now
she felt like my ‘Ruby’! Bright red and
beautiful!”
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