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M1088 camper conversion

ckouba

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Not trying to outsource it... Just know it's going to be a lot of work. Looking forward to having it done.
 

chucky

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Been doing a lot of sanding and prep for glassing in the shower. Only real visible change is having the shower cubby built and installed:



Hope to get along with that project starting next weekend. First a coat or two for sealing up the wood so it won't soak up from the glass, then glass and resin for waterproofness, followed by fairing compound, a LOT of sanding, and the gelcoat. I know this will be a massive amount of work, but I am hoping it will be worth the effort in the end. I wasn't going to have a shower smaller than the available space, and no one made a ready-fit option in the size I needed. Hence, make your own...

Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Once you have your walls up for the shower/bathroom you could shoot all the walls and floor with polyurethane couple coats for a lot less work! and look at Formica brand and Wilsonart have so many cool finishes from metal to any color comes in 5x12 sheets just have someone with a big table saw set up to cut the sheet to dims you need easier to glue and install and alot lighter plus fully waterproof .
 

hike

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Once you have your walls up for the shower/bathroom you could shoot all the walls and floor with polyurethane couple coats for a lot less work! and look at Formica brand and Wilsonart have so many cool finishes from metal to any color comes in 5x12 sheets just have someone with a big table saw set up to cut the sheet to dims you need easier to glue and install and alot lighter plus fully waterproof .
You'd still need to at least fiberglass or epoxy the shower pan—
 

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I am committed to this path. The reason why is that I don't want seams. The glass will lay up without a corner seam to seal and then flex and leak later on. I know other methods have been used and work just fine, but this is the path I have chosen and am OK with it. It will be a bit of work on the front end but I think the end result and peace of mind will be worth it.

At this point, the corners have been filleted and it would be work to reverse the process anyway.
 

chucky

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You'd still need to at least fiberglass or epoxy the shower pan—
I used ADVANTEC strips stacked to make the tub base then sprayed bedliner over that then tiled my shower base . On the first page of my build are some pics of the shower from start thru tiled maybe it will help ya !
 
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