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RE: Red Max Pro #3
I used PolyGlow the first time, which worked great. Talk of floor acrylic was not so accepted then. But more word got out of the great results, so when it came time to put the yearly recoat on, I bought the Zep Wet Look product from Home Depot (HD's version of RM - same manufacturere). The Zep went on the same as the PolyGlow and it also looked very good. It's much cheaper than PolyGlow. And it CAN be removed, fairly easy. So let's see - I have a choice with my 13 year old rig. It can be dull and old looking, or it can look like new for a few dollars. I think that most of the naysayers are those with newer, shiny rigs. They can't put themselves in the situation of having an older, dull rig. I live in my motorhome fulltime, and I prefer it to shine. It looks like everyone who has done it has been extremely happy. I know that I am!
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12/20/11 12:01pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Red max pro ???
They have the same product at Home Depot, but it is marketed with the name: Zep Wet Look. I originally did my motorhome with Poli-Glow, but when it came time to apply the yearly re-coat, I bought a gallon of Zep Wet Look, and in my opinion, it had a better shine than the Poli-Glow job did. It looked amazing. I think it is about $3 or $4 more than the gallon of Red Max Pro (which, if you look on the container, is also made by Zep. At the Home Depot I visited, they had lots of gallons available.
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11/09/11 08:28pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Finally found low-wattage electric heater!
I use a trouble light with a 60W bulb in my water service compartment and have never had a problem in temps down to 9 degrees. So I think that heater will put out more than enough heat.
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11/04/11 11:43am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Stinky Holding Tanks
The gray tank can smell as bad as the black tank. The shower, bath sink, and kitchen sink will have a vacuum breaker device plumbed into the drain...sometimes on a stub running up beside the sink. It's designed to admit air into the pipes when water is draining from the sinks/shower, but to prevent bad smelling air back into the rv. These vacuum breakers wear out. They only cost about 4 to 7 dollars at home depot. Try replacing them. It solved a problem on my motorhome.
Fred
You are so right! We recently had a terrible smell. My wife swore that she smelled it mostly when running water in the sink. We thought it was just terrible well water. But after researching on this forum, I learned of this AAV (air admittance valve). I looked under the bathroom sink and saw it. I unscrewed it and took it to the local rv place. They had an exact replacement for $1.60. Looking at the new one, I realized the old one was missing something. It looks like the spring had sprung out and was gone. Put the new one in - It's been little over a week now and the smell is gone! All that time we suffered and I fixed it for $1.60.
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10/16/11 04:05pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: best place to buy gas struts for bay doors?
Most RV parts/service stores have them, from what I've found. Just make sure you get the correct strength. Originally I put stronger ones on and they started tearing my doors up on the inside. So I had to remove them and get the correct ones. 120 lb tore them up and 80 lb wouldn't hold the door open. 100 lb was perfect.
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10/08/11 08:23pm |
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RE: Washer/Dyer use !
Fulltiming we use ours all the time. Wouldn't do without it.
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09/30/11 05:48pm |
Snowbirds
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RE: Buying a Used Gasser
First of all I don't know what a BB engine is, and I can only tell you about my own experience - not other's gas MH situations. We have a 98 Dolphin 34 ft on a Ford 460 F53 chassis. We bought it used in 2005 with 45,000 miles on it and it now has 85,000. We are full timers. It had been well taken care of and I got all the maintenance records with it to prove it. It has run and driven flawlessly, but I do ALL the recommended maintenance and also do other preventative maintenance. I am careful NOT to exceed the GVWR or the towing limits, keep the tires pressurized accordingly, don't drive at consistently high speeds, and don't try to beat the semi's and other MH's to the top (or the bottom) of the mountains. I have replaced the tires twice, the brakes once, have regular lube oil and filter done at 3000 mile intervals - with 15W40, have had the transmission drained and refilled and the filter replaced twice, replaced all the belts, plugs, plug wires, and water hoses, and plan to have the rear pinion seal replaced soon - it has developed a small weeping leak there. I didn't do any of this maintenance because of actual problems - It has run flawlessly for us and I am hoping that we are able to get many, many, more miles trouble free. However, it is a machine and I know it will eventually wear out, so I won't be surprised, and in fact expect, to have some repairs - minor or major. We get an average of about 8 1/2 MPG. Diesels are capable of greater load capacity and therefore you can have more stuff built in and can carry and tow more stuff too. There is a macho and status attraction to having and driving a Diesel Pusherof course, but our coach has been very comfortable and very good to us, perhaps partly because I have tried to be very good to it.
Ditto, Ditto ... We fulltime in a 98 Tropi-Cal, very close to your rig. What you said is right on .. Mine has 80,000 miles now and I expect to get many more. We have replaced flooring, couch, sinks, faucets, televisions, mattress,etc,etc. I also did the Red Max thing on the outside to make it shine like new. It looks like new inside and out and like you said above, it does good for me because I am good to it! You HAVE to take good, loving care of it.
National rocks!!
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09/30/11 05:37pm |
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RE: 1999 National Tropical 36
I have a 36' 98 Tropi-Cal and I love it. I have been full-time in it now for 5 years. Mine has around 80k miles, but still doing good. I think you will like it.
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09/21/11 05:08pm |
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RE: Booster Antennas for Verizon's MIFI 4510L
Does the MIFI have a port to plug in an external antenna? I thought that it did not when I was looking at them. Maybe they have newer versions now.
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09/14/11 05:05pm |
Technology Corner
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RE: Red Max again!
As I said, I used the Zep Wet Look from Home Depot and it did a marvelous job, even better than the Poli-Glow I used last year. It shines like new. So all you have to do is go to HD. I asked and the local HD had 35 gallons available. So there is no problem! It costs a few dollars more a gallon than the RMP - $25 / gallon. Still beats the heck out of the Poli-Glow price.
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09/12/11 07:04pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Red Max again!
Where I am, there is a HD, but not a Lowes, so I went to HD and bought a gallon of the Zep. You have to make sure that you get the Zep that says "The Wet Look". I did my original job last year with Poli-Glow, but this year, when it came time to put on the yearly one coat, I used the Zep Wet Look. Maybe it's my imagination, but it appears to have a better shine this year than it did last year with the Poli-Glow. It does seem to go on the same, though. I'm very pleased with the Zep Wet Look and Home Depot had plenty of 1 gallons available.
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09/10/11 04:11pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: How do I get more water volume out of the shower?
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PS- At full volume they don't save water, but it's a full spray shower.
I have the oygenics shower head and I did a test with a stop watch and a bucket. I also have a 5.7 GPM sureflo smart sensor water pump that is capable of putting out that 5.7 gallons per minute at 80 PSI. I turned on both the hot and cold full blast, then I put the shower head into a bucket and started the stop watch. After 1 minute I took the shower head out of the bucket and measured the amount of water that it put out in one minute. It was 1 and 1/2 gallons exactly. That is at full blast, which is not neccessary to get a good shower from this head, but that is one way to prove to your self that the oxygenics shower head does indeed save water at all pressures. With a 6 gallon hot water heater, you don't run out of hot water. So you can tell I am a happy oxygenics shower head user. Try it, you will like it.
Yep, I have to agree. I fulltime, so the RV shower is used daily. I only have a 6 gal water heater. Before the oxygenics upgrade, I had to work hard to finish a good shower before the hot ran out. After the upgrade, there is always hot water left after I'm done. I don't even have to hurry like I once did. So I'm sure of the conservation. My wife agrees, and she's right even when she's wrong.
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08/27/11 10:55pm |
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RE: How do I get more water volume out of the shower?
Oxygenics - use less water (so hot water lasts longer) and somehow makes it feel like much more pressure. As a fulltimer, it's been a great upgrade.
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08/27/11 06:45pm |
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RE: Seasoning WeberQ Grill before use?
Hey, OP here. I did a quick job by cleaning the grate, then spraying some canola oil on it. I ran it for a half hour, then threw my burgers on it. That was yesterday. Today I read the post by C&J about the grate and went to Weber's website to see what exactly was said about it. I thought I had read that this was a cast aluminum grate, but going to my exact grill, the 120, the listing in the specs said "Porcelain-enameled cast-iron cooking grate". So I guess what I did was actually unnecessary, but oh, well. Anyway, thanks C&J, I guess that answers the question.
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08/27/11 10:07am |
Camp Cooks and Connoisseurs
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Seasoning WeberQ Grill before use?
Today I bought a WeberQ 120 grill. My neighbor at the campground has one and told me that I need to season the grill before I use it. The instructions don't mention any thing about that. He told me to use beef fat and rub it all around the inside. Is that what I'm supposed to do? If so, how about using lard? How long do you do that for? At what temp? Do you season just the grate, or the whole inside? Or should I not even do what he suggested? I know there are many here that own the Weber grills, so tell me if I should season the grill, and if so, how, and with what?
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08/23/11 10:22pm |
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RE: Residential refer install installation
The ONLY issue we had was driving over Snoqualmie pass with a bag of ice in the freezer. It shifted, pushed the door open and landed on the floor. We have never put any kind of locks on the refrigerator. So far that is the only time it came open.
I'm surprised more stuff didn't go flying on that road. What a horrible road.
10-4 on that...
I did not put any kind of lock on my Magic Chef and I have traveled around 5,000 miles since I put it in. The door has never opened except when I open it. And I've been on some pretty rough roads also. As I've said: I love my fridge. It was a good improvement.
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08/20/11 11:39pm |
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RE: Chalet Plastic Sinks?
My bathroom sink was plastic and one of the first things I did after buying it was pull that sink out and put in a nice porcelain sink in. And also bought a much nicer faucet from Home Depot to put in the new sink. I didn't like the look of the plastic, because it looked like "plastic"!
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08/20/11 04:57pm |
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RE: Residential refer install installation
Just what was the concern about the Magic Chef? I and many others have installed that one and I haven't heard any complaints. Mine has been doing great for 3 years now, with several thousand miles of road bumps. The normal running amps are, I believe, under 2 amps. And the cost is nice too (compared to an RV refer).
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08/20/11 10:25am |
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RE: Residential refer install installation
If the refrigerator is sealed from the inside, is ther a problem in hot weather with the back and sides exposed to the outside heat?
No - mine does fine. But I do have a little fan that I installed that blows on the compressor. I just plug it up when it's hot. But it did fine for a long time without the fan.
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08/20/11 01:29am |
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RE: Residential refer install installation
I put that same Magic Chef 10 cu ft refer (in pic above)in my motorhome. It fit perfectly in the hole. I just put it in the hole and screwed the bottom plate to the floor of the compartment. I put a little insulation on both sides and top, just in the front few inches to isolate the outside from the inside. It was an easy install and has worked very good for a few years now. I like it much more than the dometic that was in the hole. It was also the exact weight of the one removed. The 10 cu ft unit fit in the same hole as the 7 cu ft removed. And temperature control is great. The manual that comes with that Magic Chef states that is is not recomended to put in an RV, but that's just a "cover their a$$" thing. It's worked good for me.
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08/19/11 05:01pm |
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