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Posted By: 69 Avion
on 12/26/12 06:20pm
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Dodgeavion wrote: Just bought a 67 C10 basket case out of southern CA. It's now in southern Idaho.
Question for Gary regarding your wave3. Down to what temp will using the W3 only keep you warm?
Ken
We need pictures.
Ford F-350 4x4 Diesel
1988 Avion Triple Axle Trailer
1969 Avion C-11 Camper
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Posted By: rfuerst911sc
on 12/27/12 04:45pm
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For those of you that have installed a solid surface countertop how did you install it ? Did you put down a piece of plywood screwed to the cabinet and then glue the solid surface material to that ? Did you use a real adhesive or something that stays soft/pliable like silicone ? I'm thinking of installing Corian or similar into the C11 but want to make sure it doesn't crack due to road vibrations or normal amount of movement.
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Posted By: Dodgeavion
on 12/27/12 08:56pm
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I'll do it this weekend as it looks like the only way is to first upload them somewhere on the web and then link to them.
It was a $400 CL purchase. Turned out there was only one degree of separation between me and the seller. Small world.
Ken
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Posted By: Dodgeavion
on 12/27/12 08:56pm
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Thanks Gary.
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Posted By: 67avion
on 12/29/12 09:16am
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we installed the Corian on top of the existing cabinets. We used a fastener that may have contained silicon, but I'll have to check when I return to Illinois and then I'll confirm the brand. As to road damage - we actually don't know about the countertops since the camper has not been used yet. Every indication that we have is that the counters will be OK. I have some questions about other restorations that we have done, but only time will tell.
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Posted By: rfuerst911sc
on 12/29/12 04:49pm
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Well today I bought two pieces of Corian 25 x 47 that were pulled from a home kitchen. They are in perfect shape and only $25.00 each so 50.00 total. They already have blocking strips glued underneath for additional support. I don't think there will be any problems installing these or for them to survive in my C11.
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Posted By: 69 Avion
on 12/29/12 05:03pm
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I can't wait to see the installation.
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Posted By: 67avion
on 12/29/12 09:08pm
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Much better price than I paid. But will the shape conform to the space? I had some careful cutting that had to be done. And that ran up the price.
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Posted By: rfuerst911sc
on 12/30/12 06:39am
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67avion wrote:Much better price than I paid. But will the shape conform to the space? I had some careful cutting that had to be done. And that ran up the price.
No reason it won't. I'm going to remove the existing countertop hopefully in one piece so I can use it as a template, I'm mainly concerned about the radius in the corners. Corian can be cut with conventional woodworking tools so no problem there as I have table saws, routers and so on. Once the rough fit is done then just need to cut out for range top and sink. Plan on doing it all myself so this will be a low cost improvement. I just need to figure out how to seam the ends as I'm going to have to do that.
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Posted By: 67avion
on 12/30/12 06:39pm
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Sounds good. We also used the existing countertop for a template. It dropped right in. It seems like someone else posted that they had trouble fitting a top since there had been some expansion of camper.
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