New Paint on the 1969 Kencraft

Well we are almost done with the rescue and refresh of our 1969 Kencraft.

As you may have seen this is what it looked like the day we picked it up.

We decided to go with a very basic white and red color on the outside.

My husband decided to do this himself.

So it was my job to sand the outside and remove everything I could.

The blue strip had been panted over with a tan and then a blue so that was the hardest area to sand.

I did the best I could, however it didn't come out as smooth as the white area.

 

The primer goes on.

It came out pretty dang good for a self done job.

We added a bit of color in the front and it looks great.

 



New floors!

The hardest park of this job was removing the old flooring.

There was two layers of old linoleum.

 

Once we removed all the old flooring we decided on a light oak laminate floor. 

 

 

Putting in the new floor was MUCH easier then removing the old one.

 

We added trim to match and we are done.

It's staring to come together.

 

 

Kitchen tile install



As you can see the previous owner tried to clover the original tile, with floor tile.

We were hoping to get the vinyl (sticky floor tiles) off the original tiles.

That didn't work very well. To get the vinyl off it also pulled up the original tile.

The only thing holding the original tile in place was foam tape.

Once that was all cleaned up we set out to find some tile.

Here is what we picked.

A very simple white tile, one all white, the second with brown and gold speckles.

This will match the countertops.

The grout is a tan color. Just to give it a hint of color.

 

Here is the tile before the grout,

and all done.

Once again my husband did a great job.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mini blinds and valances go up

We decided to add mini blinds to all the windows,

 and top them with a cute red and white gingham valances.

I think it turned out quite cute.

Here is the color scheme I decided to go with:



The tan gingham is the comforters.

The valances are made with a red and white gingham just a bit smaller then the one in the picture.

The rest is just accent fabric.

I will use them for throw pillows.

Bench seating Redo

There was a few things missing for our Ken-Craft when we rescued it.

One of the biggest being the bench seating and table in the dinning area.

The original seating was two free standing couch like benches with

  a jack knife action to lay flat. We were convinced we would have to build bench

seats on either side of a table. As my husband was searching online for a furnace part

he came across a couple that were completely gutting and redoing a travel trailer.

We set off to see if there furnace was a match for ours, and what a score.

Look what we found!

Can you believe it, and only $10 each.

OK, so they definitely need some work, but I can't believe we found them.

The lady we purchased them from started to take the fabric of one to see if she could redo them.

Because the seating jack knifes to fold flat there is a small storage area underneath.

They both had some water damage, so we decided to change the bottom panelling.

The hardest part of this job was getting all the staples out.

My hubby did all the sewing on this project.

If it wasn't for him I would have had to have them professionally done.

He is a much better seamstress then I am.

So, here is the finished seat.

We put new legs on, the 3 inch ones were a bit low so, we went with the 6 inch.

My husband did a GREAT job!

 

 

 

 



How to make a upholstered headboard

I wanted the bedroom area to have a cozy feeling.

So, decided to add an upholstered headboard to each twin bed.

I found many tutorials on line, it looked to be easy so, I gave it a try.

I used a pre-cut piece of peg board along with batting.

As you can see I doubled the batting on the area that will be above the mattress.

 Next I rolled the fabric and batting over the edge of the peg board and stapled it down.

Cutting it as needed if it was to long.
 

 

Using a red crayon I marked where I wanted to attach the buttons.

I thought this would give the front of the headboard a little definition.

I put a staple across the hole, then tied the

end of the thread to the staple to keep the button tout.

 

Not bad for about $10.

I think it will give the bedroom area a bit of charm.

 

 

 

 

 



How to remove latex paint from an enamel stove.

The oven door of our vintage trailer had been painted over with a white latex paint. Covering the vintage green that matches the stove top.I preferred the stove top and the oven door to match ( not to mention you couldn't bake with the latex paint covering the door) so I set out to remove the latex paint.

 

I could tell it was latex, because it was chipping in several areas, and if I used my finger nail I could chip even more of it off. I found a post online about removing latex paint using rubbing alcohol. Thanks to the person that originally posted the information.

 

The original post said to soak paper towels in rubbing alcohol and cover the oven door.

Then cover it with plastic wrap and let it sit for about an hour.

Here it is an hour later.

Very easy, there were a few spots that I reapplied alcohol for an additional 20 minutes.

Then I used my finger nail to get it off.

(sorry for the bad photo)

 

 

Here is the finished door, not bad at all.

 

 

Inside paint is done.

Now that the priming is all done, on to the color scheme.

If it were only up to me, I would have gone with pinks and greens.

However, my husband and son over rule me, so here is the final decision.

 

The majority of the trailer will be a cream color. The drawers and doors will be a

 green and the cabinets white.

 

 So, here is how it turned out:

 

We spray painted all the hardware to give them a quick update.

 

 

We love the way it turned out.

Next, the new bathroom sink and kitchen backslash.

 

 

 



Let the painting begin!

Now that everything is clean it's time to move on to the painting.

We have decided to paint the entire inside of the trailer.

We made this decision because we wanted everything looking clean and bright.

As the inside is not a high quality hardwood like Mahogany or Burch.

It's a plywood panelling with a mahogany stain.

We chose Kilz primer and started the painting.

This ended up being a long process as the paint smells terrible and

will give you a major headache if you are exposed to the fumes to long.

 

 

We had to remove the original tile. The laminate flooring the previous owners

 put over it would not come off without lifting the original tiles as well.

 

We will be putting in new flooring so we didn't have to worry about getting any paint on the floor.

 

 

Now that the primer is done on to the color scheme and more painting.

Thank goodness we're done with the Oil based paint.

 

 

 



Clean Up!

OK, so I have to say the clean up took a lot longer then I thought it would.

Seven large garbage bags later and 10, 20, maybe 30 buckets of Lysol before the water turned from black, gray and finally clear. Several times I thought to myself is this thing ever going to get clean. It finally did....so here are a few pictures of the inside.

As you can see the previous owner decided to cover part of the original tile as well as

paint the front of the oven and hod fan.

 

We had removed all the drawers to start painting them.

You may also be able to see the toilet is not in the bathroom that fell off during our trip home.

 

The bathroom in all its gold glory.

As you can see the sink was replaced with one that is about two inches to small.

 

Last the front dinette area this was taken out by the previous owners.

 

So that it the blank space we are starting with.