How many have pulled cabinets out and reinstalled?

NateL

NateL

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I started refinishing some of the cabinets, and now im in really deep. I'm redoing the floors, and i was going to just work around the cabinets, but ive refaced all the doors and drawers, made new panels ,had new cushions made, and more, so even though the cabinets are prepped for stain i think they need to come out to reface the whole floor. I was really trying to be able to have it back together for camping season and redo in the winter, which has its own issues. I dont know. Thoughts?
 

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Make good for camping then do floor over winter like Pauljl suggested. At least then all the floor is good and any joints sealed properly and would probably be easier than trying to cut round units etc. Furniture looks great though :)
 
I have an Auto-Sleeper the same as yours and I've done it a couple of times. Everything is built in from the cab backwards and is a tight fit so you need to work in reverse from the back doors forward. I managed to damage the wardrobe with my ham fisted efforts so care is needed. The cabinets are held in with screws into the floor and under the work tops into the wooden frame around the windows as well as being pinned and glued to each other. When stripping the old flooring out you are more or less guaranteed to uncover some work that needs doing to the metal floor, usually above the chassis box sections, so prepare for a bit of welding.
I'm with Paul and SOups in saying leave the major jobs for now, use some Danish oil on the cabinets (gives a lovely finish) and a piece of carpet or vinyl on the floor and enjoy it for the season - then get to work over the winter.
Looks like you've done a fine job prepping the cabinets by the way, any more pics:)
 
All the chassis boxes are good , the only rust through is the right rearmost c-pillar.it was a canadian desert van so thats good.because of that leaky corner i had to remake pretty much the whole cabinet anyway.
 
I do lots of rust repair on old cars both at my garage and a hot rod shop, wood is admittedly not my strong suit, but im trying. My neighbors have really loud dogs so i have enjoyed woodworking with loud sanders in my back driveway
 

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Hello NateL, looks like you are doing a really nice job there.

Can I ask with your replacemnt cushions you had made did you re-use the old vinyl from the base of the cushions and the flaps with the press studs or did you have those remade, or just stick with fabric all over?
 
the bottoms are vinyl like the originals with the fIaps and straps. did not put the snaps in yet.
 
I. Went ahead and did it. Must have been a teenagers first week on the job, almost every screw was buried so deep ! Wasnt too bad.
 

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A cooler, a camp stove, a mattress and camp chair and you're GOLDEN!!

Dare I ask how much of the cabinetry needs rebuilding? Was any of it salvageable?
 
BC Sunshine said:
A cooler, a camp stove, a mattress and camp chair and you're GOLDEN!!

Dare I ask how much of the cabinetry needs rebuilding? Was any of it salvageable?
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Most of it was pretty good! A lot of the cabinet door faces were kind of delaminated, so i stripped the veneer plus one ply and refaced them with birch. I love the worn lived in look of the molding trim though so im trying my best to leave it alone. The new faces with the old trim looks pretty cool i think! No camping just yet, my water pump and possibly my radiator are leaking, so thats all apart, and now would be a good time to rebuild this weber thats been giving me grief.
 
The birch faces look great with the trim!
I will need to gut - I had serious leakage via the roof seams over the winter, and the floor is boggy.
A large winter project...
 
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