Other little stuff

I polished and added two vents to the roof, I think they are quite jaunty and,  unlike the originals, these are aluminum, so no rust!  I used Eternabond double stick tape as a sealant leaving a gap at the bottom.  I also drilled two little holes at the bottom so if any water does builds up it will drain out before it reaches the vent stack.  I would have preferred to buck rivet these but as they will likely come out in the future I went with # 8 stainless screws for now.

I added the Marinco outlet. By the way, I used a rubber gasket that I cut last year turned out it was already cracking so I found this at the local Orange Box store, closed foam seal, fit perfectly, even the screw hole punched in the foam lined up!   They also fit perfectly under the wedding cake tail lights.  I'll re-purpose the metal plate that came with them.

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Also added the scare light.  This area of the trailer has the most corrosion and I thought about adding a custom patch but in the end I left well enough alone.  I had a problem with the bottom hole being stripped out so I bought a piece of aluminum stock bar at the Orange box store, drilled a new hole and installed it as a backer to the bad hole with Tempro 635.  The scare light itself I bedded in butyl tape and followed up with a seal of Tempro 635.  I already installed the LED light upgrade. 

I also got the gaps underneath sealed up and polished the new rubrails from VTS.  They are going to add a lot of bling to the trailer!  The old ones were mangled, I probably could have fixed them up but took the easy way out.  I haven't installed them yet.  I don't find it very amusing that right when I get my trailer leak free (said with pinkies crossed) I've got to drill a bunch more holes into the skin!

I also got all my window hardware cleaned up and reinstalled.  I painted them with Rustoleum Hammerite smooth aluminum paint #42205 .  They came out SWEET!

Before and after

This paint is really cool and durable.  Its hard to find though and I had to resort to buying it online.   I've also discovered its a perfect  match for POR's sterling silver paint that I did the hitch in..  Great for touch ups!

No leaks again in the trailer DESPITE torrential downpours and a tornado warning.  Yep, tornado.  Turns out we didn't have an actual tornado but two streets over there was a micro burst with winds of 110 mph an hour.  Took down lots of trees and our power.   I was more concerned about the hail warning,  which never materialized.  In the middle of the tornado warning,  I'm down in the basement eyeing the leftover roll of Prodex and wondering if I could rig a temporary cover LOL!  Or throw myself over those endcaps if need be!