The shades over the Vista View windows still need to be painted.
We were going to wait until we had the opportunity to break out the inner glass panes
so the damaged window tint could be removed.
But we're still trying to find the gasket that would secure the remaining glass.
We decided to paint the shades this week.
Kristal is going to make Roman shades for the big windows, with a dark teal
similar to the front cabinet. The Vista shades will be painted the same color.
Among the many projects we’ve been working on since
gutting the interior, cleaning and painting the walls has been one of the big ones. The
painting is mostly finished now, with many touchups completed. Outlets have also been
spray painted so they blend in better with the walls. (They were an ivory
plastic which had become discolored with age.)
These are the bathroom outlets.
One is 12V (top) and the other is 110V.
Before spray painting these, the 12V opening was covered to keep paint out of it.
Printed pieces of paper from the computer printer were cut to fit around all outlets
being painted to protect the walls from over-spray.
(Paper sheet left mostly intact with one slit cut to center, where a small rectangle was cut to fit
back side of outlet. Paper was then taped to close the slit and secured to wall with painters tape.)
Most outlets in our Airstream are one-piece units, meaning there isn't a
separate plate on the outside.
They can't be removed completely from the wall without cutting wires.
However, if you're careful, they can be pulled out enough to paint the walls behind them.
This one of the living room outlets.
The spray paint color is a little darker than the wall color, but overall a good match.
We have discovered that some retailers, like Lowes are now starting to make
spray paints in the same shades for Valspar paint colors they have
as roll-on latexes, etc.
The dark blue spray paint we used on the inside of the front cabinet and screen frames
is one of those colors.
If there is a matching spray paint, it will be noted on the paint chip.
Of course, if having exact shades in all your paints really matters to you,
choose your colors from the spray paints first.
Stores like Lowes, which have their own line of canned and spray paints,
probably have color mixing formulas for the shades found in their spray paint inventory.
PS: If you want to see our latest updates for the Airstream, most of them can be found on the Air Forums, with a lot more pictures. Unfortunately, we don't have enough time right now to spend on both the forum and our blog. Besides, the forum is where we go to get assistance from the experts. To find us, use the member search. Our user name is "Starstream".
