Just a little to show today. It has been rainy and windy. All I’m trying to do is get things back together enough that I can take the trailer to the DMV for an inspection. So I painted one of the windows and the rear external lights.
Pretty much everything external on them was rusty. After scraping and brushing and sanding and painting, it looks like this:
I think it looks surprisingly good, and should look good against the aluminum skin. This is Alumathane, a moisture-cured urethane with a high powered aluminum content. It sticks really well, seals well, and the aluminum is anodic to aluminum which will also reduce corrosion. I’ve had a little experience with it and been happy so far. It’s supposed to be almost as good as galvanizing.
I’ve cut all the wires close to the fixture and attached marine-grade wire with heat shrink adhesive crimps. All the wiring on the trailer will be marine grade. One of the next couple days when I have a couple hours without rain I’ll get these mounted and wired in.
Butyl tape on the back of everything of course.
