RE: [SilverStreak] Speaking of wood paneling ...

["Tom Casey" <tjcasey52@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

     Sunni, Sounds like I have that same kind of veneer in my 1970 26'. Mine
was peeling badly when I got it. I have taken all the appliances out and all
the cabinet doors and draws out. I scraped any loose veneer, then sanded
smooth, primed with gripper and painted with a ralph lauren metalic paint.
They came out great. I also sanded primed and painted every hinge. Now I am
working on the inside. Should be done in about two weeks. I hope. It's alot of
work but I think it will be worth it, and probably alot easier then ripping
everything out and rebuilding. Maybe someone else has another solution if you
don't want to paint.
                                                 Tom, Salt Lake City, Ut

> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:33:28 -0700
> From: sunni.snake@gmail.com
> To: sslist@tompatterson.com
> Subject: [SilverStreak] Speaking of wood paneling...
> 
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 8:39 AM, waymark1@juno.com <waymark1@juno.com
> wrote:
> 
> At least by 1979 the "wood" is a printed sorta veneer - thin plywood 
> hollow core doors and partitions. Kinda cheap looking. Scratches show 
> light color of the base plywood or particle board.
> 
> My 1983 (I'm not sure of specific model, and don't know how to tell;
> it's a 33' model) is showing a fair amount of wear/damage to the
> veneer; the PO says it's likely due to storage in CA heat. I'd like to
> replace it with something lighter in color, but it looks like I'd need
> to take out a lot of the cabinetry and appliances to do such a job.
> 
> Is that an accurate assessment? Has anyone here done this job? Any
> advice or recommendations are welcome.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Sunni
>