Temporary Home

Downtown Santa Barbara, a commercial work yard in the FUnk ZonE.  My neighbors are:  One old trailer where a gentleman lives and makes custom sketchbooks out of dried hickory; three 25-30 foot boats; several bands that practice and record in shipping containers; a local artist sculptor (he just submitted an artpiece on the hollywood walk of fame (big guitar sculpture.)

Here's a picture of the work yard.

Clear coat Stripping

With the ultimate goal of polishing the outside to a mirror like shine, I found that a very thin and stubborn animal lay in my way.  Before I can even touch the aluminum skin of the trailer, I have to remove what amounts to a factory option clear coat finish (to protect the aluminum over the years.)  It just makes it look dull.  

After trying some nasty gnarly products from the local home improvement store,  I found a product off the internet that is NON TOXIC (wow) and environmentally friendly - seems I don't even have to wear gloves.  It goes on with a brush in the evening, and sprays off with a hose in the morning.

The clear coat removal product applied to the entire side of the trailer.  

I decided to take off the red and white pin-striping on the sides.  Going for an all aluminum, no frills finish :) 

This stuff is amazing.  

Removing the side decals.  You can see the improvement in shine already around the window.

With the rock-screen off.  Doesn't she look a bit naked?