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| Buddy Tennison (Buddyten)
Registered Member Username: Buddyten Post Number: 63 Registered: 7-2005 Posted From: 207.68.234.24 Rating: N/A |
We are doing some remodeling and updating on our bus interior since we are off for a few weeks. We want to build a booth (table and seat). Do any of you have any drawings/plans, etc on how one of these could be built that you would not mind sharing with us? Also, the previous owner had installed some pretty ugly paneling for interior finishes. We are tired of it, but rather than pulling it all out, which would be a pretty good job, we are thinking about painting it. Have any of you had any experiece in doing this? If so, any kind of special paint or will just regular paint work well? Any special prep work that needs to be done to the paneling? Thanks for your help. | ||
| FAST FRED (Fast_fred)
Registered Member Username: Fast_fred Post Number: 307 Registered: 10-2006 Posted From: 208.100.193.2 Rating: |
We had "picture of wood" paneling in our house and simply scrubbed it with TSP and a scotch bright pad to remove the wax , and years of use. We painted it with a single coat of water paint. Ian may have the seat design that is comfortable without much padding from years ago. 90deg seats are NOT comfortable , although frequently "required" to allow the seats to convert to a double bunk. Any Bruce Bingham book on boat interiors will have loads of ideas. FF | ||
| Tim Brandt (Timb)
Registered Member Username: Timb Post Number: 165 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 66.165.176.60  Rating: N/A |
We just added a dinette that folds down into a berth. We purchased it from this place http://www.discountvantruck.com/discountrvaccessories/rvfurniture.htm Very happy with it so far. As for the panels What Fast Fred has sugested should work we chose to wallpaper ours. | ||
| Jerry Liebler (Jerry_liebler)
Registered Member Username: Jerry_liebler Post Number: 335 Registered: 3-2005 Posted From: 71.28.253.119 Rating: N/A |
Buddy, It all depends on the space you have available and the time you're willing to spend. I built mine out of hard maple and maple veneer plywood. I agree with Fast Fred 90 degree seat backs are very uncomfortable. I made my seat backs so they slope 6" when in the seating position and are at 90 degrees for use as a bed. The backs are hinged halfway up to allow the change of angles and a hinged strip holds them in the seating position but can be lifted to allow the backs to become vertical to make a bed. This saves a total of 6" of floor space over a design without the hinged backs. I built the seat bases as 'toyboxes' with a hinged piece of 3/4" plywood for the seat surface, the top of the plywood seat surface is 16" above the floor. As a bed my booth has a 36" x 72" sleep surface. It takes a 36" x 80" floor area. I used 4" cushions of IL 55 foam, the lower cushions are 19" wide and the back cushions are 17 " tall, the back cushion sits on top of the seat cushion. I have velcro strips on the cushions to hold them together in the seated position. I'm very pleased with how it turned out, I have comfortble seats. Regards Jerry 4107 1120 | ||
| hiwaycallin (Hiwaycallin)
Registered Member Username: Hiwaycallin Post Number: 31 Registered: 10-2007 Posted From: 208.98.218.205  Rating: N/A |
I was wondering about building a booth/bed too. Tim, those dinettes look awesome. At less than $1k for the whole works including leather upholstery they seem like a great deal. | ||
| john w. roan (Chessie4905)
Registered Member Username: Chessie4905 Post Number: 1097 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 71.58.48.228  Rating: N/A |
BTW, some of that paneling has sort of a vinyl type woodgrain finish yhat won't allow paint to stick well. Zinzer makes an alcohol based primer that works well, covers oily spots and stains and dries almost as fast as you apply it. | ||
| John MC9 (John_mc9)
Registered Member Username: John_mc9 Post Number: 594 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 66.217.100.135  Rating: N/A |
Buddy- The paneling can be primed with "Kilz" primer and painted with any paint. I used "Kilz" -paint- in an old motorhome, right over the original decorative OE wallboard, and it covered fine with one coat (although I gave it two). The "Kilz" stuff is great, and their new paint (get it at Walmart), is a fantastic combination of their original primer and a great quality paint (WallyWorld will tint it whatever color you dream up, just supply a sample). In our commercially built "Georgie-Boy" motorhome, we did away with the "booth", and used a table and separate chairs instead. Doing that, enabled us to have more room to move around when not eating, and plenty of room to maneuver around, while we were eating. We bought two folding-type dining chairs to have on hand for the occasional company.. It not only took up less space than a booth, but on numerous occasions we moved the table and chairs outside and under the awning... Try that with a booth....? Whatever you do........ Do it your way! | ||
| Tom Yaegle (Tom_5c)
Registered Member Username: Tom_5c Post Number: 11 Registered: 1-2008 Posted From: 96.247.132.46 Rating: N/A |
Buddy, I am planning to get rear seats from a conversion van and use the frames. The bottom lifts up and comes foward and the back lays flat. We had this type in our last RV and liked them. The table gets put out of the way. I am hoping this will work out but not there yet. Tom | ||
| Stephen Fessenden (Sffess)
Registered Member Username: Sffess Post Number: 724 Registered: 1-2002 Posted From: 66.38.120.219 Rating: N/A |
The new Kilz 2 water base is terrible. You probably want to use the smelly original. | ||
| FAST FRED (Fast_fred)
Registered Member Username: Fast_fred Post Number: 311 Registered: 10-2006 Posted From: 208.100.193.134 Rating: N/A |
Be sure to include as much storage as you can under the dinette seats. As we load and unload often we chose Milk Crates as the system core. Easy to just grab them from under the seat loaded and carry to & fro from the house. FF |
