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Vanlife Shay&Gene 2 Qu**rs living in a van w 2 cats
Converting a bus into a home

My husband and I suffered with mold when webought our trailer so we renovated it, as we are the3rd owner of this RV. Thi...
10/11/2025

My husband and I suffered with mold when we
bought our trailer so we renovated it, as we are the
3rd owner of this RV. This is our first travel trailer.

I posted about using Flex Seal on the first 12inches of your awning to protect it from the sunwhile rolled up which it i...
10/10/2025

I posted about using Flex Seal on the first 12
inches of your awning to protect it from the sun
while rolled up which it is the majority of the time.
Here are some pics of mine after 5 years. This was
two coats of Flex Seal. I didn't spray it, spray is too
much of a mess. I bought 2, 3 inch cheap paint
brushes and painted it on. Waited till the next day
and reapplied it. Waited 48 hours till I felt it was
completely dry to roll up. It is stored outside, no
cover. I used black because the top of the awning
was black and it looked better rolled up.

Some before, during and after pics
10/10/2025

Some before, during and after pics

What I did with my windows. I wanted to allow asmuch light as possible . Not the straightest jobwith moulding trim, but ...
10/10/2025

What I did with my windows. I wanted to allow as
much light as possible . Not the straightest job
with moulding trim, but it was a good trial. Just
used Flexible moulding trim.

So nice to finally have a hidden space for laundryOur rv came with a cabinet door that pulls down toreveal an open cabin...
10/10/2025

So nice to finally have a hidden space for laundry
Our rv came with a cabinet door that pulls down to
reveal an open cabinet space. In former RVs we
would move a cloth laundry bag from place to
place. Not my original idea but so thankful!

Added a vinyl fence post from Lowes undercamper to hold my drain hose. The bumperstorage is too small unless I remove th...
10/10/2025

Added a vinyl fence post from Lowes under
camper to hold my drain hose. The bumper
storage is too small unless I remove the ends and
that's a pain

A friend of mine told me about a product that heuses on his roof so I got some and tried it. It reallyworks great with v...
10/10/2025

A friend of mine told me about a product that he
uses on his roof so I got some and tried it. It really
works great with very little labor involved. Just
spray on and wait about 10 minutes and spray off
with water hose. Repeat on spots that didn't
remove the first time.

Thanks to everyone who posted about LA totallyAwesome cleaner for our awning. It worked great.Sprayed it on, rolled it u...
10/10/2025

Thanks to everyone who posted about LA totally
Awesome cleaner for our awning. It worked great.
Sprayed it on, rolled it up for 20min. Rolled it out
and used a Mr.Clean magic mop. Sprayed it off.
edit : its called " La Totally Awesome " from the
dollar general / dollar tree depending where you
live. Lol I mixed about 5oz in a 34oz sprayer. I also
got from the same store. Edit #2 the cleaner photo
is in the comments

From Not to HOT!
10/10/2025

From Not to HOT!

We are weekend warriors, often arriving to ourcampsite well after dark on a Friday night. t's notideal, but better than ...
10/10/2025

We are weekend warriors, often arriving to our
campsite well after dark on a Friday night. t's not
ideal, but better than not camping at all.
Anyway, backing the camper into our spot in the
pitch black is often a stressful thing for my
husband to do. He came up with the idea to lay
down "Runway lights". We inspect the site and
then we lay down a strip of battery operated
Christmas lights as a guide to where we want the
camper placed. He then uses those to line up the
tires and back into the spot. We know that if he
can line the trailer with those, he isn't going to hit
anything and it gives him a visual marker that he
normally wouldn't have in the dark
It works like a charm and makes setting up the
camper at 11pm a lot less stressful. Thought I
would share the tip for anybody else who
habitually shows up late to the campground.

I learned this cleaning idea from this group. Magiceraser mop. Took about 20 minutes.
10/10/2025

I learned this cleaning idea from this group. Magic
eraser mop. Took about 20 minutes.

To the person who posted a while back to stick abroom handle clip on the ceiling for the showerhead..THANK YOU!Works exc...
10/09/2025

To the person who posted a while back to stick a
broom handle clip on the ceiling for the shower
head..
THANK YOU!
Works excellent!

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