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Comment by Jimco_W001 on April 22, 2015 at 1:46am

Austin, most early motorhomes just dropped their gray water on the ground.My 1970 Winnebago F-17 motorhome was built that way.Even the 1973 Winnebago D-18 I owned at one time didn't have a gray tank.Just a black tank.

Comment by Austin lewis on April 22, 2015 at 1:22am

Hows it going Ray? Im new to this site and the vintage RV game. I got lucky and picked up this very cool chinook. Its the same model and color yours was.
I wonder if yours has the same grey water tank mine has. Seems strange but mine has a small diameter hose coming off the bottom and the sinks drain out on the ground. Does that sound right. Call if ya like. 805-452-6132

Comment by Ray Ogden on March 19, 2015 at 11:22am

Russell, You can block-sand the strips to remove them. Or you could use paint remover called Naval Jelly or Aircraft Paint remover. It is a jelly you brush on and it will lift the paint off in just a few minutes. Clean up with water. I used paint remover to take it down to the bare aluminum surface and the applied an etching primer before to painting. The fiberglass I hand sanded with 400 grit wet/dry to clean and scuff the surface.

Comment by Russell E Johnson on March 19, 2015 at 1:00am

Ray, I already removed all the decals, now I am stuck with the painted areas that were part of the stripping.  So if I sand them down, they will not show under the new paint?

Comment by Ray Ogden on March 18, 2015 at 11:54pm

Russel,

Those stripes are probably decals. Paint you can sand smooth with the rest of the panel. A decal will have to be scraped off with a heat gun or an oil-based solvent. Have fun!

Comment by Ray Ogden on March 18, 2015 at 11:35pm

This is just the first step, there is still a lot of work ahead. A project this big requires that you break it down into sections, one panel at a time. This was a bid shoot, but it is done. I chose to use a one-step, acrylic enamel. Once & Done, know what I mean. Any paint job is 90% prep. Sanding, filling, cleaning. Aluminum must be primed with an etching primer, fiberglass use a bonding primer. Remember, paint is not going to hide anything.

Comment by Russell E Johnson on March 18, 2015 at 11:05pm

We also share Pat's desire to know.  My conundrum right now is ow to get the painted on stripes off so we have  clean canvas, as it were. 

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