Bad miter joints

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Bad miter joints

April 03, 2020, 06:49:02 pm

When I took the curtains down to be cleaned and work on the heat pump thru-window piece, I noticed this. I looked over and THE SAME bad work was done! Notice the white tape (badly applied) to hide, what, cracks?

I would never blame blame Brett, OR the Mother Ship......very odd.

Re: Bad miter joints, can't be Brett.

Reply #1 – April 03, 2020, 07:10:53 pm

Actually Mikey that is original as the gvs I had all looked like that.
JohnH

Re: Bad miter joints, can't be Brett.

Reply #2 – April 03, 2020, 07:22:21 pm

The vinyl shrinks over time.

Re: Bad miter joints, can't be Brett.

Reply #3 – April 03, 2020, 07:33:06 pm

Quote from: John Haygarth – April 03, 2020, 07:10:53 pm

Actually Mikey that is original as the gvs I had all looked like that.
JohnH

I guess FT figured the drapes would hide what I call 'a weak sister' !

Re: Bad miter joints, can't be Brett.

Reply #4 – April 03, 2020, 07:46:50 pm

If you are 74, that puts you graduating high school around 1964. You rv is 27 years old. So in 1964 do you remember what the interior looked like on a 27 yr old car, say a 1937 whatever. This kind of puts the age of our coaches in perspective. They have been thru some twisting and movement, drying out, expansion, vinyl shrinkage, etc., along with age, I'm thinking what FT put out, considering, has held up amazingly well.

Re: Bad miter joints, can't be Brett.

Reply #5 – April 03, 2020, 08:03:54 pm

Quote from: JohnFitz – April 03, 2020, 07:22:21 pm

The vinyl shrinks over time.

YUP, nothing more than vinyl shrinking over time. The metal is absolutely square.

Re: Bad miter joints, can't be Brett.

Reply #6 – April 03, 2020, 09:29:46 pm

Lots of things shrink up as they age

Re: Bad miter joints, can't be Brett.

Reply #7 – April 03, 2020, 10:24:20 pm

Damn Bob don't remind me!
I think Jack said it very well. When you look at the age of these coaches it's amazing that they hold up as well as they do. You all know that I'm going maniac on my corian countertops. that gives me a unique perspective to look at the underlying structure of what Foretravel did when they built the cabinetry. And so far I've been very impressed. Everything's been very tight.
Most of the issues in my coach have been from previous owners, and myself.
Just remember almost everything is fixable!

Re: Bad miter joints, can't be Brett.

Reply #8 – April 03, 2020, 11:09:52 pm

I will keep an eye out for any more shrinking; it's the taped-up cracks on both sides (at he SAME spot!) that really concerns me.

Re: Bad miter joints, can't be Brett.

Reply #9 – April 04, 2020, 08:45:57 am

Put the curtains back up Mike.

Re: Bad miter joints, can't be Brett.

Reply #10 – April 04, 2020, 09:38:04 am

my 93 280 had the same cracks on both sides, with the same tape.

Re: Bad miter joints

Reply #11 – April 04, 2020, 11:00:56 am

You've got to hand it to who ever made that tape, it's good stuff. Same tape on our 88 GV.

Re: Bad miter joints

Reply #12 – April 04, 2020, 11:03:28 am

Can someone else post a picture to put Mike's mine at ease?

Please think about how the inner upper fiberglass cap liner meets the lower part and the center sidewall of the coach. Has to be a seam somewhere.

Re: Bad miter joints

Reply #13 – April 04, 2020, 11:07:14 am

I might be wrong, but isn't that vinyl material available at most RV dealers?
Mike could go get some, install it, and then watch it shrink over the next 20+ years, just like it did.