We are waiting for our company to finalize the details of where we will train. It looks like we may spend some time in New Jersey training and some time in Virginia. We are supposed to get more details tomorrow.
We got some errands done today after I finished applying the last of the sealant to the slide outs and storage bay areas. The syringe system that comes with the sealant is really nifty. I removed every other screw from the trim pieces on the slideouts and the 1.5" needle goes in the screw hole slick as a whistle so the sealant can be injected into the wood. The sealant follows the grain of the wood and if there is the presence of fungi (rot), it follows that path so the sealant will fill the channel created by the fungi. I must have slept through science class the day that they told us that wood rot/decay is caused by a fungi. Hmmm....I guess I just thought if you have a problem with wood getting wet on a consistent basis, you get rot....not that it's actually caused by fungi.Cool, huh ?
So anyway, for a couple of areas under the slideout that appear to be spongy to the touch and weren't near a screw hole, I took a small drill bit and angled off of the screw hole to "aim" towards these spots. Like I said the syringe is really awesome....just point and shoot the sealant (kind of looks and has the consistency of diesel fuel) into any hole where the wood needs hardening. I also brushed some sealant on the area under the shower where there had been a leak and it made that wood really strong. Total cure is 1-3 days so we'll let you know how things are in a couple of days. The tests they've done on this sealant show the penetration area as much as 16-20" from where initially injected....pretty amazing ! Other products that were tested against it only had a few inches.
We got the oil changed in the car today....went to visit Linda's 16 yr old niece who just had her gallbladder out and got some papers notarized. Took Boomer to Petsmart to get his nails trimmed and that was a lost cause....took two employees and they still couldn't get him still enough to do it. That boy is a hand full !! Guess it will take knock out drops to get his nails cut without any bloodshed....his or ours. After doing those errands, we came back home and are now relaxing for the remainder of the evening. Linda's brother and sister-in-law gave us some fresh Chinese pea pods the other day...fresh from their friend's garden...and we had the last of them for supper. Wow, were they outstanding ! So crispy and bursting with flavor. Can't wait to visit farmer markets along the road on our upcoming travels to taste regional culinary delights from all over this great country. Don't think Mini U has any locations in Maine cause I have a hankering for lobster about now....darn !
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