I faced this day of Willy's Face Lift
with great fear and trepidation. Today was the day that I had to keep
pulling back the aluminum skin to expose bad wood that needs
replaced.
I did start on one of the worst
corners. After remove a great many screw and staples that could not
be seen until I started seriously exposing the insides, I started working the skin away from the corner. Of course
there always has to be at least one screw that doesn't want to come out
but, after almost 45 minutes, I was able get the head out enough that
I could get a hold of it with a pair of vice-grip pliers. It was
important to get it out without damaging the skin because it was near
a critical edge.

As I got inside it was a good-new,
bad-new situation. Actually the good-news outweighed the bad. Since
this is where the front and side frames of the trailer come together,
and are probably built separately and put together on the trailer
frame, two pieces of 2x2 come together. Only the outer most 2x2
needs being replaced. That means there's no serious structural
problem and will be much easier to replace the wood. The bad news was
that the outer 2x2 was bad the entire length of the seam up to the
roof.

Also today I got the device people call
'the eraser'. It goes on a drill and can remove a pinstripe from a
car without hurting the paint. We were told that, once we get the
bulk of the silicone off we can use this device to remove the residue
that is almost impossible to remove any other way. I also got the materials to
repair and patch the holes and damage done by the TV antenna, awning
and rock guard.


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