How to Paint the Exterior Hard Shell of Your Pop-up Camper In this tutorial, I will show you the tips and techniques I used to paint my 1994 StarCraft Popup Camper. Before I get into the dirty stuff, I want to provide a list, that helped me stay on track and allow the paint to…
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How to Clean and Care for Your Popup Camper’s Exterior
How to Clean and Care for Your Popup Camper’s Exterior Cleaning and caring for your popup camper’s exterior components are not as bad as you think. Regularly maintaining important key items like the canvas, vinyl, or hard sides will ensure your popup camper will last longer. There are many components involved with the popup camper’s…
10 Items to Buy at Dollar Tree for Camping in Your Popup Camper
Here is our list of the top 10 items I prefer to buy at Dollar Tree for our popup camper and simplify our trip. Dollar Tree offers a unique assortment for those on a budget. Though we love to buy other items at Dollar Tree like eating utensils and paper goods, to name a few….
Popup Camper Mods: Tension Rod Wire Shelving Unit
Pictures to Come!!! Look for Tutorial on YouTube Coming Soon! As I struggled for more space in the popup camper, I turned to Pinterest for ideas. On more than one occasion I saw this easy-to-make Tension Rod Wire Shelving Unit, that looked fast and cheap to make. But I had to ask myself was it…
What To Do When Camping Season is Over
Aww, the camper is put away and winterized, but you still have the ‘camping blues.’ For me, I struggle with this every winter season. Living in Kansas we never know when our camping season starts or ends and what ‘old man winter’ will bring us. If you’re like me, your will miss your vacationer and…
Waterproofing Your Pop-Up Camper Canvas
Waterproofing your popup camper’s canvas is vital to the length of its life. Water can be detrimental to your canvas and create weak spots within the threads causing mold, odor, and breakage. The best thing you can do is take care of your camper as best you can, preventing significant water damage. You could get…
Roof Lift System Maintenance
All pop-up camping trailers have at least one thing in common. The roof must be lifted to a determined height before it can be used. The method to get it raised has been by an ever-shifting sequence of springs, pulleys, and winches but one thing is for sure, regular maintenance is crucial. There are many…
Outdoor Lighting for Camping with a Popup Camper
Camping in a pop-up camper can be fun, though we all love to be in the pop-up camper’s cabin, the great outdoors may be calling your name. While we enjoy staying outside late at night and doing various activities like star gazing or telling stories around the campfire, the idea of looking for a lost…
5 DIY Budget Friendly Popup Camper Makeover Ideas
So, you are thinking about getting a pop-up camper or maybe bit the bullet and bought one cheap off Craig’s List or Facebook Market Place. You have done some research and want to redo your camper, but you are on a budget. Yes, the word all people dread, budget. You started a list of items…
How to Keep Mice Out of The Camper
Awh, Springtime!!! The birds are chirping, and Mother Nature is calling! You feel that itch to get the pop-up camper ready for camping season and decide today is the day to pop it up! You grab your crank and slowly start to lift your camper, but then you spot some evidence of a nest. You…