Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 00:29:11 -0700
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From: BILL <billv2@PRODIGY.NET>
Subject: Re: Curtains and privacy...
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I interpret Sean's post to be--he's looking for absolute privacy. If he is
parked on any street USA, he wants the bus to look like no one is home
especially at night. I memtioned dark tint on the windows, but you can't do
this to the front side windows in most states and deffintely not to the
front . The dark tint combined with the curtains work great for camping at
various camping locations. However, if someone was trying to look in and see
if there was a light on, they would more than likely see it, like officer
Mitchell <grin> (comic relief from Jeff Foxworthy)
Bill
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of S Sittservl
> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 12:00 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Curtains and privacy...
>
>
> > From: yturn@HOTMAIL.COM (Sean Cole)
> >
> > I've lived in my van ... I created "crude home made curtains"
> > using 25 yards of black felt and button snaps ... The fact of the
> > matter is, factory curtains allow people on the street to see
> what's going
> > on inside your van. I've never found a commercial product
> that provides
> the
> > service I require.
>
> The factory curtains on my '88 Westfalia seem to me to do a good
> job of covering all the glass, particularly if I go to the trouble to snap
> them closed where there are snaps. The one possible exception is
> the sliding door curtain - its bottom hangs a bit away from the door,
> but I think it would basically only allow someone to see the floor.
>
> What problems are you finding with your factory curtains? Where
> can people see in?
>
> Some ideas that come to mind to improve privacy:
>
> - Velcro to "seal" curtain edges together, and possibly to
> the wall of the van. Could have strips going the full length
> of the curtain.
>
> - Heavily tint the side windows. Unless the lights are on in
> in the van, this would probably prevent anyone from seeing
> through any gaps in the curtains.
>
> - Use cellular or accordian blinds. That's what I see on most
> new RV's. There's often a sort of frame added around the
> window; the blinds run between that frame and the window.
> That keeps anyone from seeing around the edges of the
> blinds, helps the blinds hug the curved wall, and keeps the
> blinds from rattling around when the van's moving.
>
> - Use a permenantly-attached horizontal accordian blind on
> the front window. Can't remeber where I've seen these.
> Basically, it resembles a standard accordian blind mounted
> sideways, one to each pillar on each side of the windshield.
> To close them, you pull them toward each other and they meet
> and latch in the center of the windshield.
>
> - Get new RV curtains that are more light-blocking. Camping
> World has a variety of window coverings at www.campingworld.com.
>
> Good luck.
>
> -Steven Sittser
>
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