Pantry Protectors
I love the slide-out pantry drawers in our new motorhome. They provide easy access to items, so I no longer have to unload a cabinet or crawl on hands and knees to get to a can or box. However, I discovered that if I stacked cans on top of one another, they would shift or fall out while traveling. My solution was to install spring-loaded curtain rods that cost approximately $3 each across the fronts of the drawers. Be sure to buy the rods in the curtain department and not the automotive/RV area of a discount department store. The rods from both areas are nearly identical, but the cost is about half the price in the curtain area. They work great and can be shortened or extended by a twist of the rod.
Sharon Miller, F415845, Dillsburg, Pennsylvania
Storage Drawer Slides
The motorhome I purchased came with 60 percent basement storage slide-out drawers, which are very handy. The problem was that the drawers were only 4 inches deep. Whenever items were stacked above that height, they would slide out of the drawer in which they were placed and into another area, making it difficult to pull out the drawer. To eliminate this problem, I built side boards for each of the drawers. Using 1/2-inch 6-ply plywood, I made 16-inch-high boards that run the full length of the drawers. I covered each of the boards with felt and attached them to the sides of the drawers using T-nuts with prongs and 1/4-inch-20 x 1/2-inch pan-head screws.
Mike Moir, F422015, China Grove, North Carolina
Sock Rag
While I was cleaning the high roofline of my motorhome one day, a burst of wind caught the microfiber cloth I was using and took it to the ground. As this happened, my reflexes kicked in and I reached for the falling towel, nearly taking a heck of a spill. Later, after my jitters had stopped, I walked through the laundry room where my wife was turning some of my athletic socks right side out. I noticed how much the inside of the socks looked like the microfiber cloth I had been using, and a light went on inside my head. The next day, I climbed up the ladder with an inside-out athletic sock on my hand. I could hold on easily and still apply cleaner or polish using the sock, and the wind would never be a factor. My wife loves it. She said I wouldn’t be reaching as I did with the microfiber cloth, and there’s a whole drawer of old socks I can go through.
Ted Fichtl, F241819, Sierra Vista, Arizona
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