My neice has had a prosthetic eye for nearly 50 years now, she got it when she was 11. They have made vast improvements in that tech. This latest one, the painting is so real looking. She's not had any problems. Blessings on you, Ken, and all Dan's family

Changes happening! Good to see Dan, and glad to hear Tim is doing well.

Ken, There has to be a lot of memories for you working in that trailer. I hope retirement is treating you well. Speedy recovery for young Timmy. God bless him

Great to see Dan and hear update about Timmy. I wish them all the best. Probably hard for you to see your trailer go. You got a lot of use out of it with your business. Nice you sold the chess board. Take care

Our continued prayers for Timmy and his family. Thank you, Ken, for this video.

Good to see you Dan and pray for your son

Sad day Ken. That must have been difficult. Such an iconic trailer in most of your videos. Way to stay positive, and focus on the many lives you positively impacted by building so many garages and what you continue to share with us. We appreciate you.

So good to hear that Timmy is progressing quite well .... he's a very resilient tough little guy💪🏻👍🏻All the best to him, Dan & family! Take care Ken .... have a very nice day✏📐🔨🪚👣

Ken....mega thanks for the update on Timmy....thru prayer, our hearts have become entangled with him and his parents, and it means a lot to hear how he's doing. Re the ''rehoming'' of your faithful trailer....at 87y-o, l've passed thru similar thresholds into ''new norms'' Onward and upward !! Yay on the chessboard sale!! 🤠🎶

So good to hear how well little Timmy is adjusting to having one eye. Praying for his upcoming appointments and for the family as they continue to work through this! It looks like kaiya is happy to see Dan as well!!! 😁

Selling the trailer! Too bad that the letters are coming off so slowly. That's great that Dan came over to help you do this. He can remove the high letters! I'm so glad that Timmy is doing so well! That's great that he is so comfortable with his prosthetic eye. Wow, taking the family to Boston for 3 days to get his hand painted eye. I hope it goes well. I like that grinding wheel that you tried. I think that's a better method than the heat guns and old credit cards. That's great that a viewer bought your chessboard. That's great that you're sending them a hoodie for free to wrap it in in your box from that third model RR engine. You're such a generous soul Ken. Thanks for this video Ken. It's nice to see Dan too! The chicks look happy!

Thanks for the update on Timmy , awesome to hear how well he is doing !!!!! Prayers are still flowing for him and family 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 Good luck with the lettering on trailer , doesn't look like fun !!!!!! Nice job on the chess board and selling it too !!!!! Awesome , God bless you all 🙏😊

Glad Timmy is doing well. Funny this came out today, Ken... I just got it today lol THANK YOU!

Good to see Dan, I'm glad his son is doing well. 👍

Glad to hear Timmy is doing great and great to see Dan! Sad day getting the trailer ready to sell!

Ken you are such a good friend too Dan and it is so good to see Dan talking freely about Tim god bless his family and you Ken and keep building thanks for sharing

Was great seeing Dan and getting an update on Timmy. Congratulations to the new owner of the Kustom Khessboard. Super nice of you to include the sweat shirt. It looks like the lettering on the trailer came with lifetime letters. I've installed them, but I don't think I'd ever want to remove them, especially after they've been 'baked-on' after several years of summers. I love the trailer. Seems like $3900 is the deal of the century. Thanks for the chicken peek. Pretty soon they'll be running down the ladder into the run.

Thank you for updating us on Timmy. May God richly blessed Dan and his family. Will continue praying for his family.

I’m so thankful to hear that Timmy is being an active and curious little boy! That is the wonderful difference between children and adults, innocent and carefree, accepting differences without caring about the background story. Prayers continuing for his perfect health and for all the family , friends and medical team caring for Timmy. 🙏🙏🙏 As for the letters stuck on the trailer, if you can find lemon oil, I think it will work. It has to be the oil and not juice or flavoring. I use it to get labels off jars, adhesive just melts away. Another possibility is fingernail polish remover (acetone) but that might also take the paint off! Good luck with whatever you try! Congratulations on selling the chessboard, it’s beautiful!

Hello guys, I’m so happy he is doing good. Steve from st. Stephen Nb

Very happy to hear that Timmy is doing well! Praise god for answering prayers. Ken, very nice video montage showing all the goings on at the KenStead. I think the chicks were enjoying their view from the widow’s walk and especially the incoming warmth from the sun. That trailer would make for a good E-bike hauling business, especially if you keep adding on😊

Before retiring I ran a fleet shop, and we'd need to remove lettering as we sold older vehicles. I used a combination of heat gun and the magic eraser. Also, working outside in the sun (with the heat gun) helped quite a bit. Based on my experience it would take me 3 hours a side to do your trailer. Problem is on the backside, where the OEM paint hasn't seen sun in 10+ years so there will always be a shadow of the lettering. My tool of choice was a 1 inch Hyde putty knife that I had sharpened then rounded the corners, so it didn't dig into the paint. It also kept my fingers away from the heat.... because keeping the tip of the knife hot seemed to keep things moving faster. Hold the putty knife at about a 15 degree angle and the heat gun at 45 degrees toward the work but close to the knife. I followed that with the eraser wheel and then brake parts cleaner to finish off. BTW, that wheel works with the heat that it generates, so moving methodically is better than a quick back and forth motion.

My husband and I have followed along your journey. We’re still enjoying your genuine content. You’re a good man and a mentor to us all. Keep it coming! God bless!

Thanks for the update on Timmy. Great to hear he is doing well 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻

Hi Ken, imagine if you built “tiny” house out of the trailer. NOT to be listed as airbnb but used similar to an airbnb. Does that make sense? Don’t ask me why that thought came to mind but it did. Seeing Dan made me laugh and cry. I continue to pray for him and his family. God bless you all.

Good to see Dan and get an update on Timmy. Sad to see the trailer go but it has served it purpose very well over the years. Still think you should consider building a model of the trailer with appropriate lettering to install in your model train yard. Thanks

Ken, Can't thank you, Dan, and Chad enough for all the garage building videos. I have learned a ton! Sad to see them end. Glad to hear Timmy is doing well. Will keep praying for him.

Glad to hear Timmy is doing well. Now for packaging every would love some Ken's man glitter in there package. to scape that lettering off try taking a razor blade round the corners off a bite so they won't scratch the paint a[ong with the heat gun [ the type you'd use to take paint off windows]

Wonderful to hear that Timmy is doing so well!! God is good!

Great news about how Timmy is doing. Thanks for sharing.

Wonderful that Timmy is doing well. You have a little miracle keep him close and love the daylights out of him.

Hey good morning Dan and ken thanks for the up date on Dan's son glad everything is going too plan ...Good luck with the trailer debadge..I had to that it is a long process my friend and yes no matter how careful you are you will need to paint,wish I lived closer I would buy it lol...🌴😎

Praying and rooting for your boy, Dan. I think a pond plunge is due with all the gang. Ken included.

Good to see Dan. I’m glad Tim is coming along.

Good to hear everything is going well. Thanks for the video. All the best 🇬🇧.

I won't lie, had a bit of a lump in my throat when you were stripping the trailer, so used to it, it all makes it seem somehow more real! ... Lovely to see Dan, and hear the progress little Timmy is making. My own personal opinion is that in some ways it's good that it's happened at such a young age, I think most kids would perhaps take the situation on board as just another learning curve in life and not be so freaked out as some adults might be. I hope things keep going well for him! ❤

Good day to all, peace. Glad to see Dan again and hope the best for his child!

On one of the other channels I watch the guy put some strips of wood across ramp for the chickens to walk. Makes it easier for them, less skidding when they come and go. Thanks for the video.

A was and grease remover is good for that. You can get it an autobody and paint supplier. Good to hear Tim is doing well. To God be the Glory.

Hi Ken & Dan. Good to here about Timmy & great to have Dan on the video. Hope you have better luck with the trailer but you could talk to a spray shop for advice.

Ken. I used to remove letters from those 1800 got junk trucks. They make plastic razor blades that look exactly like a metal razor blade. That and a heat gun. Or better yet a hot sunny day and those plastic razor blades. The key is getting very hot and not rushing it

Ken,at least you know that once you get the lettering off that you’re not ever gonna have to do it again that was great 👍 news with Timmy and it looked like kyia had missed Dan being around her 😮😊❤

Glad Timmy is adjusting well. You can take a buffing wheel with some fine grit buffing powder/polish to remove the lettering

Glad to hear Timmy is doing well.

Glad Dan's son is adjusting well.

I’m hopeful that all will go smoothly. Thanks for the update on Timmy!

Dan, glad Timmy is doing ok. It will be an adjustment for him but kids adapt.

Thoughts and prayers for Dan and Timmy and family as they go through this.

Schön Dan mal wieder zu sehen hoffe es geht Timmy viel besser👋🙂🙋‍♂️🇩🇪🤗😊

Many thoughts and prayers, please update us on his progress.

Keeping prayers for Timmy and the family. I didn't know Laura is the initiator of the cold plunging. I thought Dan was. I side with Laura, one time is enough 🥶. But I admit it is fun to watch Dan doing it 😅. This is hard to see your trailer being prepared to be sold. It has been a big part of your life. You, like me, have recently entered a new chapter. Lets enjoy it.

Good news about Timmy!

Get your water bottle a little spray mist on it. As you're rubbing that hold that eraser wouldn't spray it? Missed it beforehand and then in rubber. And it'll keep it from sticking back to the trailer if you had a little soap. And it, it'll even help more little dawn, so

❤thanks for the update🙏🙂

Kind of a sad day Ken to see the trailer go. Was hoping to see it re lettered Chads or Dans Karpentry

I used to own a sign shop and yes it is a pain to remove lettering. To bad you don't have a sign shop near you that you can purchase RapidTac Rapid Remover Adhesive Remover and Lil Chizler a plastic tool with rounded edges to remove the lettering and glue residue. Good luck.

Ken and Dan, my brother, lost his left eye when he was a baby in his carriage. He slipped and hit his head on a bolt. He now is 80 and is doing fine. The one time that sticks in my mind was when 3-d was the movie rage. Of course, you need both eyes to see it. But he adjusted just fine.

A - long day but the geniuses can do it,have a bless day,evening😊🌷🇺🇸

Acetone to remove the sticky residue (once all the vinyl is removed) is what I used years ago when rebranding a large moving company fleet.

Decal remover wheels are great for this. Use with a drill and the wheel is around $10. Amazon has these. Work great. Sorry. Maybe the heat gun and this. You are right. They work better when the surface is warmer.

I have a friend who was blind in one eye. I asked him about not having binocular vision. He said that his brain had adjusted and somehow, he was able to adapt to monocular vision. The brain is an amazing thing; I think it figured out how to see binocular with only one eye. He taught math at a high school.

Ken use that buffing sponge a little wet with rubbing compound on it. Keep the pad flat not on the side and don’t use pressure. Let the pad and compound do the work.

Ken, I don't know if mechanic's solvent will work on the lettering, but I've had good luck with it on the car to remove road tar and clean up butyl rubber calking. The paint wasn't harmed but try it on an inconspicuous place if you do try it. Good to hear Timmy is doing well.

Hi Dan ,my sister in law drives a car in UK ...with 1 eye

You should keep the trailer and build a third model Railway in it so you can take it round the country

Back when they were painted on we would use oven cleaner to remove signs on vehicles it worked every time.

I have a distance cousin wholes an eye when he was 10, he’s now 70 hasn’t been a problem thru his life. He will adapt and as he gets older. 😅😊 let’s us pray that he’s cancer free

Use plastic 'putty knives' for scrapers. Try Acetone or 'carb cleaner' to remove gooo.

well whomever did the lettering did a good job LOL

Carb cleaner or brake cleaner will work better to clean the adhesive. Works on tree sap too.

They make a round eraser that fits in a battery drill, peels the lettering right off..

101 prayers. God bless.

I was in the collision business for over 40 years so this is not some wild claim, they make a tool called an eraser wheel that will take those letters off easily and not damage the paint the tool and the wheel use to cost around 100 dollars the eraser wheel itself is made by 3m and can be purchased at most auto parts store.

Good Morning! praying for Timmy and all of you in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen

they have a n attachment for the angle grinder to put on to remove vinyle its like a giant eraser stickers peel right off 10 minute job

I had this situation and found it was easier to get a roller and paint the trailer.

Ken next time use easy off oven cleaner???works great and takes everything off too now too...

Hey Ken auto body shops have a round rubber like ball with a shaft that you put in a drill that removes decals really good

Hi Ken and Dan They make a wheel that fits in a drill that will take the decal right off you can get it at a Auto paint supply store

Looks like you put a board on the "upside down" ramp. I would put some cleats on top spaced about 3" apart. Glad to hear Timmy is doing well, just be careful about approaching from his blind side too quickly. With no peripheral vision on that side, the sudden appearance in his functional eye can be disturbing.

I would call the shop that put the letters on for you and ask them if they know any tricks to getting those off your trailer....Greetings from Texas.....John B.

Ken they make a rubber wheel that scrubs the lettering off!

I have had good luck using goof off with out hurting the paint removed stickers no problem

Try the heat gun with that I’m glad that really isn’t bugging him it probably bothers us more as adults

For Dan. I am a minister and I have looked into all sorts of what would be called 'life changing injuries'. Your boy will do just fine. I think you said he is still very young. He might not even remember that he had binocular vision. King David wrote "I praise you because in an awe-inspiring way I am wonderfully made". Psalm 139:14

I’m glad to hear that Tim is doing well. Continuing prayers for the entire family. To the Neanderthal that said you butchered the chess board, HA-HA-HA!

I wonder if rubbing alcohol would help dissolve/soften the glue? And wonder if rubbing compound would take off the last bite of the letters / give and leave more of a feathered transition between painted and "grinded" areas?

Try using mineral spirits to get the adhesive residue off. I use it all the time.

My brother lost his eye when he was 2 or 3-this was early 50’s. Anyway growing up he would take his artificial eye out and pop it into his mouth. I thought everyone’s brother could do that. Anyway he now is an Ocularist and makes artificial acrylic eyes as does his daughter.

Hey Ken, Granddaughter plays Lacrosse for Husson. They played UV at Lyndonville a week or so ago on a Sunday.

RV shops have a decal remover that works well

Kenan can you get a buffer and some compound that will take the letter off the trailer and after that just wax it I hope that helps you try and have a nice day if you make another checkerboard I would like to purchase one with your signature may God bless you annual family

Try wd/40 on the decals it works .

Soak it with mineral spirits or paint thinner and will come right off

Oven Cleaner will remove the lettering. Just don't let it sit to long with out rinsing it off now and then..

the lettering probably gave endless amounts of leads

Anybody thinking of doing something like this, two words. Vinyl wrap.

Power washer! Took the decals right off my four wheeler!

WD 40 for the glue

3M tar and adhesive remover. Nothing safer I know of to remove common adhesive gunk without damaging automotive type paint. Wish I could have told you before you started.