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Yes, very convinced! :D :D Well I think so anyway. I'll save final judgement for the finished product when it's been polished and is looking like glass. Hopefully! :) It's looking good so far, and worth all the hard work with the sanding and resanding, etc. One of our neighbours has already asked ab...

Hi everyone, we painted the first coat today. Spent yesterday sanding, until we were both yellow from head to foot! Got up this morning at 7:30am - On A Sunday!!!! - Jase spent a good hour masking up, while I folded in the thinner. We did 8 yogurt pots of paint to 2 of thinner. Started painting at 9...

Just an update on Molly I have now sanded her all over found a few rust spots but nothing major so filled them and will now sand with a lighter papper, its hard work but soooo worth it to get that horrid paint off. Ordered the paint now and we are gonna keep molly yellow combi colour yella ! Have ta...

Thanks for all your help guys, I have made notes. :) Unfortunately, spending the weekend on it may be on hold, cos we're having a new kitchen, which is coming sooner than expected !!!! :shock: and the old pantry has to be knocked out and walls plastered etc. We've never done any of that before eithe...

dsa wrote: Just about every campsite we,v used say you must keep all dogs on a leash

We've been told that too, which is why we bought the twist-in stake, and we attach his extending lead to it, so he can wander (hey, he's still on a lead! ), but he tends to get tangled in the guy ropes of the awning.

Jase&Sar: keep at it! I'd recommend getting the gloss off for the little extra work it'll take or ultimately all your efforts could be in vain. If you have a Lidl supermarket near you try them as I got an orbital sander for £20 which sanded my van a treat! The gloss could well be hiding bodywor...

Thank you very much for your help. OK, we promise not to use Hammershite. We are finding sanding it down not much fun at the moment, because the household gloss is on so thick. Will the combicolor cover the gloss, or do we have to take it right back to the original white paint? We were hoping that f...

Thanks for that Shaun, I'll check it out.

Sara

Quick questions:- Is there anything else I can use instead of Rustoleum? Our van has been handpainted with household exterior metal gloss. Would Hammerite Repaint do the job, being rollered, if the van was rubbed down? If not, is there anywhere else I can buy Rustoleum, apart from ordering from Laws...

Our Sam has his bed (one of those fur-covered foam beds) on the floor in front of the sliding door, but he jumps up with us more often than not. Having an awning is very handy, especially in the wet weather, so you can towel them off, wipe paws, etc., and we also put his food/water down in the awnin...

Thanks to everyone for your replies. I don't know how long this thermostat has been broken, and how long the previous owner was driving in the state it's in. I've checked out a couple of parts places, but can only find a new one for upto 1600cc engine, (mine is 1970cc). Can anyone please suggest som...

Cool, thanks for that Tony, I thought it was my dyslexia throwing a mental - panic over!

That is spooky, it's correct when I submit the message, but not when it posts. There's a gremlin in the works, or a glitch in the matrix!

Thanks for your help, and for replying so quickly. I won't bother with it then, but thanks for putting my mind at ease, re, still driving it.

Jase

That's weird, I copied/pasted the link straight from the address bar. Here it is again:- http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290298688071" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; BTW, I apologise for any past/future misspellings, I am dyslexic, and I'm hopeless u...

Please can someone help. We need a new thermostat for our van. We've found one on Ebay, but have no idea if it is the right one for our van. How do we tell? Can someone please tell me if this is the right one to get. Our van is a 1982 with a 1970cc (original) Aircooled engine. Here is the link for t...