A familiar story Hectors refurb

[Doogs]

Ta,

i certainly hope so

[Doogs]

Had some more time this weekend so added stiffener plates to tie up up the sill/floor to side panel, really want to leave access for the future for moisture escape waxoyl/dinitrol application etc





vactanned, tigersealed and still to get a lick of hammerite and dinitrol but hopefully start to get the ply floor back in shortly,

[Doogs]

Progress slowed up recently due to work etc but finally got the floor insulated and ply back in




Trying this stuff used for insulating laminate floors hopefully will do the trick




And 12 mm exterior ply over the whole lot

[Doogs]

Progress been slow due to work etc but been grinning ear to ear today as after 11 months off the road Hector passed his MOT today well chuffed,

[Dazco]

Good to hear about mot. Im hoping to get mine in ,in a couple of weeks

[Doogs]

Ta, but by the look of your work i would reckon yours should go no problem

[Doogs]

Not posted progress pics in a while

But the bus has been destriped for painting prep





window surround repairs have been done and new rubbers on



and front and rear screens out for the mandatory windscreen corner repair



I think i was quite lucky as once the front screen was out i found one small holed section drivers side was cut out and new piece of metal welded in slightly below the surface and brought up level with metalik filler

the new panels got a coat of cheapo ivory paint for protection in the meantime but giving me an idea now as looking slightly less scruffy

[Plasticman]

getting there
window rubbers fit ok, ? nice and snug?
mm

[Doogs]

Yup they do thanks Mike the tool's the biz after i figured out how to work it

[Doogs]

Progress slowed up a bit recently due to work and swallows who decided to build their nest and raise young in the rafters right above the van however 5 healthy chicks now on the wing and flown off , so been prepping the body for the paint rollered ofc'





decided on a colour change just to brighten the old bus up a bit

started on the roof just to get a feel for the paint and technique then the tailgate






been working it a couple of panels at a time





This paint is pretty impressive stuff as is the techniques developed by Covkid and the others so a big thank you all it does take a bit of experimentation with thinning but the benefits i can see are easily building up a decent thickness of paint and hence protection over a few coats and ofc cost

[Dazco]

Like that colour lots

[Doogs]

To be honest for the first coat i wasn't expecting too much in terms of finish but pleasantly surprised at how it levels out and glosses nicely

[Dave307]

Its almost an identical colour to mine. Love it.

[Doogs]

First coat on the whole van now



i thinned slightly more yesterday which gave a much better finish but was still slightly tacky today anyhow for a first coat im well pleased