What did you do to your van today?

Filled the watertank and added 100ml of Peracetic acid then drew through the water pipes which will be left overnight to sterilise the water system.
 
Painted rear corner trims this afternoon.
They were pretty badly damaged and had previous owner bodges.
I managed to melt all broken bits and cracks back together then put a single sheet of fibreglass and resin behind effected area for strength, after which I skimmed the area on view and surprisingly they came out 100% ok .
Just aswell really as new ones are £380 per side 🤑🙈
Ready to fit with new fog lamp inserts tommorow.
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AlyJay said:
Painted rear corner trims this afternoon.
They were pretty badly damaged and had previous owner bodges.
I managed to melt all broken bits and cracks back together then put a single sheet of fibreglass and resin behind effected area for strength, after which I skimmed the area on view and surprisingly they came out 100% ok .
Just aswell really as new ones are £380 per side 🤑🙈
Ready to fit with new fog lamp inserts tommorow.
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I've seen a solder iron used with bent weld wire or paper clips used zig Zag pattern heated with the iron then melted into the plastic giving a firm weld.
 
Scotia said:
I've seen a solder iron used with bent weld wire or paper clips used zig Zag pattern heated with the iron then melted into the plastic giving a firm weld.
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Some plastics melt well, some dont. These melted really well - usually if you give it plenty of heat and in effect stir the 2 joins together on both sides its quite effective.
 
AlyJay said:
Painted rear corner trims this afternoon.
They were pretty badly damaged and had previous owner bodges.
I managed to melt all broken bits and cracks back together then put a single sheet of fibreglass and resin behind effected area for strength, after which I skimmed the area on view and surprisingly they came out 100% ok .
Just aswell really as new ones are £380 per side 🤑🙈
Ready to fit with new fog lamp inserts tommorow.
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I have a broken back bumper/valance, Merl and I looked at it last week but it had been repaired before and the staples had gone rusty so I need to sort it out later, I had already bought this to do the job, you can get cheaper but this is quite a good kit.

 
Pudsey Bear said:
I have a broken back bumper/valance, Merl and I looked at it last week but it had been repaired before and the staples had gone rusty so I need to sort it out later, I had already bought this to do the job, you can get cheaper but this is quite a good kit.

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Quite funny in the description - I think if I turned up with a repaired hard hat I would be thrown off boat 🤣🤣.

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Scotia said:
Two tone its the rage! Have you tallied up your man hours yet.😉
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I've probably about 6 hrs on the corner trims,but the whole motorhome I would guess a full 4 weeks if your counting 8am to 5pm, although its difficult to say as I've been doing days here and days there when I've been able to for past 7 months since purchasing.
I've more or less stripped the whole thing and gone through it, Cab & chassis are spot on, it was the habitation side that was requiring a lot of tlc.
Still a few bits to tidy like restick edges of plastic scuttle and remove/re paint wiper arms, but the list is getting smaller, I'm trying to find direct fit/replacement led body marker lamp units aswell but all ones I've seen are slight different shape.
 
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