What did you do to your van today?

Edd China, never cottoned on to him.
 
Do sheds have to pay road tax?
 
So today I fitted marine ply over all repaired area, sealed and aluminium taped over joins.
Once its all dried I shall paint it with bitumen roofing paint.
Fitted the small side skirt and cleaup long one ready for refit, but as far as woodwork is concerned thats it finished.

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AlyJay said:
So today I fitted marine ply over all repaired area, sealed and aluminium taped over joins.
Once its all dried I shall paint it with bitumen roofing paint.
Fitted the small side skirt and cleaup long one ready for refit, but as far as woodwork is concerned thats it finished.

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Epoxy 2 pack for the wood first then bitumen.
 
trevskoda said:
Epoxy 2 pack for the wood first then bitumen.
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What epoxy 2 pack do you recommend Trev?

Today I got underneath my Transit and ran some new mains cable across from the new inverter to some new sockets. Bored with that, I then scrubbed all the flaky rusty bits - not so flaky as to eat into the metal, just rubbing the rust dust off the surfaces around the suspension and chassis mount areas. The rest is fine. Then I wondered for a bit whether to splash out £35 on a tin of Waxoyl and then I remembered I had 1/8 tin of smooth Hammerite in the garage so I dug that out, hammered and screwdrivered the skin off the top and painted over the scrubbed bits. I figure it's not going to last 20 years, but then neither is the camper, and certainly neither am I . . . . .
I turned on the mains hook up and I didn't die at all, not even once!
 
Repair to a manifold affected by frost damage.

New o rings and a smear of silicone grease. Never had this type of damage before. Can’t have done a good job of draining it down last back end.

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This the before picture.

Cheers

H
 
trevskoda said:
It sticks better, i did this for a living, grp and wood.View attachment 75668View attachment 75669
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Like I say this application it doesn't. Tried and tested on previous .The bitumen needs to key into marine ply, not sit ontop of primer. I use epoxy primer when painting cars - metal or GRP but not anything else. Marine ply is weird stuff and I've seen various paint peeling from it, however bitumen seems to stick well enough.
PS I used to repair vehicles for a living inc painting and still do my own stuff since I left that and became a marine technician.

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AlyJay said:
Like I say this application it doesn't. Tried and tested on previous .The bitumen needs to key into marine ply, not sit ontop of primer. I use epoxy primer when painting cars - metal or GRP but not anything else. Marine ply is weird stuff and I've seen various paint peeling from it, however bitumen seems to stick well enough.
PS I used to repair vehicles for a living inc painting and still do my own stuff since I left that and became a marine technician.

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Put the M/home Lithium battery under the control of a new Victron ip65 Blue Smart Charger to do a Top Down rebalance to bring the Cells back into kilter. Apparently the process can take several days, and the soc levels need to be checked daily as the maximum charging input is raised gradually from 13.8v to 14.0 and on to 14.2v. Wait and see time now, with fingers, legs and eyes crossed in formation ...

Steve
 
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