What did you do to your van today?

[merl]

Great idea.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Edd China, never cottoned on to him.

 

[gasgas]

Do sheds have to pay road tax?

 

[Pudsey Bear]

that one does.

 

[AlyJay]

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.

 

[trevskoda]

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.

 

[AlyJay]

Epoxy 2 pack for the wood first then bitumen.

Marine ply, dont need epoxy base coat.

 

[gasgas]

Epoxy 2 pack for the wood first then bitumen.

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!

 

[Winks]

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.



This the before picture.

Cheers

H

 

[AlyJay]

Good job.

 

[saxonborg]

New starter motor fitted to my Transit based Burstner, just over £100 for a Lucas unit.

 

[trevskoda]

Marine ply, dont need epoxy base coat.

It sticks better, i did this for a living, grp and wood.

 

[AlyJay]

It sticks better, i did this for a living, grp and wood.View attachment 75668View attachment 75669

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.