We’ve had a busy and successful few days despite some delays that were out of our control and an attack from the rear door. Pesky Rust Since we’ve had the van back from welding and have been in and out a few times doing odd jobs, we’ve begun to notice some signs of the rust patches showing through on the epoxied floor. We are not sure if this is normal but all the same we find it concerning to say…
Phew, what a day! We were both up bright and earlier and got out to the van to clean the walls on the inside as it had got a bit dusty from rust removal. This was a three stage process, as we also needed to paint over some rusting scratches on the walls. I am rather weary and worn out from today as I had been busy overnight thinking about van and business stuff. Rust Treatment Step 1: The first…
Two weeks in review as we confirmed and sent Gandalf for some patching up. A Trip to Lewes Having discussed a suitable time for us to bring to van back to Lewes, we had a week to think over the quote for the spraying of the underside of the van. All the other places that were able to do the van were over four hours away. Deciding it was perhaps easier, quicker to get both done at the same time….
It’s been a busy few weeks with Christmas, we’ve enjoyed the time with our families and discussed our plans at length with them as we prepare to navigate the next steps of the build. A Dusty Affair As I mentioned in the previous post, After taking down the ply we noticed some quite bad rusting to the lower part of the van walls. It only got worse once we finally managed to remove the floor, unfortunately we have quite a…
December is a busy month for us and we’ve coped well adding van work onto our daily tasks. Let’s get started and we wish you all a happy holiday! Iron Oxide, Frankincense and Myrrh It’s quite exciting seeing the Gandalf the van parked up outside when you get up in the mornings and we are eager to get going. After acquiring Gandalf I’d set about mocking up a layout idea in a program called Sketchup, so we felt confident about…