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Post by jamesbondwood on Aug 13, 2014 20:54:55 GMT 10
Soooooo all the hard yakka of removing all the old paint and taking my boy back to bare timber has been done. So now I'm up to prepping him for his new paint. There was a kind of fabric tape on all the joins etc under all the old paint and i was wondering if thats what i need to put on it again or do I use a filler or both?If i use the tape where do I get that from? What has everyone else used?? Any advice would be much appreciated......I'm very much learning as I go but am finding the whole experience very rewarding and its so exciting seeing my dream coming together..!! Attachment Deleted
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Post by shesgotthelook on Aug 14, 2014 8:41:59 GMT 10
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Post by seeshell on Aug 14, 2014 13:39:09 GMT 10
Hi jamesbondwood We have a 1950s bondwood as well and went through quite a lot to get it back to wood and seal it up. The there are a number of different kinds of tape that were used, for different functions. Where wood was joined, or for that matter J mold was added over wood along the edges of the vans, there are nail or other types of fixings that pierce the wood. These are areas that can leak, and so impregnated tapes were used. They are effectively self sealing, oozing around the fixings to provide a water tight seal. So you can imagine that under wooden strips (as described by Al on his rig) they provided seal, and the wood strips provided the structural integrity. There are other kinds of tape also seen - these include plain heavy fabric tape or canvas with pinked (sawtooth) edges that does not come impregnated. Roofs of vans often had canvas overlaid over bondwood, particularly on the roof (though some had it all over). The canvas was laid over the top, and heavy coat of paint applied until it wet the canvas all the way through. It was tacked down around the edges, and additional layers of paint were applied. This meant that the slightly inflexible paints of the time were effectively reinforced with the canvas, making an overal flexible seal. Our roof was original and many parts of it were still solidly in tact - so it definitely works, but not really structural. If you're not a purist, there are a lot of products now for sealing bondwood - Bote-cote, Norseal - and they impregnate the wood to make it more water resistant. There are also more flexible bogs designed and chemically compatible for these sorts of applications which don't "pop out" like car bog can (see the Norseal range). I think your solution will depend on what you need - a structural fix, a seal, or both. You can look at the repair of our bondwood at vintagecaravans.proboards.com/post/90116/thread. Happy to have a chat about our experiences if it would help, Seeshell
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Post by shesgotthelook on Aug 17, 2014 17:03:47 GMT 10
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Post by jamesbondwood on Aug 28, 2014 12:23:04 GMT 10
Thanks for all the advice guys...let the prepping begin
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Post by ourgirllannie on Aug 28, 2014 16:26:18 GMT 10
We are using the Norseal 2pak system (with the advice from other members on this forum) and have found it easy to use. We have waterproofed, filled and undercoated. Our custom mixed colours have arrived and will also be rolled on. The system is quite expensive, but we figure if it is designed for boats and underwater, we should only have to do it once on our bondwood van!
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