Post by brucenan on Mar 28, 2014 11:01:04 GMT 10
Obtained the Wilson a few years back and over the past 12 months have performed a rebuild. It did not look too bad when purchased but there was a fair bit more rot than anticipated and what was to be a repaint turned into a major rebuild.
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Almost all the wood below the bottom of the door line, ie the floor, was rotten and had been patched up with builders bog, approx 18 inches at the bottom of the door was rotten and the hatch needed a complete rebuild. It did not have brakes when I got it but i found that it had shoes and drums, put on a new coupling and connected them and they work perfect. I think they have never been used.
I burnt the paint off with a heat gun, I burnt out the old Black and Decker I had and another new one I purchased, the replacement finished the job. I could have filled a wheelie bin with all the old paint.
I find you need a good selection of power tools for this type of project
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I gave it two coats of acrylic sealer, primer, undercoat with a sand between each coat and then 2 coats of Dulux enamel with hardener and a sand between each coat. Paint was rolled on.
We took the van to Airlie beach last August to the meet with the SEQ mob. It was a bit of a rush to get it on the road and we left with some of the paint still wet.
Over the past couple of weeks and between rain showers I have put a stripe down the side to bling it up.
Had the awning professionally made to match. Spent the last weekend out at Ellis beach and had a good time between the showers.
Bruce
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Almost all the wood below the bottom of the door line, ie the floor, was rotten and had been patched up with builders bog, approx 18 inches at the bottom of the door was rotten and the hatch needed a complete rebuild. It did not have brakes when I got it but i found that it had shoes and drums, put on a new coupling and connected them and they work perfect. I think they have never been used.
I burnt the paint off with a heat gun, I burnt out the old Black and Decker I had and another new one I purchased, the replacement finished the job. I could have filled a wheelie bin with all the old paint.
I find you need a good selection of power tools for this type of project
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.
I gave it two coats of acrylic sealer, primer, undercoat with a sand between each coat and then 2 coats of Dulux enamel with hardener and a sand between each coat. Paint was rolled on.
We took the van to Airlie beach last August to the meet with the SEQ mob. It was a bit of a rush to get it on the road and we left with some of the paint still wet.
Over the past couple of weeks and between rain showers I have put a stripe down the side to bling it up.
Had the awning professionally made to match. Spent the last weekend out at Ellis beach and had a good time between the showers.
Bruce