This is the van BEFORE my weekend marathon of painting. It has been this primer gray color for almost three years - which was better than the 16 shades of green that looked like a party of seasick tourists had vomited on it... but now it is ALMOST white! Only the passenger and side door panels and the roof remain to be painted. Intermittent rain, lots of heat, and hours and hours of sanding, painting, sanding, painting - ALL with a 3" foam roller (I kid you not) to achieve.....
The "after" almost white effect....
The blue around the edges of the windows is painter's tape. It will come off as soon as I finish touching up everything. What's left to do is paint the passenger and side panel and the roof. That's about a two-day job. I'm also considering buying a special reflective paint for the roof - so that means another delay in finding/ordering the paint for that. Then I move to the interior and finish covering the back doors with naugahyde and put up molding, slides under the bed for a drawer and some sort of storage in the front for the dog that she can lie on and I can store stuff in. LOTS to do - like these two panels and the roof, then go over the entire van again for drips and runs, thin spots etc. - which will need to be resanded and repainted. The photos don't do it all justice - the effect is like night and day!
Stay tuned for details and, of course, more photos!
1 comments:
Becky, It's lovely! Can't wait to see the inside~
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