ok, where are we up to?
I've been abit slack in updating, maily as its boring stuff that will look like the previous photos.
But anyway...
 
-seats now fitted. The next job on them will be to retrim them. I have colored thread arrived, and settled on a style. The foam is all buggered, but they are still comfor, recline, and have tilt. The standard Escort rails were fitted, so all above board.

 
 
Next job was the crack that had been noticed in the drivers doorframe. The van is verymuch a poverty pack, and has the door trims that dont go fully up to the glass. Check out the stress crack:
 
It doesnt look much in the pic, but if you held the top of the doorframe in a little more snug, it opened up.
I had the door fitting pretty well I thought, but the top gap always bugged me.

Of course, that primers grey, and its 2 pack, and here's the next idiot mistake.
There was a small, pea sized dint in the roof, enough to be annoying but that I had missed previously.
I tried some stop putty, hoping future coats of paint wont eat it. It sanded nice, and had been given plenty of time to fully cure.
Since I'd painted the side of the van and door, may as well dab a little of the grey primer on to seal it, right?  Save me mixing up some white.
I expected the topcoat might show the grey slightly, but gave it a crack anyhow:
Here you can see a ghost image of a cat where they grey undercoat is shiming through.
Bugger, because it was getting there apart from the odd run.
I'll try an patch spot a few coats, but i think the roof will need a full coat again.
Maybe leave it now for winter. We'll see.
The roof rail repair spot looked ok too.

And another thing I should have done, was defluff the roller first, but would you believe I ran out of masking tape.
You can see the little specs, like dust in the finish. Could have been dust as it cured.
 
Lucky its getting painted again....

 
that its for painting.....
 
 

Every days a school day as they say. I don't think there is anything more annoying than having to paint again but as long as it results in a good finish at the end all the extra work gets forgotten pretty quickly. 

Have you thought about trying a foam roller on a panel to see how it comes out? I know its the go to for the timber varnish products my work makes to get the coatings as smooth and stipple free as possible before the final polish. Though those varnishes tend to be a lot softer than 2 pack!

totally a school day on most days.
Problem is I seem to get detention as well.
 
yes I've given foam rollers a go in the past doing a few boats also with 2 pack rollering.
Mainly the Unipro white ones with orange tips.
 
I found that the foam often left micro air blisters in the paint, where it pulled off during the application. Like fish eyes, the only way to avoid it was to add more thinners. And then, the rollers would eventually disintegrate, and chunks would come off. Lots of trial and error.
 
The NZ manufacturer Altex guide was to use a 5mm mohair roller.
This is the brushing polyeurethane I use:
https://altexboatpaint.com/frontend/products.cfm?page=product&productid=5 
 
I do use a brushing agent though, which I think is basically just thinner, and gives the paint more time to level flat while it pulls tight. Even though in practice you get a good working time, as soon as i've rollered the first area down, i still get nervous and try to put paint everywhere.
 
This ends up with multiple wet edges to think about, while looking for runs and hoping all the while youve mixed up enough but not too much paint.
 
Reactions are a pain. My 3M full facemask is even letting condensation droplets form now, to add to the funtimes.
 
USA always copy us aussies..:) 

thats a good idea.
A mate was wrecking a peugoet/skoda maybe VW? eurowagon, and I grabbed some of the interior led overhead lighting and loom before it went off to the crushers. Thought it might be flash to put some downlights in the vent pod when the time comes.
 

Deano, are these the individual crimps I was going to butcher the dash for when you were chasing them?

Don't ya hate that... They'll prolly arrive in a few months if ever