Fitted the horizontal beading over the bulkhead window today. Cut the remaining vertical from an existing piece and painted the back of it ready to fit tomorrow. Filled the rearward bulkhead lower panel with fine filler, sanded and re-primed ready for undercoating.
Monthly Archives: August 2019
17/8/2019
Fitted the horizontal beading below the front bulkhead windows today. This was a reclaimed piece but I’m not convinced it is worthwhile given the difficulty of getting it to look decent when it has been bent about. I cut and marked for drilling the upper piece of horizontal beading last thing and started flatting the red oxide on the bulkhead using a P400 disc and air sander. It is giving a good finish ready for undercoat.
I cut and fitted a replacement panel for the rearward bulkhead above the entrance steps today as the original has too many dents in it. However the new panel (from reclaimed material) is not as good as I thought and has some corrosion pitting so after a coat of self-etch I will have to fill and sand it.
12/8/2019
Yesterday and today I cut and fitted the aluminium cladding to the right hand side of the front bulkhead. This included the vertical beading. I painted the reverse of the aluminium cladding and beading with the same grey paint as the wood and used seam sealer as well in an attempt to keep electrolytic corrosion at bay.
