More Work Done

Howdy All.

I have not had the chance to post in a while. Been waiting on time and money to work on the bus so here is the latest.

Got the sheet metal. Its galvanized 14 gauge. Its that thick because it was some metal the guy could give me the best price on. But man is it heavy.

 

I got four sections. One to cover four windows then a second to cover three for a total of 7 windows on the passenger side. Then two sections that cover three windows each on the drivers side. Before and after the driver side emergency exit.

Getting ready to primer the metal. I primed them inside the bus, I figured it would keep them out of the rain and I thought it would help them cure with the heat. I primed it with rustolum gray primer for galvanized metal.

Primed and drying.

This is about a week later. I wet sanded the primer to smooth it out a little, let it dry then painted this one section with rustolum gloss white.

Painted and ready to go. I thought.

Not shown because no one was there to take the pics, is me getting this up on the side of the bus. I got my brother who is 63 years old and just recently out of the hospital to help. He got inside and put the clamps on while I was outside lifting the 14 gauge metal up on the side of the bus. Man what a pain that was, but it got done. It took two Jack and Cokes, one OJ and Vodka and two extra strength Tylenol, to dull the pain, and I'm still feeling it. Man it sucks getting old.    

I did use the original screws to secure the metal on the side of the bus, thought I would save some money, but when doing it realized I would not have enough good screws to do all the metal, so I broke down and got pop rivets.

 

Ready for the metal

I used construction adhesive where the metal touched the frame, and along the bottom. I was not happy with how the paint turned out as it was pealing off with any contact. I will have to figure out why the paint did not stick, hopefully the guys at skoolies.com will be able to answer that for me.

Well the next step is to put up the three other sections. One more on the passenger side and two on the driver side. Hopefully I will have good weather and will get it done quickly.

Until next time.