trailer tent?

My wife annouced today that she wanted a trailer tent to go on holiday and weekend breaks. So the hunt is on for a cheap trailer tent. At work she has been surfing the net and spotted a few cheap trailer tents. What she probably does not realise is that these cheap ones will need work. Now I can put up with an outfit that just needs a clean and a few alterations but from experience I know she will be put off, if its not clean and as new!

So we will go through the motion and visit cheap trailer tents until she comes round to realising that we will need to pay a bit more to get a reasonable outfit. I know she will want something that looks good on the camp site. So no projects! I suppose I am getting to the stage where I do not want any more projects. So I will put my foot down and say no! OK! OK! I do not mind if it needs a paint job or the zip sewn up or a new floor but I will draw the line at a total rebuild!

I will keep you informed if and when we get the trailer tent!

New sides for the box trailer

Today I cut all the wood for the new sides of the box trailer. Once all the planks were cut I painted them all with wood primer. It is important that this primer is applied to the planks before fitting them in place. Why?

Well if the planks are put in place first, there will be parts of the plank that will not be painted because you cannot reach it with a brush. These unpainted parts will allow moisture and eventually, rot to start and spread throughout the plank of wood. So most well built box trailers will be painted before assembly. Obviously those parts of the plank that will have glue applied will not be painted.

The weather was sunny during the early part of the day but some sun showers meant I had to move inside with the painted planks, to allow them to dry.

Next stage will be to apply an undercoat of paint, which will be slightly different in colour to the finishing coat of paint. Why different colour?

Well it is different so I know which part of the plank is covered in the new coat of paint by looking at the colour difference! Might seem obvious to you, but not everyone thinks this out when choosing the undercoat. How many times have you gone into a shop and bought white undercoat for a white gloss? Right?

Let you know how it going, soon