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
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