Still more sanding

3 days of sanding and still going. At the same time I'm MIG welding in metal to fix any rusty spots. I've also welded up the old aerial hole as the new digital one is on the roof. I'm filling and blocking the whole body to try and get it nice and flat. I may be using a pro sprayer for the top coat as I'm getting married a week today and I'm running out of time, that and he'll do a much better job of it!
Monday I'll finish the back and hopefully block the whole body.
Tuesday etch prime and HS prime
Weds more blocking
Thurs, if I can, hand it over to the sprayer.

LED bulbs

I've replaced all the bulbs except for main beam with LED's.
The dash ones are especially good compared to the original, at night you could hardly see the dials.

One side ready for paint

One side of the van is stripped and ready for primer filler. The other side still to do, takes about 5 hours!!!
Found a hole around the windscreen which needs welding up.

Rust

I've cleaned of all the crap from under the van and wheel arches. It had been undersealed in the past which has kept most metalwork looking good. The only bad areas are a rear wheel arch and rear bottom corner panel which fell apart when I put the power washer on it. The wheel arch can be saved by cutting and welding on a new lip and I've managed to find a new replacement corner panel for £35.
I'm using Dinitrol products to convert the rust and reseal the underbody.
First a rust converter, then soft a sealing wax, then a slightly harder underbody sealer then finishing with stone chip protection in the arches.

After that I'm moving on to the rest of the bodywork. I'm stripping back anywhere rust has bubbled through and treating with the rust converter, also in the panel joins. At the same time I'm going to deal with some of the dents by sanding back to bare metal and filling then blocking. The whole body will be sanded to original paint or bare metal as the respray that is under mine was not keyed properly so chips off.
A good blocking over the whole van and a respray should have it looking pretty darn good and hopefully no rust!

Oktoberfest

Not a bad weekend down in near Cheddar.
Everything working well and nice to have power hook up as it means we can save running the fridge on gas.
Noticed a bit of rust on one of the wheel arches so I'm about to deal with that and a few other areas before it spreads.