2016 at the Hammond Barn

[Stuart Fedak]

Thanks for the post. It is appreciated. I was going to do some painting outside in the back yard, but now I will postpone until the dandelions have abated for a few days. One more reason to just work on preparing parts for painting. I never even considered the affect of the dandelions on the paint surface. This has been the warmest several days in a long time and I was working like mad getting all the bits and pieces gathered, cleaned and washed with Varsal solvent.

I have a lot of parts to paint and I thought I knew where they all were. When it came around to actually finding them, many were in hiding. I am sure you know the feeling when you misplace some parts that you cleaned up several years ago.....

Cheers!
Stuart

[Bob Carriere]

Mosquitoes landing in POR is the worst.

Had to redo both doors...... a pain. Second time was a charm as I painted inside the barn with the doors hanging.

Tie coat is on now for the OD this afternoon.

Cheers

[Jordan Baker]

I just had the same issue today with dandelion fluff and fresh POR. I normally just leave it alone and carry on as if it isn't there. At the end of the day we are not painting show cars with glass like finishes.

[Bob Carriere]

....and wiped the doors with Brake cleaner before the POR hardened..... what a mess....used a plastic scrapper and squeeged both doors....... sanded what was left....... Phospated again and repainted hanging inside the barn with POR..... had a few mosquitoes but this time it was fine...tie coat and two coats of OD.... looks good now.

Slowly getting there.

[Bob Carriere]

Started off digging up the video connection to the house which some dum dum ripped up with the rototiller.... fortunately the internet provider was understanding and was back on line in 12 hours.

Dug up the tool nox for tha cab 11 and sandblasted.... phosphated.... and POR 15 semi gloss black. Of course the black hood was very hot in the sun by 5 bags later it was done..... tomorrow the tie coat.... or coats trying to hide the rust pits..... then the OD....

Found the usual rust moth holes that were quickly welded shut.

Rob took a before picture which he will post later...... box is the original to the truck..... rusted but complete. Plans are to POR in Gray for the inside.

Neat how the box is designed to hold two POW cans in corner pockets.

Cheers

[Alex van de Wetering]

Great progress Bob, even though mother nature tried to intervene.

I had similar trouble here.....no dandelions or insects this time.....but rain drops. I checked the weather forecast....no rain....but as soon as I put a coat of primer on one of the fenders....

Alex

by the way....excellent job on finding a matching gauge for your dashboard.

[RHClarke]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

...Dug up the tool nox for tha cab 11 and sandblasted.... phosphated.... and POR 15 semi gloss black... Rob took a before picture which he will post later

As requested, Bob's box "before" pics follow. As well, a word of thanks to Bob for providing the real estate for us to store our vehicles and equipment. My latest project is to put a roof between my two sea cans located near the barn. The patio stones were being trashed by a neighbour, so I relieved him of the burden of disposal, and will use the stones for the floor under the new roof. I am glad this is a hobby and not "work".


Pics:
1 - Before - exterior
2 - Before - interior
3 - Other activities at the barn.

[RHClarke]

Today the boys were hell-bent on fixing Bob's cargo box (in the background over Bob's shoulder). The hammering, grinding and scraping were interrupted by a short visit by Jason Ginn and his father.

After catching up on what has been going on, the Ginn's took at tour of the back 40, and then stopped at the barn for more chatting.

The purpose of their visit was to pick up an item for a job they were undertaking in their relatively new restoration shop - see their facebook page for some info on the business:

https://www.facebook.com/search/6149...h?surface=tyah

All too soon they were off fighting the Ottawa traffic heading back to points west. It was a nice visit that helped punctuate a noisy day at the barn.