able's van

[John Abbott]

Hey Able...An idea that i adopted once, was i bought about 50 of those "snap lock" sandwich bags and as i pulled nuts and bolts and washers apart, i put them in one of the bags and dropped in a piece of paper with them that had written on it where it came from. It worked a treat for me!. cheers...Johnno

[Warren]

you can get ziplock bags with a white section on them, just write on them with indelable ink - workes for me

Warren

[able]

good idea fellas!

i was using old Chinese containers (the miss's collects them) but its a waste when some things only have four bolts..... and putting multiple bolt lots in the one container sort of defeats the purpose even when you write on the things....

i was suposed to be sanding today but a million tiny things popped up....

i will get a little done before it gets dark and start in Earnest tomorrow.

question...
i bought some seam sealer that does not shrink back... (my welding cousin didn't seem to interested in welding the seams...) i have used a wire brush on a angle grinder to dig out the bog in them and will fill them with it..

can you sand seam sealer? and would i also use it on the rain gutters under and/or inside?

[Tweaker]

Yep Pretty much what everyone here is saying. The white strip snap lock sandwhich bags with the digital camera and a word documental on your PC (or Mac for those wierdos out there) and you're laughin! No need to remember anything cause you can remind yourself as you go. It's a great way to store spares also

[BusyKiwi]

question...
i bought some seam sealer that does not shrink back... (my welding cousin didn't seem to interested in welding the seams...) i have used a wire brush on a angle grinder to dig out the bog in them and will fill them with it..

can you sand seam sealer? and would i also use it on the rain gutters under and/or inside?

All sealer shrinks to some degree - be warned.

You can wire wheel the old stuff out but you need to etch and primer before sealer

No you can't sand sealer - you can a little but is not forgiving, it will tear or come out before it got smooth.
The trick is to use prepsol (wax and grease remover) or similar, squeeze in the sealer and wipe back with the prepsol, until smooth - be warned, do not soak the sealer, will tend to shrink and/or crack

You can use seam sealer anywhere and ideally use it on every seam.

Sealing the seams can cause some problems, the top of the front guards for example, these will crack when the van twists, joins like that you can use urethane. Actually i think thats the only one prone to crack

[strez]

able is it brushable seamsealer in a can or is it in a tube (calking gun) or in an aluminium tube that you squease buy hand .

i would prime seam first and then rub then seal last just befor painting . to apply you can tape up either side of the seam and wipe in sealer remove tape and then smoth out with prepsol and a rag as busy said or if your careful using a calking gun run a bead down the seam then smoth out with prepsol . the reason for using tape is that sealer can be a right pain to clean up so its best to put it only where its needed .

hope this helps

[able]

brush-able seal in a can type

alright. i will clean it all up and etch and prime the entire side then do that tape method.

i only want to do the vertical seams at the half way mark and perhaps the gutters. when i have worked on cars in my youth some cars had seal type material inside the gutters and if you take it out you have to put it back in....

[able]

hang on is that first layer primer then seam sealer and the the other coats of primer over the seal sealer?

[strez]

seal after its all primed and rubbed . just befor painting . i recomend getting the cartridge type to use in a calking gun if your going to do the gutter and vertical seam much easier to aply . i use sikaflex 295 white

[able]

ok will look into it.

thanx for the advice!