'Day Stripper'

Work begins at last and the old paintwork needs to comes off.

Unfortunately the existing paintwork was very tired and had took a lot of weathering being sat outside in the elements at Sandy Balls Holiday park (now Away Resorts). A trial with the sander revealed that the paint was just flaking back so I made the decision to strip the paint off - what gremlins lie beneath are anyone's guess. Hopefully though, there'll be nothing too scary!

Oh What a Job !

Starting first on the rear of the waggon and as expected its turning out to be a mammoth task, however I have to keep on and see the waggon in sections rather than as a whole piece - that way I know I won't become too overwhelmed by the enormity of the work to come. A few loose inter rib carvings and some splits, chips in the corner carvings, nothing too serious so far. It's hard to get into a rhythm or find a technique to strip the corner carvings or even the rear porch brackets as although they were originally carved by the same hand, not one of them is identical but amazingly they still manage to look like a set.