A mini roller rustoleum redecoration

Maybe I'm just talking rubbish. I've never had a car worth much more than a grand before...

What I do know is I had a good attitude to my £70 passat, I didn't abuse it - I treated it with love, but I certainly didn't worry about how anyone else would perceive it. I think it's harder to adopt that attitude to a more valuable vehicle. Maybe I'll get used to it.

It's all relative I suppose.

 

Ah, it's your imaginings of other people perceptions... tricky.

 

no...I reckon you're right...whenever I've bought a 'new' car/motorbike/bike (never bought brand new btw) I'd treat it like a jewel for the first few months...after a while, I couldn't be ars*d...the more expensive it was the longer it took to reach the cba stage....i think a lot depends on how much you pay relative to what you earn....most of my purchases have cleared me out for a good few months

 

I wasn't imagining it... people perceived my passat as a pile of junk.

 

I have a very bad record for mistreating my cars, over the years In the RAF I probably bought 8 or 10 cars a year, I only ever put petrol in them and a couple of times didn't even do that. If I happened to have three cars when I got posted I'd just abandon two of them.
I quickly get bored with my cars, even the new ones only get treated properly for a couple of months.
I think the reason the van gets all the attention it does is that it's not actually 'transport' in my mind but a 'hobby'.

 

No need for a primer Bob unless it's gone through to bare metal then it just needs a mist of etch
The previous paint flatted back acts as your primer

 

Any progress today Bob?

 

no....he's reminiscing about all those cars he's abandoned over the years

 

Well you're wrong I've done loads so there.

 

I went to the shops and bought a can of primer and you know me, I'm not one to waste stuff so I put the whole lot on.

 

and....?

 

Mostly today I've been playing Lego and shops and going on a holiday and driving a cardboard box and painting and glueing with the kids but did get time to spray a whole tin of primer on the van. I expect you want to see a picture of the van now.

 

Pics

 

Hard to resist, but perhaps not the best way forward. lol I hope it was a small can.

 

brb

 

Now you will have to sand the primer

 

Yep

 

I've taken the pic but photoMarmitebucket won't load it at the moment.

 

you need to prime it

 

Ha that old excuse