Once we had everything off the trailer, prepping for paint is straight forward. We used an orbital sander where we could and a wire brush where we had to.
We re-primed the frame and let it thoroughly dry.
We also took apart the wheel hubs, cleaned and re packed the bearings in good grease.
Next came spraying on a glossy black enamel paint.
While this was drying we worked on cutting the new bunk boards.
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| The bearings were dirty but still have plenty of life. |
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| After a thorough cleaning we re-packed the bearings with marine grease. |
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| Snug with no play, but not too tight! |
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| With a leaf blower we flushed out a thousand acorns. |
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| Poor squirrel. |
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We scribed the bunks to the underside of the hull when it was upside down in the shop. Then we used the big Silver band saw for the cuts. After a coating of clear epoxy was applied, we used wide nylon strapping for the liners.
This was epoxied in place and the overhang was pulled down with brass tacks. |
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| The Laser sits perfectly on it bunks in this position. Now we just need to adjust the front bumper, add new lighting and wheels. |
1 comment:
The refurbished trailer looks very cool! Probably cooler than the original paint job when it was new. The newly mani/pedi'ed Laser looks sleek and sexy, by the way. Great job!
Thelma @ Quality Strapping Systems
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