Yesterday I left you with a photo of the back doors with the last of the decals on them.
Last night it poured down with rain and I really thought today would be rained off. Luckily it was dry but very overcast and the threat of rain was minimal, so made a start.
Back in April I bought a Multifunction Ladder that you can fix into lots of configurations to suit the job you are doing. One thing about Nina is she is very tall, and knowing I had some work to do at roof level, one of the configurations is a platform, ideal !
PS, Mike.... It works a treat ! You wont be sorry you bought the last one after mine ! ;).
So today I set it up and it was a perfect height for the roof line and removing the lettering at the top of the doors.
I got to this point, and it decided to start raining, so down I came and unplugged everything, only for the sun to come back out, so quickly set up again and removed the last of the decals, while I was up there I removed the glue too using the same method as the video, bar one change, and thats using a scourer to remove the glue. Yes ! A scourer :). Asda do a non scratch scourer that effectively removes the glue but doesnt damage the paintwork, although I wouldnt like to try it on a highly lacquered finish or metallic paintwork, you do that at your own risk ! The only reason I tried it in the first place is that I reasoned with myself that I'm going to be T-Cutting the paintwork anyway so should be able to remove any light swirls on my solid white paint job. It definately sped up the process of removing the glue, although it was still hard work !
These are the doors with the last of the graphics gone ! Yay :). I also had a quick go at the right hand side below the window to see how hard the glue underneath the red foil backed vinyl was to remove. It was fairly 'easy', not that the glue removal is easy, but in comparison to some of the other areas it was :P.
So, all thats left for the bodywork for now is to remove the glue from the passenger side, the rest of the glue from the back, and some on the front of the roof, then a big T-Cut all over and she will bear no markings that would give away her past. Kind of sad in a way, Ambulances do an essential job, but as with every job in life, one day you have to retire from it, so maybe becoming a leisure vehicle, ie a campervan is a fitting retirement job :P.
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