What I did for My VW Bus, painted the rear cargo area, found carpet.

So I have my interior color scheme sorta figured out.
The carpet was a bonus. FREE is good!

BUS- Do it yourself truck bed liner pictures.

In earlier posts, I had sanded, primered and painted the floor areas of my 1977 VW Bus.
Duplicolor make paint products and also makes a
Do it yourself truck bed liner / undercoat.
Truck bed liner- dries to a protective, hard covering.
Designed to be applied to areas where protection is needed- mainly truck bed liners.
It can be applied anywhere paint can be used, it has many uses.
I decided to use the truck bed liner on the floor of my bus, to protect, seal and insulate the floor.
I assume some level of additional structural integrity will occur.
It also is flexible and that will lend to insulation.
The floor will eventually be hardwood.
The hardwood floor will go nicely with wooden interior panels.
Here's some pictures of the truck bed liner in my bus.






The front cab floor was sanded, and primered with Rustoleum Stop Rust primer paint.


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I also sanded and primered the rear cargo area.
I used Rustoleum as well.


























If you decide to use a Truck bed liner or an Undercoating product,
after the area has been sanded and primered, you have to sand
the area to be treated again. The truck/undercoat needs a "tooth,"
for the product to correctly adhere to.
Rough it up with a light sanding.
If the prepared area has any sheen or is shiny, rough it- using a fine grit sand paper
or a 3m red scuff pad. No sheen/shiny is good.
Your preparation should take longer than actually applying the product.





I got carried away and decided to do the front cab wall as well.
Insulation will be applied
to make the bus quiet and warm.





The fiberglass patch was there
when I got the bus. I'll leave it for now.
I decided to go thin with the coats.
I wasn't sure if I would like the results.
It would easier to remove thin coats, versus
a thick coat. You can add coats later.
I may do that.






It should be noted that I did not use the kit that's available. I bought a pint of the actual bed liner ($16.00) and a regular paint roller. I also used a regular paint roller sleeve. The foam roller style will disintegrate on use. I did use a foam touch-up brush to reach those hard to reach areas.
NOTE: wear gloves, this stuff is very hard to get off. It dries quickly, so working fast is good.
Be ready.

What I did for Memorial Day-

I spent 3 days working on my 1977 VW Bus. AKA The Blue Goose.
Heres a list of what I did-

1. Cleaned, Sanded and Primered the Front Floor.
2. Cleaned, Sanded and Primered the Rear Floor.
3. Cleaned, Sanded and Primered the Cargo Area.
4. Cleaned, Saned and Painted Windshield Wipers.
   
5. Removed the radio.
   
6. Removed the entire Dash.
7. Separated the dash into it's 2 components.
8. Cleaned all vent connections and vent tubing and connections.
9. Cleaned and painted ashtray.
   
10. Cleaned and primered the Area below the windshield.
11. Cleaned and painted the dash.
12. Cleaned, Sanded, Primered and Painted the metal dash cowling.
    
13. Inspected the electrical wiring behind dash.
14. Inspected electrical switches and connections.
    
15. Cleaned and Primered the seat stand pedestals.

I'm sure I forgot some things.
Overall it was perfect weather, I worked an average of 9 hours a day over three days.
It was hot and the work was dirty and I enjoyed every stinking minute of it.
There's something satisfying about seeing a river of dirt water coming off of you in the shower
after a long day.
Excellent weekend.
Much needed.
Significant progress was made on the bus.
Much of which was done to make the bus street worthy.
Pulling the dash off and inspecting all the electrical connections is very important.
Being able to see previous electrical work and the "fixes," will allow me to correct bullshit repairs.
Fixing the floor allows me to make them ready for truck bed liner coating.
I'll do that myself. This will over all- strengthen the floor and allow me to insulate and run new wiring. Also allows me to address any rust issues.
Here's some pictures of what was done so far-

Time to remove the screws and bolts that hold the dash to the windshield.

Radio is no more. Cassette is a dying breed.
Dash has been removed. Nice wiring..

Dash is out. Needed to be sanded and painted.

Metal cowling Separated from dash. Primered.

Dash was cleaned and painted with Hyster Forklift Paint- Low Gloss black. Excellent paint.

Also painted the vent components with a high gloss black, for contrast.

Hyster paint for the wipers too. (along with other components)

The front floor is ready for paint and spray on bedliner.

Rear Floor is also ready.

Cargo floor is ready as well.

Cargo floor is also my work bench.

Thanks Scott- Hyster Forklift paint is outstanding.
Scott has a case of this stuff.
Great paint.

Great weekend good progress, I'll post more pictures later.