Serenity gets a new paint job

Here is Serenity in 2013, looking a little ragged. Her lipstick is definitely in need of a touch up!

Also there has been a leak that has tormented Nigel for about 5 years. We came across this great roof paint called EPM6. It forms one continuous seal. Just what we need!

The first step is to tarp the bus. One, because we started this project in December and the sun is HOT. And two, because when we take the paint off the seams, rain will pour in! Tarping the bus took a good half day!

Nigel under the tarp scraping and sanding away. I did help with this part. So therapeutic, but also a horrible job for a perfectionist. There is always another piece of paint waiting to be scrapped! 

Did I mention this project took about 5 months to complete? The weather was against us. Too hot to paint, too wet to paint, too windy to be on the roof. This is Nigel tying the tarps down so we can sleep. Flapping tarps are noisy!

Finally we get the five coats of paint on the roof, that's right FIVE coats!
And then it is time to start sanding the sides. I helped a bit, but when Nigel kept going over the areas I had sanded, I decided to find other jobs to do. Ha!

We are pretty thrifty people. So instead of forking out for paint we decided to see what we could do with what was in the shed. It had to be exterior paint and we had a few options.

Mixing....hmmmm

Testing, testing, testing.

All finished! Nigel even found the old chrome for the grill. 

The lips and eye are gone. Kinda sad.

But we are pretty pleased with the new look.

Home Sweet Home.