The Van Gets Primer

The nice guys down at Cotswold Group Bodyshop have been busy prepping the van. We had a quick visit yesterday to look at where they're at and were very impressed.

They've been blocking the roof, back and sides of the van. Basically, they apply a coat of black paint and then primer on top, then rub the primer down - as the black starts to appear underneath, they can detect the highs and lows of the bodywork to work out where the panels are not perfectly straight or level, then they know where to focus their attention on more bodywork. Then its all rubbed back again and the whole process begins with more black paint then the primer. They keep doing this until the body work is arrow straight then its rubbed back and gets its first coat of primer:

Below you can see some of the black under the primer:

You can see the profile of the swage line much clearer now there is some base colour on the front panel.