It's almost finished!
Posted: Thu, 02 Aug 2012, 9:24 pm
Well, having seen a portafold at Blenheim Palace car show last August bank holiday & instantly loving it we set about trying to find one.
Months later we won our Portafold "Leaky" (more on that later!
) & set off to deepest darkest Wales to pick it up.
This is how it looked when we got it home!
The cushions were not original & didn't fit in. It had been used by it's previous owner towed behind a trike.
Now the bit that will horrify Mathew!! 
I decided the original lining had to come out. It was badly torn & missing in a few places, mouldy & stained.
It was pretty scary once removed! What had I done?
So after months of stripping glue, filling holes & cracks & eventually painting in a Yacht paint we began to see light at the end of the tunnel!
Having spent ages on here researching we decided that the van should be relined to prevent condensation. We sourced something called Veltrim, which comes in loads of colours & stretches in all directions. This was a difficult job having never done anything like this before.
We're really pleased with the results. There are a few wrinkles but it looks pretty good & is really cosy!
And with the bed made up. We use the whole 6ft x 8ft area as my other half is 6'4" & the dog insists on sleeping between us!
Months later we won our Portafold "Leaky" (more on that later!
) & set off to deepest darkest Wales to pick it up.This is how it looked when we got it home!
I decided the original lining had to come out. It was badly torn & missing in a few places, mouldy & stained.It was pretty scary once removed! What had I done?
Having spent ages on here researching we decided that the van should be relined to prevent condensation. We sourced something called Veltrim, which comes in loads of colours & stretches in all directions. This was a difficult job having never done anything like this before.
We're really pleased with the results. There are a few wrinkles but it looks pretty good & is really cosy!
