We had done lots of research on which cladding we would use on Piccolo Rose and arrived at the conclusion that the best one for our needs was the 4mm aluminium composite sheeting which we sourced from Ullrich in Coffs Harbour. It is widely used for signage but seemed to answer to the brief we had with the company. We chose to use 4mm on the sides and 3mm sheeting on the back of the van. We settled for 4mm on the sides as it came in bigger sheets enabling us to avoid having any unsightly and problematic joins.
Even though it is available in various colours, we chose white which gave us the versatility to spray paint the sheets the colour we chose.
We removed the very tightly secured protective film and Chris McCheane began to work his magic with the spray gun. As you will notice, we opted to spray all the panels, which included the aluminium roof, before they went on to the van. I was nervously excited to see that rich navy paint entirely change the look of the panelling.
The navy colour was beautiful, rich and very classy.
Apart from the 'must-have' porthole in the van, I also had decided I wanted to have a 'must-have' striped awning on the front of Piccolo Rose. Initially Carl was a bit troubled about all the work involved in masking up the panelling to create stripes, but in the middle of the night I had an epiphany and couldn't wait to share my new idea with him.
I suggested we cut out every second 75mm stripe of the protective film and let it act as the defining edge, get Chris to spray the navy on, then pull off the remaining protective film. You will notice the un-removed film on the left of the middle pic below. I cannot tell you how amazingly this worked. The edges are clean and precise and I am quite sure you would not achieve such a professional result with masking tape. We love it!
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