Day 4 of work

well I finally finished removing the pin striping from sides and back! Took two days of work! The heat gun worked pretty good the rest was removed with a paint scraper and to much elbow grease 😅

I then went to remove what trim and exterior pieces remained such as the break lights, outlet covers, door frame and such. When I got to the front I knew I hada trouble area as it was bulging so I naturally assumed there was rot underneath.

I swear, if you don't know what you are doing and you are to lazy to ask or do research on a sight like this, please don't try and fix Things yourself!!!! They had used about 3 - 4 tubes of silicone caulk to try and fix the problem and actually ended up putting so much on before replacing the trim strip that it left the strip raised and caused more damage than good.

It took me a good while and patience to get all the caulk off. It was then that I discovered that what was really going on. The fiberglass front had been damaged on the end and the trim no longer covered it all. They had taken trim off caulked it then tried to place the trim back on, only it no longer sat flush so the caulked some more only they forgot to caulk the top so water had gotten in and now there is a little rot on the wood ends.

This will require some further inspection. However it will have to wait as the family is off to see "the unbroken" at the theater.