CoachBuilt Prams

Back in November i bought a lovely Osnath Princess from Sandra  My plans were to have it finished & ready for use by the end of Febuary... not quite so confident thats going to happen now lol, but its getting there. Christmas had me a bit side tracked with other projects, so most of the work has been done during January.

Ive gone from this:

To this: Sandblasted chassis

body sanded down

The plan is to start priming tommorow, so watch this space, lol.

Oh   wow, it is  looking  good  there  isn't it?    I  think  I like  that  colourway  myself!   I    love  taupe  type   colours!   LoL   Well  done  you,   can't wait  to see the  finished result.

Sandra

Hi there, i love the pram i have a London and i must say i have fallen in love with it.  i too need to start restoring it and dont really know where to start.  any advice.  as it is a wooden body what paint are you using on her may i ask? 

Amgell, my advice  is  to   go  to  Craftsmaster  paints  online  and     buy  from  them.   I  used  their  paint  on jy Millson  twin  that  I restored  last year  and   it is  great.    I   did  all of the  preparation   as  you would expect,  remove  old  paint,  rub  down  etc  then I  primed it  with Halford's  Hig  Build   Primer (in an  aerosol).    Then  I  rubbed  down again,  then  one  coat  of   Craftsmaster  undercoat,   rub  down  again  and  then   two   coats  of   Craftemaster   top  coat.   I  heartily  recommend   their  paint  it  is  great  and much  cheaper than  I   would have  had to pay  to  get  someone  to  spray   the  pram  for me.   You must  use  a really  good  brush  to   put  the paint  on,  I  used  Purdy  brushes  which  are  available  on Ebay,  not cheap  but they  do  the   job  beautifully.

Sandra

Paint wise i've had a change of plan due to the fact that while pregnant i ran out of steam & now ive now got a 3 week old baby girl & very little spare time lol. My dad is going to spray paint it (he's sprayed cars in the past). Im goint to load it up into the car & take it round to him this morning.

Hopefully i will be able to post updated pics of finished paintwork very soon, then get on with the lining & hood etc, which i still need to buy fabric for lol (on a plus side though i have got the wadding, foam, appolstery pins & new Osnath logo, so im not compleatly unorganised lol)

Oh  copngratulations  on  your new   addition purplepants, I  was only  thinking of  you the  other  day  and  wondering  how  you  were getting on.   No   wonder  you ran out of steam   girl,  you had  enough on  your  plate  without   restoring  a  pram  on  top of  it  all.

Well my dad dosent mess about like i do... i dropped the pram at his yesterday, popped back today for something & the primer is already done & he's been out & bought the cream paint!

I may have pics of the finished paint work to show off by next week at this rate, lol.

The paint work is done!

I cant share pics though, its not working when i click to insert an image. (i cant get the smiles to work either)

purplepants,  can you  email me  please?   I can't find your   email address!  If you send me  the pic  I  can try  to add it  to the  Forum  for you,  mine  appears  to be  working  although I  haven't actually   put  one on yet.

I think ive worked out where i was going wrong, compatibility view thingy was wrong lol.

fingers crossed it works!

Its now back home & with the school hols now passed im hoping to start the upholstering the inside

purplepants,  things are  looking  great,   I  much prefer  that  colour!  Lol   Can you  email me   please? I have  lost  your  email  address

Sandra

I started the lining yesterday, the right side panel is in :). I think its going fairly well for a first attempt, im so scared of making a mess of it though lol.

oh gosh im making such slow progress at the moment! I think i need a kick up the behind to make me get on with the job lol

Well heres where i am now, part of the lining is in

Still a long way to go though, im starting to get the sinking feeling it will never be done while my daughter is small enough to use it.

Well  you are  fighting  against  the  tide  aren't  you  purplepants,  you have  done  so  well,  don't  be hard on yourself please.   You   can't  be   super person  all the  time.   I'm  sure  you will get  it  done, I have   faith  in  you.   Look at me,  I still  haven't  done  your  pattern   yet!  I'm  filled  with  shame over  against  your  acheivements.

Dont worry about the pattern Sandra, i will be just fine without it, i have a marmet apron to repair first so i will have a good look at how thas made......

yes i did just say Marmet... my finger may of accidently slipped while i was browsing on ebay! so im off to liverpool tommorow to collect that. This pram thing is addictive lol.

The lining on the Osnath is so nearly done, just all the finnishing bits of binding to go on with upholstery pins then she can go back up on her chassis finally!

Oh   well   done  you!    LoL  Yes,  I know it is  addictive,  that's  how  we  all  get   going  I'm  afraid!    ONe  just leads  to  another.   You  do   sound   as  though  you  are  doing  well.   I  think  I   will  send  you  an Osnath   apron,   if  that is  ok  with  you,  can  you  email me  your  address  and  i'll  do  that?   coachbuiltprams@yahoo.com

9 months since i last posted on here! I feel quite ashamed, I havent touched the pram all winter.

I had a minor disaster with it which set me back, so i sulked & dident look at it for a while, First problem: the upholstry pins wouldent go in & kept bending, then the lining got badly marked by ink from a carrier bag (i filled one of the charrity bags with old clothes to put out later in the week, stupidly i put it in the pram while i hoovered the floor & didnt move it. when i moved it a day later it had stuck itself to my lining & left behind all the ink, the lining was wrecked i tried every cleaner & it wasnt coming out) 

Anyway sulk over i replaced the lining last week, changed my plans slightly im trimming with braid, so i need new pins & burgundy paint for them. The horses are out in the fields now so ive got plenty of spare time to get it finished!

In other news: We have a bigger car so ive got rid of my modern pram & I use the old marmet as my everyday pram, wouldent change it for the world now & Lizzy is much happier too  & i bought Lizzy an old silver cross rose doll pram at the pram fair in Lytham last week, its way too big for her yet but i couldent help myself lol.