I promised we're motoring on. This week is no exception and I absolutely refuse to let a little (a ton... a literal monsoon) of rain deter me from getting stuff done on this bus.

Since getting the roof rails secured, The next logical step is painting the roof. We've used Henry Durabrite this go around and I'm not at a point to suggest or not suggest you using something similar. The bus is parked outside in the rain this week so I'll check in with you next week to let you know my thoughts.

2 coats on the sides and 3 in the center looked really good. It's by no means a single coat system like Tropi-cool, but what can you do if you want to avoid siliconized coatings...

Then we installed solar panels that are literally taller than Mariajosé. POWER! They're 415W each for a system total of 2490W. That is unless we add our 2 remaining panels, who knows.

Lastly, I used the CNC to predrill and carve to perfection our skylights. More on those later. Everything is always a bit of trial and error and I'm still not an expert on the CNC, but I'm truly learning to love milling and machining on it.

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Chapters
0:00 Intro and Recap
0:29 Time to coat this school bus roof.
3:28 We need your help, please and thanks!
4:05 It's time to focus on Power. SOLAR POWER!
5:26 Focusing on this lil' positive "thing" Solar MC4s.
9:25 We're designing skylights in a complicated CNC required way.