Step by Step Van Ceiling & How to Make Two Part Wood Bleach

Welcome to our Ford Transit build series episode 9! 🚐

In this step by step van ceiling video, we take you through each part of our ceiling process from milling our own wood slats, to making a homemade two part wood bleach, to building a slatted ceiling, to installing the ceiling in our van.

We really love how our slatted ceiling turned out and would definitely use this same method again when building a van!

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We are Maddie and Nico and we’re building out our 2020 Ford Transit to live in full time. After traveling to numerous countries and living together both abroad and in the US, we have decided to take the leap and become digital nomads! Neither of us have any building or carpentry skills. We are taking on this project completely self-taught!

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00:00 Introduction
00:13 Cutting & Planing the Slats
01:59 DIY Two Part Wood Bleach
08:42 Sealing the Slats
10:46 Cutting the Plywood Backing
16:13 Dry-Fit & Marking the Center
17:16 Attaching the Slats
19:28 Cutting Out and Pre-Wiring the Lights
21:18 Installing the Ceiling
22:52 Wiring the Lights in Parallel
23:56 Lessons Learned