Off-Road Camper Build

First three pictures are what the trailer looked like before I started the project.

Next I bent some 1 1/4" pipe for some side protection:

Then I separated the body from the frame:

Once that was done, I stripped the frame and painted it.

After read as much information as I could find, it was suggested that I paint the galvanized metal bed with a water base paint. Wrong!

It started peeling the next day, so out came the sander and paint stripper.

This is after several hours of work:

Finally got some primer on it: