Inside and Out

I have put down the remaining work on a calendar.  Plan the work and Work the plan.  According to this adage, I should be done in August!  Even with that, I will need to continue to work evenings.

The plan for last week day evenings was to sand all of the teak in the cockpit. There were a lot of areas where drips had left their mark.  Besides the varnish had become old and rough throughout.  If you look closely at the teak on the left side of the picture, you can see one of those drips in the upper middle and that is after my first sanding!  The door in the back ground is for comparison to what I started with.

This is the same door midway through sanding.  I had to get pretty aggressive, using 80 grit sandpaper.  I created a real mess in the cockpit and probably inhaled my share of dust, even with a face mask.

Most of the wood is teak veneer plywood, so you have to be fairly careful not to sand through the veneer.  I probably had about 4 small "oops" moments throughout.  Hopefully I am the only one who will know where they are after everything is varnished!

I figure I spent a total of 10 hours sanding and another 2 hours cleaning up.  I washed down the teak with a bleach/water solution and then "showered" it with water.  Ended up hosing down the whole inside.  Now to try and keep it from getting more drips from the window, which have not been sealed yet!

On Saturday, I put the second coat of paint on the boot stripe area.  I am going with a 3" boot stripe, so I masked off the bottom paint/water line and faded the paint upwards.

The top of the boot stripe will be level and I will lay that out prior to painting the remainder of the topsides in Flag Blue.  According to the "Plan", that is scheduled for the week of July 4th.  I have taken that week off of work.

The majority of the boot stripe will do with 3 coats, however areas like this will need at least 4 coats to cover.

With the remaining paint, I added Intergrip non-skid additive and painted the various hatch covers.

All of the existing hatches had an integrated non-skid molded into the fiberglass.  But after filling in holes and wear and tear, it would not match, so I decided to try using the Intergrip right on top, without sanding down the existing non-skid.  This is a close up.

Same hatch cover a couple of feet back.  I decided to add 1:1 ratio of Flattening Agent to the paint to take away the gloss.  Both for contrast with the glossy border as well as to help hide the imperfections in the non-skid area.

I mixed about 8 oz of paint, 8 oz of flattening agent and 2 oz of Interdeck.    Had about 4 oz left over.

This is one of the new hatches that I made that will cover the stern extension that houses the outboards and gas tank.











Look Ahead.

This next week, I hope to lay paint down in the cabin, while things are clean and tidy.  This will prep the cabin for starting to lay out the wiring and plumbing.