Days 236 - 242 [16 - 22] Hull, Prep-work-painting, Thru-hulls, Cutless

 

 

Dec 20, Sanding topsides

Sanding fairing on topsides, a lot of sanding, all guide coat sanded out.

Starboard  end of the day pictures.

Port side

Mixing One more layer of barrier coat, but then realized we need to sand whole bottom, so next layer of barrie rcoat move

Second layer of the barrier coat done.

Maria is trying painting hood. It appeared WAY too small. ;-)

Dec 21 Priming topsides (2 layers in one day) 

 Maria inspecting the work early morning.

 

 THE LAST blister glassed and putty applied.

 

Transom required a lot of putty to get good. Not really deep voids, but a lot of shallow imperfections and old fish eyes.

 

 Me sanding transom 

  

 

 Then we sanded barriercoat between layers. It was a warm day and it was not a glass sanding, so no hazmat suits this time, just positive pressure mask.

 

 Me after sanding 

 

 

Then 2 layers of top side primer. 

Layer one

 Second layer applying almost in dark.

Layer Two 

Dec 22,  Third layer of top side primer.

 

Me and my wife Maria

Cutless

Homemade cutless remove. Poor man remover - Piece of 1/2" pipe fitting, long bolt and set of washers. 

Works excellent. DO NOT FORGET UNDO SET SCREWS.

 

 

 

 

Old cutlass removed.

 

Pushing new in.

Almost on place

Cutless bearing for Irwin  34 1978

Day is over - time to go home.

 

Fishing boats docks net to boatyard.

 

Dec 23, Thru-hull backing plates glassing, Bulkhead tabbing redo, glassing  raw water pump  installation for HVAC unit. 

Dry-fit - prototyping HVAC raw water pump installation. try to be compact as possible 

 

 Bulkhead tabbing

Foam filler between cabin inside fiberglass/bulkhead and hull filled with foam to provide support for glassing. 4 layers of 1708 on epoxy.

4 layers of 1708 on epoxy tabbing. 

 

HVAC raw water thru-hull back plate and mount for water strainer glassed.

 

 

 New 100AH LiFePo battery installed instead of old lead  one.

Final-final fairing small imperfections on topsides.

Closed strut bolts woth PVC inserts and cover with putty.

Dec 26,  Final prepping topsides.

Dec  27  First layer of topside paint.

A LOT OF cleaning. scuff sand with 320 grit, washing with soap, washing with clean water, drying, two rag wiping with alcohol, wipe with tack cloth.

 

IND THAN - PAINING. 

Dec  28 - second layer of the topside and first layer of anti-fouling bottom paint. 

Overnight spider web at boatyard.

 At the morning we had a surprise - transom was completely flat finish - not a gloss, and full of runs,  starboard side has 2 big flat spots due to water condensation ;-(. many of airbobbles on first layer. However, allover all looks much better than last night.

We decided that we may put at least one layer of bottom paint today, so we sanding bottom to. 

Light sanding of imperfections on top, and whole cycle of washing again Soap-water-Alcohol-tack rug.

 

Just result (not final), to final view we need to see it tomorrow morning. All in weather hands now. If condensation ruin surface again we will need to do 3-rd coat of top paint.

Applied first coat of bottom plaint as well - Totalboat Spartan paint. We may do second consequent layer, but figured out that we are out of paint rollers for bottom paint. So, only one coat today.