Saturday, February 12th, I spent the day sanding and painting. Finally, I ended the obnoxious blue cabinets above the ice box and sink. No longer will these blue monsters stare me down as I move about below. I began with scuffing up and removing any loose material using 80 grit paper. After vacuuming most of the sanding dust, I wiped the surfaces down with solvent. I taped off the counter-to-cabinet vertical surfaces, and generally prepped for painting. I used Interlux Pre-Kote as the primer; and will eventually come back with two coats of Interlux Brightsides.
Here is the port cabinet primed. The port cabinet sits atop the ice box (just out of the picture); the starboard cabinet its atop of the sink - not shown on this post.
After I finished up with the cabinets, I turned my attention to the cabin sole. I had, a few months back, coated the cabin sole with a coat of 'neat' epoxy in order to further seal any exposed marine ply. So prior to priming, I sanded the surface just aft of the bilge access lid and up toward the aft portion of the v-berth. After vacuuming and solvent washing the surface, I primed with Interlux Pre-Kote. Bilge access lid removed, and bilge is visible in picture below; the hooks shown below are to secure the companionway ladder entering and exiting the cabin.
After finishing the interior priming, I had plans to sand the first coat of the topsides paint (pink) and prepare for the second round. So, I taped off the companionway, the deadlights, the portlight on the forward portion of the coach roof, and the forward hatch. I then sanded around the tape line marking the lower portion of the topsides paint (waterline), and began to sand the remainder of the topsides. However, with limited time, I knew I could not complete the sanding of the topsides without neglecting my other goal for the day...so I decided to save the sanding of the topsides for another day - likely just prior to the painting the second coat of topsides paint. Here is a picture of the companionway secured with plastic sheeting to prevent sanding dust from settling on the newly primed interior surfaces.
I then turned my attention to the cockpit. It had been awhile since I applied the first coat of primer to the cockpit, and since I sanded, filled, and faired the gelcoat blemishes. So, I was exited to unify the look of Froonie's decks with a good prime coat on her cockpit surfaces. I sanded all surface aft of the coach roof with 220 grit, vacuumed and solvent washed to prepare for primer. I then mixed the two part primer that I had been using on the exterior surfaces - Interlux Primekote - and set aside for the twenty minute induction time. While I waited through the induction time, I mixed a small batch of epoxy, thickened with silica and micro-balloons, and filled the rough epoxy work I did for the aft chain plate to seat on. Once I concluded this fairing application, the Primekote was ready to use. I thinned with 2333N, and began priming the cockpit surfaces. Results below; and that wrapped up a day's work.
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