| Kaholee Refit | December 19, 2006 I worked all day on the interior, removing old paint from the v-berth, chain locker, and saloon overhead. I began in the chain locker, and ground the inside of the hull and underside of the deck to the extent necessary. The existing paint here had been in fair condition, but still required sanding before recoating could be considered. I ground only as much as was necessary to ensure a solid substrate for new paint later, and refrained from removing all the paint if it wasn't necessary. |
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I continued in the v-berth area. I found that the white paint on the sides of the hull (the "ceiling"), while not loose or flaking, was cracked throughout, as if it had shrunken somewhat and pulled away from itself. The layers of light blue and white paint beneath these topcoats were well adhered to the hull, but the top layers seemed as if they might be latex, and gummed up the sanding discs as I proceeded. I had to grind away the top layer, but because the underlying blue paint was sound, I didn't remove it entirely. The overhead in the v-berth, particularly in the raised cabin trunk area, was in much worse condition, and I had to remove nearly all the existing paint to rid it of flaking and failing paint. I also sanded the plywood bulkhead; the paint here was in relatively sound condition and didn't need to be completely removed or heavily sanded. |
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With the grinding in the v-berth complete, I continued in the saloon, and removed all the paint from the overhead and inside of the cabin trunk. The white paint here had been failing badly and was loose and flaking away. With a rough fiberglass surface, I didn't try to smooth it completely or remove all the paint from within the weave of the fiberglass material. The first row of photos below shows the saloon before I began grinding. Total Time on This Job Today: 7 hours |
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