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Thursday

The interior paint was looking good, and I went ahead and unmasked the cabin now that the major painting was complete.  There’d be more paint work in some of the lockers and bilges in the near future.

After some final sanding here and there, I cleaned up the various trim and cabin sole pieces and applied a sealer coat of varnish, the first of several on the bare wood.  I planned to give the fresh paint in the cabin some cure time before masking again for the brightwork portion of the cabin work.

Total time billed on this job today:  2.5 hours

0600 Weather Observation:
23°, clouds.  Forecast for the day:  clouds and sun, 40s

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Wednesday

After final preparations, I applied a coat of semi-gloss white enamel to the interior surfaces.

In the woodshop, I continued work on the various loose pieces of trim and cabin sole, cleaning up and sanding the areas I’d repaired, and sanding clean all the other pieces to remove or otherwise prepare the old finish. Where the existing finish was sound, I simply sanded lightly to accept new finish coats.  I had to make another repair or two to the cabin sole and one of the veneered panels from the head area, so I’d await their completion before I started varnish work.

Total time billed on this job today:  7 hours

0600 Weather Observation:
34°, cloudy.  Forecast for the day: clouds and sun, 44°

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Tuesday

During the morning, I applied a coat of primer to all interior spaces.

Later, I turned to some of the loose woodwork and trim, including the cabin sole pieces, that I’d stored down in the shop.  Preparing for refinishing, I stripped varnish from a couple pieces of trim that were in bad condition, and effected some minor veneer gluing repairs as needed.

The cabin sole sections were in rough shape, with ancient and failing finish, so I elected to strip the old finish from the top surfaces.    Afterwards, I made some repairs to the sole pieces, refastening some of the athwartships cleats that secured the sections together and gluing on some sections that had broken sometime in the boat’s life.  I’d continue work on these and the other interior woodwork next time, once the repairs were cured.

Total time billed on this job today:  6.5 hours

0600 Weather Observation:
10°, clear.  Forecast for the day:  Sunny, mid-30s.

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Monday

Now that the exterior work was largely complete, I turned once more to the interior.  I spent the morning on various and sundry tasks to prepare the area for priming and painting, and other work, including some final sanding work on some of the patchwork I’d  worked on before closing the interior up for the deck painting.  With these minor tasks out of the way, I vacuumed and solvent-washed the whole interior (i.e. the overhead, cabin trunk, insides of the hull, undersides of the deck, etc.).

First thing in the afternoon, I painted the chainlocker area with white Bilgekote.

Afterwards, I masked off the shelves, berth platforms, trim, and other areas to prepare the interior for primer and paint.  To protect against the inevitable drips, since the berth tops and other areas were unfinished, I covered the flat surfaces with paper for the duration.   Exciting stuff, undoubtedly, but necessary.

Total time billed on this job today:  7 hours

0600 Weather Observation:
34°, partly cloudy.  Forecast for the day:  clearing, mid 30s

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Saturday

In a brief work session, I applied the second coat of nonskid paint to the deck areas.  Later, I removed the masking tape.

Total time billed on this job today:  2 hours

0600 Weather Observation:
20°, mainly cloudy.  Forecast for the day:  eventual clearing, near 40

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Friday

The new gloss paint had had enough cure time, so now I went ahead and masked over the new paint, replicating the lines I’d laid out before but in reverse so I could prepare for nonskid paint in the field areas.

After final preparations, I applied the first of two coats of nonskid paint in a light beige color.

Total time billed on this job today:  3.5 hours

0600 Weather Observation:
22°, clear.  Forecast for the day:  sunny, 34°

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Thursday

Now that the fresh topcoat had had nearly 24 hours’ cure time, and the exterior painting complete, I went ahead and removed all the masking tape from the boat, revealing the clean paint lines and giving a hint to the final appearance of the boat.  I also took the chance to clean up from the recent painting efforts, stowing away the various equipment and returning the shop to more or less normal order.  I’d give the fresh gloss paint another day before overmasking for the nonskid portion of the deck.

Total time billed on this job today:   3.75 hours

0600 Weather Observation:
20 °, snow, about 4-5″ overnight.  Forecast for the day:  Snow ending, then clearing, low 30s.

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Wednesday

After final preparations, paint mixing, and tacking off, I applied three coats of Alexseal off-white gloss topcoat to the deck areas.   I sprayed the decks in two stages this time (I’d been able to do the primers all at once), to avoid leaning into fresh paint:  first the cockpit well and seating areas, as well as the coachroof and hatch tops, then, after three coats in those areas, I continued with three coats on the cabin trunk channels, and other areas.

Total time billed on this job today:  4.75 hours

0600 Weather Observation:
Mostly clear, 20°.  Forecast for the day:  Snow beginning late in the afternoon, perhaps another 8-12″ overnight.

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Tuesday

After spending the morning clearing snow and preparing for the next round in another day or so, I got to work in the shop with final preparations for the gloss topcoats on the deck.  During the afternoon, I laid out and masked off the eventual nonskid areas, leaving borders around the edges as necessary for appearance and function.  I covered the field areas with paper to protect against overspray.

Afterwards, I cleaned up the shop and washed down, and finished up with a final vacuum and solvent-wash along with early preparations for the paint and spray equipment.

Total time billed on this job today:  3.25 hours

0600 Weather Observation:
12°, clear.  24″ or so of snow yesterday..  Forecast for the day:  sunny, high 20s.

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Monday

Starting in the cockpit, and moving outboard, I lightly sanded the fresh primer by hand and machine, smoothing the surface and preparing it for the next steps.  Afterwards, I vacuumed up the dust and performed an initial solvent wash to clean the surfaces for the next stage of masking.

Normally, I’d have continued work, but with heavy snowfall outside I had to turn my attention to plowing staying ahead of the snowfall rates.

Total time billed on this job today:  3.5 hours

0600 Weather Observation:
20°, heavy snow, maybe 10-12″ since inception.    Forecast for the day:  snow all day, very heavy all morning and into the afternoon.