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Monday

With sufficient gloss base-coatage on the interior trim and bulkheads, my next coat would be the final (hopefully, or nearly so in any event) one, this time with the rubbed-effect satin varnish I used on the other parts of the cabin during the earlier phase.  So after another round of sanding and cleanup, and other final preparations, I applied the satin varnish to all areas.  A few hours later, the new coating had dried enough to bring out its satin texture, though in these photos a few wet spots remain, mainly on the little section of cabin sole.

The loose trim and cabinet doors and drawer fronts were one coat behind, still in the gloss base buildup stage, so after another sanding I applied the 4th coat of gloss varnish to these pieces.

Total time billed on this job today:  2.75 hours

0600 Weather Observation::
32°, cloudy.  Forecast for the day:  rain, sleet, freezing rain, 35.  Spring in Maine.

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Friday

Once more, I sanded and revarnished the trim and bulkheads in the cabin, and then the loose parts down on the bench.

Total time billed on this job today:  2 hours

0600 Weather Observation:
15°, clear.  Forecast for the day:  clouding over, snow/rain showers in the afternoon, 30s

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Thursday

After the usual light sanding and cleanup, I applied another fresh coat of varnish to the interior bulkheads and trim.

Similarly, I continued the process with the loose parts and doors down on the shop benches.

Total time billed on this job today:  2 hours

0600 Weather Observation:
11°, clear.  Forecast for the day:  sunny, windy, cold, 30°

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Wednesday

After a light sanding and final preparations, I continued the new varnish work in the cabin with coat #2.

Back in the shop, I sanded the  teak base trim, drawer fronts, cabinet doors, and the head and forward cabin doors through the grits to clean and prepare the newly-stripped surfaces for varnish.

After cleaning up the wood and shop, I applied a sealer coat of varnish to all pieces.

Total time billed on this job today:  4.25 hours

0600 Weather Observation:
30°, clear.  Forecast for the day:  getting colder, clear, windy.

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Tuesday

In the cabin, I masked off the trim and other areas to be varnished in the forward cabin and passageway.  After final cleanup and preparations, I applied the first of several coats of varnish to these areas.

Later, down in the shop, I turned to the various drawer fronts and doors, and stripped the old finish with a scraper and heat gun.

Total time billed on this job today:  4 hours

0600 Weather Observation:
28°, partly cloudy.  Forecast for the day:  sun and clouds, showers, 44°

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Monday

With the completion of the interior refinishing in the main cabin last fall, the owners decided that they also wanted to refinish the adjacent cabin areas, in the passageway and forward cabin.  Now, with some time in the schedule, I turned to this phase of the work.

As with the main cabin at the start of things, the old finishes in the passageway and forward cabin were in fair to poor condition, with the varnish lifting and a generally worn appearance.

To begin, I removed all the loose trim, drawers, small doors, and the two large doors leading to the head and forward cabin.

Much of the area was to receive white paint, much like the after portions of the cabin, with the port transverse bulkhead to be finished bright, along with the doors, drawer fronts, and trim.  To prepare the areas for their eventual refinishing, I stripped the old varnish from the bulkhead and various trims, including the head door jambs, then sanded the whole area smooth and clean with various grits, cleaning up the newly-bare wood and otherwise preparing the adjacent areas for primer and paint.

Finally, I solvent-washed the area to prepare for the next steps.

Total time billed on this job today:  7 hours

0600 Weather Observation:
25°, clear.  Forecast for the day:  sunny, 44°

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Monday

Now that I had new liner fabric and adhesive on hand, I finished up my work list with the quarterberth liner.  Using the old vinyl piece–I’d removed this earlier–as a template, I cut a piece of the new fabric to fit, then dry-fit it in place to check the fit and see if I needed to cut any darts or make other changes.  It actually smoothed into place very nicely and stayed where I wanted it, so I masked around it with tape and paper to prevent overspray on adjacent surfaces.  Then, to permanently install the fabric I pulled away sections at a time and sprayed on the adhesive, then pressed the fabric back into place.

Once I’d glued the fabric in place, I finished up the job by securing the VHF antenna cable along the back side of the nav station cabinet, reinstalled three trim original pieces on the aft bulkhead, and installed a small piece of trim along the outer edge of that cabinet since I thought it looked nicer than the original raw edge.

This ended my current work list for this project.

Total time billed on this job today:  1.25 hours

0600 Weather Observation:
-1°, clear.  Forecast for the day:  Sunny, 15°

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Friday

I took a day off from the project to give the freshly-varnished cabin sole plenty of cure time before getting to work on finishing up and reassembling the cabin.  Now, I began by reinstalling the cabin sole base trim around the perimeter of the main cabin.

Next, I reinstalled the bookshelf, bulkhead lamps, and clock on the forward bulkheads, after which I returned to their original locations all the various books, hardware, galley equipment, and other loose gear that I’d removed before beginning the interior refinishing.

One small final item was to install two new louvered covers for insides of the Dorade vents over the raw holes in the overhead:  one in the passageway, and the other in the head.

The only job still on my list at this point was to install the new liner in the quarterberth, which I’d finish up as soon as the new materials were on hand.

Total time billed on this job today:  5 hours

0600 Weather Observation:
-5°, clear, windy.  Forecast for the day:  clear and windy, 8°

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Wednesday

This project was really winding down now, but there were a few odds and ends to take care of yet.  One of these was to reinstall a little paper towel holder and cover above the engine room countertop.  This angled piece had originally covered the back sides of the old engine instruments, and had been installed with a pair of the plastic slam latches used throughout the boat.  One of these was broken, and since such quick access was no longer required to this area (since I’d removed the gauges), I decided to install the unit with a pair of cleats, which I screwed to the liner and the backing behind it.  I used a single screw on each side of the angled unit to secure it to the cleats, making it still easily removable if needed, but otherwise secure.

In the quarterberth, there was an old (original) vinyl liner glued to the hull, and this was in poor condition.

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The owner asked that I replace it with a new fabric liner, so with the bulk of the other work now behind me, I turned to the removal of the old liner.  Fortunately, though the liner was still adhered well with its adhesive and a few wooden trim pieces at the aft end, it pulled away easily once I started it, and it took little time to remove the old liner in one piece, which I’d use to help prepare the new fabric once it arrived.  I’d return to this project in due course.

After final preparations, I applied a coat of rubbed-effect satin varnish to the cabin sole and centerline hatches, which wrapped up what I could accomplish for this day.  These photos show the varnish after an overnight cure.

Total time billed on this job today:  3.5 hours

0600 Weather Observation:
Mostly clear, 20° .  Forecast for the day:  Mostly sunny, 30s

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Tuesday

I spent the morning reassembling hinges and so forth on the varnished doors, then reinstalling all the doors and drawers in the boat, along with the base trim in the nav station foot well.  The base trim on the remainder of the cabin sole would wait till I completed the varnish work there.

The port door over the upper electrical service locker on the aft cabin bulkhead needed some latch modification.  The original slam latch receptacle had at one time in the past been reinstalled upside down or sideways, and didn’t function properly to capture the screw on the back of the locker door.  I knocked the mounting block loose from the inside of the locker and, after cleaning things up a bit, reinstalled it in the correct orientation with some epoxy adhesive, clamping the block in place while the epoxy cured.

I lightly sanded the varnish on the cabin sole, then applied another gloss coat only to the little trim areas, thresholds, and center strip and hatches, attempting to bring these areas to a similar beginning state as the main sole panels.  I hoped to apply satin varnish to the entire sole next time.

I also varnished the exterior side of the companionway swashboards, which required only this maintenance coat.

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Total time billed on this job today:  4 hours

0600 Weather Observation:
10°, clear.  Forecast for the day:  sun and clouds, 32°

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