Project Log: Saturday, December 4, 2010
While awaiting the arrival of the new sander I planned
to use in the cockpit, I used another tool to sand and
strip the teak caprails. I'd grown weary of the
mottled appearance of these rails: an amalgamation
of weathered wood, stains, flaking Cetol, and so forth.
This was one of those "feel good" jobs--something that
would need to be done eventually, but I chose to do it
now in large part because I simply wanted to look at
something nicer (i.e. bare teak).
The rails would need some repair work, rebunging, and
plenty more sanding, but I thought things already looked
better. For the moment, I just sanded around and
as close to the various obstructions as I could.
Detail work would come later.
I was still undecided whether to bother trying to remove
the various cleats and U-bolts that were still in place
(various rigging attachment points); access to the nuts
beneath these pieces of hardware was difficult, far up
inside the molded bulwarks. I'd yet to make an
attempt to rig up a long-enough ratchet extension to
undo these bolts, and was of two minds whether or not to
even try. In any event, for the moment they
remained in place, and I'd make the final decision
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By lunchtime, my new sander had arrived, so I spent the
afternoon sanding the remainder of the cockpit and
cockpit coamings, completing this round of deck sanding. |
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The next step on the deck work would be hole filling and
patching, and other repairs as necessary, followed by
additional machine and hand sanding to fully prepare the
surfaces for high-build primer.
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Total Time Today: 4 hours
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