Project Log: Saturday, April 25, 2015
I spent most of the day working to complete the cockpit
masking and preparation for primer. With the rest
of the boat already masked off for protection from my
earlier session, I concentrated on what remained:
various installations within the cockpit, and the
transition between the unpainted cockpit and the painted
area at the edges.
To begin, I set up staging planks on both sides of the
boat. This would give me access during spraying;
as with other parts of the deck of this boat, spray
access was a challenge to overcome before beginning.
To gain enough height, I stacked several of my staging
planks atop one another one each side.
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At the cockpit edges, where the new paint needed to be
transitioned into previously-painted area, I worked
through several steps to prepare. First, I laid
down a masking tape border at the (already painted)
outboard edge, about 1/2" from the edge. Then, I
added masking paper and more tape outboard of this,
since I don't trust rolls of plastic sheeting to be
perfectly hole-free, and also the paper was a better
boundary for the s praying since it would absorb
overspray rather than have it land on the surface of the
nonstick plastic only to be flaked off later during
future steps.
Finally, I added a strip of foam masking tape, which
would help the transition be as smooth and seamless as
possible. To help hold the foam in place, I taped
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In the cockpit, I masked up the pilothouse door and
window, some access port cutouts, the scuppers, and the
lazarette hatch opening. Afterwards, I vacuumed
and solvent-washed (two rounds) the whole area, the
final step in its preparation. |
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To access certain areas of the deep cockpit, I'd need to
start the spraying from within, so to protect the areas
on which I'd need to trod, I installed some patches of
paper. While working from within was not a
desirable step, I couldn't see a way around it in order
to reach all areas.
Once I got the inaccessible areas sprayed from inside
the well, I'd remove the paper and spray the remainder
from the staging. |
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Afterwards, I worked on the shop to prepare, and set up
spray equipment and paint for the primer work ahead. |
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Total Time Today: 5.75 Hours |
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