December 20, 2012

The brevity of the post belies the length of the labor.  Wet-sanded and painted the head twice more, for a total of one coat of PrimeKote and three coats of Brightsides Hatteras Off White.  Top coats were rolled-and-tipped, which resulted in a very smooth and shiny finish.  After pulling the masking tape from the painting, I sanded the teak trim in the aft head and masked it off.  So far, there are two coats of Epifanes Rapidcoat on the teak, and it already looks pretty good.

The oak shelf for the vanity got two more coats of epoxy (sanded between coats) and a first coat of varnish. With luck, one more sanding and coat of varnish will do it.

Finally, I got started on sanding the exterior teak trim around the doghouse.  It was in such bad shape that I had to start with the grinder to level the grain.  I've got Jordan working with the orbital sander, starting with 60 grit, to smooth out the grinder marks.  Hopefully we'll get it down to 220 grit by noon tomorrow so I can seal it with penetrating epoxy before I take off for Des Moines with Carol for the holiday.