The story of various DIY projects from 'Soup to Nuts' and an 'artist' giving it his best shot at starting a new career
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
Bulkheads
The new bulkheads have now been completed replacing the ones that were damage by the fire.
The biggest mess/damage maker in the fire was the smoke.
The toxic smoke produced by the vinyl, coated everything with a thick black stinky sticky mess.
Being a production boat the woodwork in most cases was only screwed so by clearing this, it was a fairly simple job of ripping out the linings, exposing the glass hull, which was only dirty and cleaned up well with detergent and water.
The transformation from black to nice clean new timber and glass has been quite dramatic.
All the bulkheads are now Maple which will make it look a bit lighter, I will be fitting insulation throughout which will help extend our cruising, so together with the heating system (Wallas 2400) that was in the boat we should be able to use it all year round.
I was surprised that the hull was solid glass and not a cored foam and glass, when working at night with the light showing through the hull it look quite spooky.
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