Today I went from 2:30 till 7...
Settees removed, head bulkheads removed. Chainplates pulled, galley bulkheads removed... Salon shelves removed...
Then all the tabs ground down. I ground down to the first layer of mat against the hull with my 8 inch makita grinder, and made a lot of dust. Pretty much everything was tabbed in with 5 layers. 1 layer of mat against the hull, 1 layer of roving, another layer of mat and another of roving, then a last layer of mat. I swept up close to 30 lbs of dust by the old calibrated elbow... lifting the cardboard box over the side.
I removed the paint using a 4.5 inch grinder with a twisted wire wheel. (not a cup style)
I held it perpendicular the hull, and moved it up and down following the angles of roving, then held it upside down and blasted the other side of the roving. Fastest way I've come up with for paint removal... Though it has crossed my mind that it'd take all of a half hour to grind the inside of the hull smooth with 40 grit on an 8 inch... But that would sacrifice some strength, and I'm not into that even though the Triton is built sturdier than the temple mount...
As far as order of operations go, take out the shelves and top of the bulkhead and grind it all flush before removing the settees. I wasn't thinking straight when I started from the bottom up... Ended up twisting and contorting to make it all happen... cest la vie. Small boats are not as easy to work on as big ones, though a day of grinding does noticeable things.
Cheers,
Zach
1 comment:
Last summer I overhead ground down the cabin dechead that was delaminating:(. I used an antique 7' angle grinder. I know the dust that is produced and I feel for you. Wonderful blog.
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