Vinyl & Glue Removed . . . more fun begins

Well, all the vinyl is gone and most of the glue taken off with an angle grinder with one bad ass wire brush attached. I was smart enough to mask off the areas where I didn't want residue with masking tape and cheap drop cloths which saved me a lot of cleanup. I also wore appropriate safety gear . . .LUKE . . . I AM YOUR FATHER . . . at least that's what I felt like ;-) The clean spot in the middle is after one pass of the grinder My next step is to wash down the walls with acetone and get as much remaining residue off as I can. Then I hope to fair it with West Systems 410, the light micro-ballons. Here is the question of the day . . . am I now going to be getting condensation on these "walls" and the underside of the decks? If so, was the foam backed vinyl that was there preventing it before or just absorbing it? Donald if you're reading this, did your wife ever have the chance to look into insulation values of paints or fillers with the microballoons? The one thing that has really struck me about this job so far is how inaccessible the genny track bolts, the stanchion base bolts and basically anything bolted to the side decks are. Without basically destroying the interior of the boat they are basically not accessible which explains why I have 2 stanchion bases that are cracked and probably 3 others that wobble! Paul West Adventure Kwest '80 Cal 39

Well done, Paul! Damned impressive job. Question, was all the glue you removed with the brush dry? Did you have any glue that was gummy? If so how did you remove the gummy glue? Regards, Wayne From: "pw… [at] aol.com" <pw… [at] aol.com> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Cc: mr… [at] efni.com Sent: Wed, May 5, 2010 3:59:29 PM Subject: [Cal_Boats] Vinyl & Glue Removed . . . more fun begins Well, all the vinyl is gone and most of the glue taken off with an angle grinder with one bad ass wire brush attached. I was smart enough to mask off the areas where I didn't want residue with masking tape and cheap drop cloths which saved me a lot of cleanup. I also wore appropriate safety gear . . .LUKE . . . I AM YOUR FATHER . . . at least that's what I felt like ;-) The clean spot in the middle is after one pass of the grinder My next step is to wash down the walls with acetone and get as much remaining residue off as I can. Then I hope to fair it with West Systems 410, the light micro-ballons. Here is the question of the day . . . am I now going to be getting condensation on these "walls" and the underside of the decks? If so, was the foam backed vinyl that was there preventing it before or just absorbing it? Donald if you're reading this, did your wife ever have the chance to look into insulation values of paints or fillers with the microballoons? The one thing that has really struck me about this job so far is how inaccessible the genny track bolts, the stanchion base bolts and basically anything bolted to the side decks are. Without basically destroying the interior of the boat they are basically not accessible which explains why I have 2 stanchion bases that are cracked and probably 3 others that wobble! Paul West Adventure Kwest '80 Cal 39

pw… [at] aol.com wrote: > > Here is the question of the day . . . am I now going to be getting > condensation on these "walls" and the underside of the decks? If so, > was the foam backed vinyl that was there preventing it before or just > absorbing it? If it's any help, I get condensation below the waterline on the bare, painted fiberglass interior of my Cal 20. It happens when the weather is warm & humid. You can see where the waterline is by viewing the condensation line down below. We're in a place where the water tends to stay cold all summer, especially when the wind is offshore, driving off the warm surface water and causing the upwelling along shore of cold deep water. Chris Campbell >