Whitewater Interior Progress

[abl1111]

Thx. The "aggressive" wire brush made me worry that I would be removing the glue along with a hell of a lot of glass, which I do not want to do. If you were to re-do, would you us that style of wire brush ?

I have to remove 'some' residual glue in the cabin of my 23' Tsunami. I removed the old shag carpet a year or so ago, bought replacement stuff and just have not had the chance/time to finalize securing all the wiring that runs in and around through there - I want all the wiring to be accessable mounted on top of the carpet.

Also removed all the bow rail screws and ground out from within the cabin, all the wet wood from the bow rail screws leaking - re-glassed these areas thicker (no wood now) so there will be nothing to rot, even if there is future water intrusion. Bitchy job 'cause the angle of the cabin ceiling and the hull get real narrow near the toerail ( a dremel with a fiberglass cutting blade made it work in the tight spots ).

I would love to just wipe the glue residue off with a thinner of some sorts, but feel the fumes would do a lot of damamge - even more than college did

[Bryan A.]

OK, vacation again, time to move ahead in larger strides. Here are some pics of what I have been up to over the past month.

The first pic is the panel I put in to allow more mounting of stuff.


The second are the cleats put in to accept the box that is going to cover all the wires.


And the rest are of the beam that I will be laminating in place out of 1/4" mohaghany to support the forward deck which flexes a little. Its not soft, it is just un supported. After the beam is built it will be passed through a jointer to clean up the sides. The laminations should look sharp all varnished up.

Don't mind the mess.

[Bryan A.]

Sorry about the big pics, forgot to resize.