Sanding foam and the saloon ceiling
Hello! Happy Sunday :)
This week I've had a lot of work work, the boat-funding kind, but I still broke ground on the saloon ("lounge", "living room"), starting with the ceiling battens:
Followed by panelling, while ignoring my own advice about doing one thing at a time (I promise you there's a plan):
And with only a couple of weeks to move onboard I finally unrolled the foam mattress, then using an electric bread knife started rough-cutting it to shape:
It's great for consistent, meaty cuts, but for shaping not so much.
And early this morning, a quick detour to help on the ground with hot air ballooning:
It was fun to see a dozen inflate and take-off in quick succession!
Back onboard, I finished half of the panelling for the saloon ceiling, minus a thin strip on the right:
The visual progress feels so good! And then more mattress shaping:
The knife is fine for rough cuts, but those curves are a %!*@#. I've used a sanding disk on an angle grinder which kinda works, and is unbelievably messy.
Until next Sunday!
- Nick