treilley
Sustaining Partner
Started on my long list of upgrades last weekend. I was pleasantly surprised how well it went. I was able remove the head hoses, potty and holding tank in an afternoon. Thanks to Sean for the project info. My hose setup was a little different and I was able to remove the tank without removing the lower support piece. The deck waste pumpout fitting came off very easily. I plan on having one hose from the tank to a Y valve that splits between the deck pumpout and the overboard discharge. The potty will always pump directly to the tank. This should minimize the amount of Odorsafe hose I need to buy at $7.50/ft.
I also started taking up the cabin sole. I was able to remove the bungs fairly easily and the trim and sole in the vberth came up without much difficulty. The only problem I am having is that the DPO poured on so much epoxy that it has glued the trim down from the top. I have to carefully break through the edges of the thick epoxy before the trim will come up.
Any tips on removing multiple layers of varnish and epoxy from the trim? I will be replacing the sole but hope to preserve the trim. I have most of the trim out and only 1 piece split at one of the bungs although this was in the head and all the trim in there was saturated so I will most likely replace all of it in the head. It was amazing how clean it was under the vberth. I expected lots of mildew and construction debris but aside from dirt and rotted wood around the edges, it looked brand new.
Tonight I clean the tank and rebuild the potty.:eek:
Oh yeah, I received a nice fat check from the wifes father this weekend for chistmas. I immediately ordered my new furler and folding prop. I guess the grumpy old fart is ok after all.:xmas_grin He is always bragging about his $200k Etap. Wait til he sees my Ericson next season. He will surely get some delayed buyers remorse!
I also started taking up the cabin sole. I was able to remove the bungs fairly easily and the trim and sole in the vberth came up without much difficulty. The only problem I am having is that the DPO poured on so much epoxy that it has glued the trim down from the top. I have to carefully break through the edges of the thick epoxy before the trim will come up.
Any tips on removing multiple layers of varnish and epoxy from the trim? I will be replacing the sole but hope to preserve the trim. I have most of the trim out and only 1 piece split at one of the bungs although this was in the head and all the trim in there was saturated so I will most likely replace all of it in the head. It was amazing how clean it was under the vberth. I expected lots of mildew and construction debris but aside from dirt and rotted wood around the edges, it looked brand new.
Tonight I clean the tank and rebuild the potty.:eek:
Oh yeah, I received a nice fat check from the wifes father this weekend for chistmas. I immediately ordered my new furler and folding prop. I guess the grumpy old fart is ok after all.:xmas_grin He is always bragging about his $200k Etap. Wait til he sees my Ericson next season. He will surely get some delayed buyers remorse!
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