I am currently painting the insides of the lockers in the quarter berth prior to installing the locker fronts. At the same time I have painted the rest of the quarter berth area including under the bunks. I am using International Interprotect over clear epoxy which meant sanding the gloss off the clear epoxy before applying the two coats of Interprotect. The round base of the random orbital sander has been effective in sanding the inside of the radius chine but there is still a lot of hand sanding of stringers.
The painting could not proceed until I had glassed the shelves in the locker to the hull. Some shelves are located so close to stringers that I can glass only one side of the shelf to the hull so I am doubling the glass in those cases. Peel ply is proving very effective in holding down the wet edge of the glass and giving a nice smooth transition from bare timber to the glassed area. The extra time taken to cut and apply the peel ply is more than made up by the reduced clean up and sanding time.
The power board and instrument area behind the chart table is getting the same epoxy glass and paint treatment ready for installing the frame for the panel. This meant finishing the chart table upside down.
By my reckoning there are just three frames left to fit. One for the hanging locker in the quarter berth area, one for the side of the vanity in the head and one for the front edge of the seat in the chart area.
At least three coats of epoxy or epoxy paint over all the quarter berth area of our Didi 40 Cr
Paint and progress on the chart table area of our Didi 40 Cr
Shelves glassed to the hull in the galley area of our Didi 40 Cr.