On this week's episode of Onboard Lifestyle we keep pushing ahead on our steering system and fix an issue that developed on our custom 435 catamaran SV basik...

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good morning welcome back dusty basic

okay this weather is just amazing so

it's time to get barrier code on these

routers not only on the runners will get

some protection on these cassettes the

cassettes are gonna be buried in the

hole so I didn't fare those out but I do

want to get some protection on there so

we can get over to the haul out facility

without any water penetrating through

the epoxy and that's where this comes in

reason interlocks inner protect mm it's

a multi-part

epoxy primer designed for above or below

the waterline so this should give us

nice protection on both the rudders and

the cassettes we're gonna put on

multiple coats build up the thickness to

about 10 mil which should be about 4

layers we're gonna start with probably

two or three and today when we hauled

out we'll add another one or two but

since I have to mix up this epoxy we

have one other problem area on the boat

that we're gonna attack today and let's

go check it out it's in the upper head

this shower was painted about five years

ago and we use it every day three

showers a day the vertical surfaces have

been fine this is inter lunch bright

side and we used an above the water

primer vertical surfaces look great it's

the horizontal surfaces that over time

have failed the pan

look at this it's just starting to come

apart

so we're gonna attack this today as well

I'm gonna sand this all out prep all

these services get new below waterline

primer on here on both the pan and the

shelves that attacks all the horizontal

surfaces that will prepare all the

vertical surfaces and get a nice new

coat of bright side in here so let's get

started on this this will be a fun one I

know the girls are excited aren't you

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you showered yesterday yeah can we go

three days without showers yes I know

Emma could take three days but then we

have to let it dry - so maybe four so

yes we'll get creative we can do solar

showers outside okay so I've got my

hands full

weathers holding out long as the girls

do it's time to get to work okay so I

know that I complained about it but this

actually really does need to happen and

I'm super excited that we have the

opportunity to do it now and later

because that's just one less project

that we have to do

okay one of the first things I'm gonna

do is break everything out of here get

the shower rod out all the hardware out

of here I just have to strip all the

plumbing out too before I get sanding

and you see how how pads and these

services are yeah well I learn my lesson

let's see how this below the water line

driver works let's get these out of here

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okay now I need to remove the plumbing

what's nice about our water system is

that everything is independent this

manifold allows me to turn off the

shower

and still keep the rest of system life

okay in the master stateroom behind the

headboard pull this gives me access to

the shower plumbing nice and easy

so let's make this disconnection and

pull this off

okay I think I visiting all ready

everything stripped out all the

hardware's off Plumbing's off it's nice

it look at this

I took the plumbing the showers off but

yes we still have water it's a great

system I did leave the light fixtures in

I'm not gonna paint the ceiling I'm just

gonna run up to the ceiling life okay

let's get sanding on this because these

rudders are itching for some primer

well I've spent an hour sanding this pan

with 60 click and I'm exhausted

the spots that failed I was able to sand

that out and tapered back

but out here in the field people a 60

grand

this bright side just was durable as

heck I mean I've really worked this over

and I couldn't get through it I'm sure

if I just kept grinding the grind away a

that gives you it but it's amazing

how well it's stuck here but didn't hear

well said I know I start to think did I

have some epoxy blushing happen below

the surface here I don't know it is kind

of weird that it only happened on

horizontal surfaces in the shower so it

could have been a combination of

chemicals from the shampoos maybe

blushing standing water

who knows let's get this pan primered oh

I'm beat days gone by fast - we gotta

get some primer down well I'm all set to

start this epoxy primer but the wind is

picked up out here I don't want to be

Spray and primer all over the cockpit so

I'm gonna wait for the wind to die down

in the meantime I've got another project

I'm gonna dive down here and do so can't

waste a good day like this see it just

laid this out this could be a new access

to get into this sealed area linkage

goes in there and I need access

so what cut these in

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see how this it should work out pretty

good gives me nice access into this area

now okay we're getting there well it

feels like the winds dying down a bit

maybe in another few minutes so I'll

dive down and cut out this other one

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okay that was easy

well the winds not dying down

it's kind of nice breezy probably 20

going right now looked at the forecaster

saying it's gonna build the 30 and

gusting to 40 here in a couple hours so

I can't risk it tonight so I'll do this

first thing tomorrow morning

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kids the next morning wind has died down

it's beautiful day nice and calm time to

get this primer going we'll mix up this

epoxy primer get a nice coat the rudders

and on the pan for the shower

you can exciting landscaping okay it's

time to mix up the primer here so what

we're gonna do is mix a three-to-one

ratio

make sure they're both thoroughly

stirred this stuff is really thick once

you mix it on a three-to-one by volume

you want to let it sit for about 20

minutes before you apply it

okay it's been 20 minutes everything's

prepped ready to go let's get some of

this down

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okay just finish the pan in there

rushing out here want to get all this

applied before this epoxy starts kicking

off so let's get it cut on these rudders

too

actually like how smooth his product

goes down

so I've been doing a lot of school work

today and they wanted to come hang out

outside and see what my dad's up to

hello what are you doing just finishing

up here

Oh looks so nice oh my goodness you like

it yeah okay there's the first coat

almost done now is it isn't it gonna be

gray after this or now black after this

black let's go look nice

what do you think you like it it's great

okay the first kilts on

man there is something about new paint

that makes me so happy this is two coats

of primer or barrier coat and then

tomorrow we'll probably do the top coat

and teals out there layering up more

barrier coat on the Rutter's

he'll mission lore this is the last coat

for tonight I want these cure overnight

and top coats on the other sides

tomorrow look all nice and shiny who

does that

so pretty do we have to put it in the

water yeah I do so at this point any

time we have extra paint teal Hopson and

tries to find any raw areas to pry them

up for paint hey don't try to get in

here is a lot smaller than yours not

love you can do the next round I'm gonna

hop over to the other side the next

round

Karin looks good keep going

call me if you need anything yeah okay

good morning

here we go multiple coats of epoxy

primer it's all dry prepped for paint so

let's get going be exciting to have this

shower back you after I paint this it's

still going to be probably three days of

curing before we could even use this

maybe four we'll see so I'll get a

little pressure from the girls to get

moving on this

okay take a look at this how it turned

out much nicer this is the first coat

I'll put two more coats on

look at this pant much better no rudders

have my barrier coat still working on

those cassettes over there let me show

you what I'm doing to those I've turned

a couple bolts through here to hold

these temporarily till we get over to

the hall our facility so I've taken a

fiberglass reinforced epoxy tubes

oversize the hole and I'm epoxy knees in

then once this kicks off I'll be able to

stand this flush they'll be able to run

a nice three-eighths full stainless

bullet through here and that'll help

support it there's a couple of other

fasteners as well and I'll show you how

those work when I install these

poxy secured nicely now just a matter of

trimming these off so put these on so

when I run my bolts through it creates a

sealed hole so no moisture moisture and

a moisture can get into the core this

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yeah those are nice and clean now I can

run a bolt through there and that core

will stay nice and dry it's been a full

24 hours I had heat in here overnight

and the paint has cured nicely you can

feel it it's not totally rock hard but

need to wait at least 1820 hours before

the next coat I'm going to put another

coat in the shower here but first I have

to scuff it with 220 grit so I'll go

over this whole shower scuff it up and

get out of the coat on this morning

can't went over the whole surface now

I'm going to use a attack cloth and 333

not much just wet it down and lightly go

over all the surfaces here it'll clean

it up get all the dust off and prepare

the surface case I have any greasy

fingerprints from touching it just now

that won't put on one more coat

supposed to rain later today so I'm glad

I'm getting all my painting done first

there we go we'll let the shower cure

for the day meanwhile working outside

while I can I've set up flip the rudders

I put two coats a barrier coat today on

the rudders and now on my cassettes I

have my inserts are all sanded smooth so

I could put a couple coats on these as

well

going back to the inner protect I've

mixed it up three to one ratio it's been

sit in about 20 minutes so I gotta get

going

well it's sunny now but in the middle of

the night we had a couple of rain

showers pass through so I had to

scramble and put our rudder and

cassettes in the guest stateroom keep

them dry while this epoxies Karen should

be real close but just wanted to make

sure in the meantime it's a new day it's

good to work so I don't know how you

guys feel about it but I'm a little sick

of this project I'm ready for it to be

done this is the final undercoat and

teal is in here using up whatever he has

left over I want to convince him to

start on the next step which is dropping

the dinghy into the water and running

that rod through that is it a tie bar

what do you think would that be kind of

fun I want tomorrow come on Joe

that's the next step we got to get that

bad boy in so I get started doing a

linkage sometimes he's just not alive

so you guys know that the past couple

days our shower has been out of

commission which means the showers on

board but we've been really lucky

because teals mom actually has her

houseboat here in the same arena so we

get to take showers at the end of the

day after all the epoxy and painting

work Emma was looking forward to not

showering yeah at least I get to like

spend the night at my grandmother's

because of all the fumes and stuff yeah

so we're just getting us all polished up

because it has been three days for that

paint to really hardened and and and is

already for all the hard work to get

back in but before that we're polishing

this up and we're using never dull and I

don't know what is in this but you guys

it works amazing so get polishing

not too bad of a walk to the shower

grandmas is right over there

and probably about a hundred yards away

if that

while she's taking a shower I'll get

some work done let her hang out with

Grandma

seriously four days he has been studying

his rudders and tweaking it and looking

at it staring at it I don't know what

else he can do because at this point all

we can do is drop it in the water and

see if it works and yet he's still out

there so you guys know that we have been

out of commission with our shower for

the past four going on five days and I

am anxious to get this back in action

yes I could do this myself I don't think

there's that hard because how hard can

plumbing be it's already all set up and

so all we have to do now is just tack it

in and make sure that nothing leaks

right I mean how hard can it be is just

plumbing but he'll insists that he needs

to be here to supervise or make sure

that everything goes in place because in

his mind

it'll take me probably three to four

hours and it'll take him probably 15

minutes it's probably true but I'm gonna

give him a friendly reminder that our

shower doesn't work what do you think

don't compass

I'm happy with how this turned out

it's been a few days we've had heat in

here really baking this paint so it's

time I think we're gonna be safe to

start showering again in here so let's

get this place put back together

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so I'm real happy how that shower turned

out you know that first paint lasted

about five years and if this lasts that

long I'll be happy too we are using it

every day keeping up on the maintenance

on this boat while we're still pushing

ahead there's a lot of work but I'm feel

good about what we did this last week

rudders are ready for installation the

shower is done I'm gonna tackle putting

the hardware in this next week we're

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