by Dmitriy on Tue Dec 20, 2022 7:53 am
Pre New Year's post.
To all forum members, I wish a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I wish success to those who build and interesting adventures to those who already use the boat on the water!
Terry, thanks for the support in the previous post!
My project is moving slowly again. This time I plunged into the choice of materials for interior decoration. I have never chosen paint and varnish so carefully, it has become a real challenge for me to study all the characteristics and many offers on the market. I wanted it to be eco-friendly and durable.
First, I painted the aft compartment with the most affordable and popular paint we have. This is alkyd enamel. It turned out to be a very smelly paint and I did not paint the living compartment with it. Then I decided to try water-based paint. It was acrylic polyurethane enamel. Strange combination. I painted a small piece and waited a week for it to gain its strength. It turned out well, but there was a problem - this paint was damaged if rubbed hard with wet clothes. I had to re-sand the area covered with this paint.
As a result, I chose Tikkurila Miranol alkyd enamel.
Now I have painted the interior in 3 layers and I am satisfied with this paint. It covers well and doesn't have a strong smell.
Since I work indoors, I use a 3M respirator and #6051 filters with pre-filters.
I have a similar situation with floorboards. Unfortunately, I can't get Danish Oil, so I have to choose from what is available in local shops. First I found an oil similar in composition to Danish Oil. I painted a test board with this composition. I didn't like the result. Now I'm thinking about varnish. I look in the direction of Tikkurila Unica Super 20 or 60. However, it seems to me that oil would be more practical for these purposes.
Summary - I spend too much time choosing materials and experimenting.
As for the temperature in the garage. November was quite warm, the temperature outside was about 0 Celsius during the day and up to -10 at night. I use two 1500 watt electric heaters and have been able to keep the temperature in the garage up to 18 Celsius.
Winter came on November 30 - it got colder. Now we have a temperature of -12...-15 Celsius during the day and -20...-25 Celsius at night. In the garage I have +12...+15. This is sufficient for comfortable work with paint, plywood and epoxy, but not enough for covering with fiberglass. If I have to work with resin, I put the resin canister on the heater and warm it up a bit to make it more fluid. At the moment there is no work with fiberglass, I am satisfied with the temperature and I do not plan to increase the heating. The average electricity consumption is 2...2.5 kW/h.
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