Progress Report: July 19th

 A lot of projects accomplished this week. These are the two cabinet doors from the stairwell.This is how blackened everything was from the stairwell on forward when we first started working on the boat back in the end of February. 

 They cleaned up beautifully! 

I used full strength Pine Sol, Scotch Bright pads and Magic Eraser. 
Eric will varnish them this week.

Here is the stairwell before prepping. The lower area is covered in wall paper glue residue. It is being removed by brushing on full strength GOJO (orange pumice hand cleaner) and then scraped off with a small cabinet scraper. The upper areas will be scraped and then sanded.

The whiter area shows the effectiveness of the GOJO cleaner and scraper. 

These a/c vents were over the microwave in the galley and one of the larger side cabinets across from the fridge. The insides were a bit blackened but they cleaned up well. 

We removed the microwave. It was the only appliance that couldn't be salvaged. This area has been prepped for paint.

On the opposite side of the wall, to the right of the microwave and stove, this locker held a very large a/c unit. The unit has been removed and a smaller one will be installed on the bottom that will cool the galley and part of the main salon. The top will become storage space. Most of the wiring, plumbing and various electrical boxes will be removed. 

This small fan will take the place of the damaged galley fan. The galley gets very hot and this is really helping to vent the air through ducting in the overhead to the outside. Temporary but works great!

The three large cabinets are finished with varnished doors completed on two of them. All the shelves are in and smoke smell is completely gone from these areas. 

The first top galley cupboards are finished inside and out!

The smoke smell in this second set of galley cupboards was so strong it was nauseating. 

 Painting is completed and smoke smell is gone! Eric is finishing up the inner shelves and outer varnishing of the doors and frame.

 This is the laundry room. You can see the difference on the walls after using the GOJO and scraper.

This closet in the laundry room was as black as the small doors in the first photo. Here it has been cleaned and prepped for Kilz primer.

The entire room is now painted with Kilz primer as well as the section of wood flooring where the washer and dryer will sit. We will be moving on to other projects right now. We need to use the remaining 9-10 days of our work trip to prep for the kilz primer and get as much of the smoke smell eliminated as we can. Painting will come at a later date.

  

 

 The laundry room when we first started.

 

 DJ pressure washed and cleaned up these two a/c units.

The a/c units before cleaning

 Demolition continues in the captains' quarters.

During the fire, several windows were broken out by the fire department. Plastic sheets were taped over the window frames for quite awhile before the windows were replaced. There was a residue left that came off easily using Magic Eraser and diluted dish soap.

 Mary has been cleaning sections of the outside of the boat for a couple hours each morning.

DJ's work bench in the main salon. The forward distribution panel is coming along nicely. Each person is working on several projects throughout the day and we are seeing much progress.