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catsittingstillThis morning I worked at the clinic from 9:00 am to noon. I am not good with crowds, so I don't work clinic days if I can avoid it, but a Thursday morning checking the messages, answering the phones, calling people who have appointments Friday is just about my speed.
It was VERY busy today--one of the phones started dropping calls in the middle because it wasn't in the cradle enough to recharge. I switched to making the outgoing calls on the other phone--and IT started going dead for lack of charge. We had one person cancel for tomorrow morning's dental clinic and I worked my way through the call log until I found someone who'd wanted an appointment and been told to call back later (appointments fill up fast) who was actually available when I called and said yes he wanted the appointment--so it's full again.
I should have pulled his file and printed out a new list, though. Oops. Maybe I should run back to the clinic and write a note to that effect.
Anyway, I came home at noon, snatched a bite, started working through an enormous pile of CDs I promised to rip, and wandered into the boatshop.
I've been meaning to seal Constance's gunwales with epoxy in the hopes that the varnish won't wear off so fast with a tougher backing. First I turned her upside down (*very carefully*) then crawled under her with a headlamp and painted the underside of her white pine decks with epoxy, which should make them a tad tougher. The underside of the deck doesn't get looked at much, so I try to be especially careful about sealing it when I first make the boat.
Next time I will just seal the underside of the deck before I install it--that would be much easier.
Then I painted the undersides of the inwales and the undersides of the knees. I crawled around and painted the underside of the other deck (with a pause to make more epoxy--I would rather make it several times so it's fresher when it goes on.) I crawled out from under and painted the undersides of the outwales.
I got epoxy all over my hands turning it upright--I hadn't thought about the logistics of grabbing a boat by the gunwales when the gunwales are half covered by epoxy. I did avoid getting it on the cradles, though.
I stopped and put on clean gloves, then made new epoxy and painted the top of the bow deck and the tops of the gunwales. The stern deck is kind of skewbald--sun "tans" wood and I had sanded the tan off in some places and not others. I meant to sand that bright before I started, but I forgot. If I sand it with wet epoxy on the boat the entire boat will look as though I dusted it with powdered sugar. A good look for cakes but not boats. So I held off on epoxying the top of the stern deck and will sand that and epoxy it when the rest of the epoxy is tack free. Probably tomorrow morning.
The walnut gunwales look just as sharp as I thought they would.
Then I started a load of laundry to have clothes for OVFF and then I went to Folksingers Anonymous (which is *so* much fun) and now I'm home making dinner. Or, as Kip would say "supper."
It was VERY busy today--one of the phones started dropping calls in the middle because it wasn't in the cradle enough to recharge. I switched to making the outgoing calls on the other phone--and IT started going dead for lack of charge. We had one person cancel for tomorrow morning's dental clinic and I worked my way through the call log until I found someone who'd wanted an appointment and been told to call back later (appointments fill up fast) who was actually available when I called and said yes he wanted the appointment--so it's full again.
I should have pulled his file and printed out a new list, though. Oops. Maybe I should run back to the clinic and write a note to that effect.
Anyway, I came home at noon, snatched a bite, started working through an enormous pile of CDs I promised to rip, and wandered into the boatshop.
I've been meaning to seal Constance's gunwales with epoxy in the hopes that the varnish won't wear off so fast with a tougher backing. First I turned her upside down (*very carefully*) then crawled under her with a headlamp and painted the underside of her white pine decks with epoxy, which should make them a tad tougher. The underside of the deck doesn't get looked at much, so I try to be especially careful about sealing it when I first make the boat.
Next time I will just seal the underside of the deck before I install it--that would be much easier.
Then I painted the undersides of the inwales and the undersides of the knees. I crawled around and painted the underside of the other deck (with a pause to make more epoxy--I would rather make it several times so it's fresher when it goes on.) I crawled out from under and painted the undersides of the outwales.
I got epoxy all over my hands turning it upright--I hadn't thought about the logistics of grabbing a boat by the gunwales when the gunwales are half covered by epoxy. I did avoid getting it on the cradles, though.
I stopped and put on clean gloves, then made new epoxy and painted the top of the bow deck and the tops of the gunwales. The stern deck is kind of skewbald--sun "tans" wood and I had sanded the tan off in some places and not others. I meant to sand that bright before I started, but I forgot. If I sand it with wet epoxy on the boat the entire boat will look as though I dusted it with powdered sugar. A good look for cakes but not boats. So I held off on epoxying the top of the stern deck and will sand that and epoxy it when the rest of the epoxy is tack free. Probably tomorrow morning.
The walnut gunwales look just as sharp as I thought they would.
Then I started a load of laundry to have clothes for OVFF and then I went to Folksingers Anonymous (which is *so* much fun) and now I'm home making dinner. Or, as Kip would say "supper."
