by orourkmw » Tue Mar 01, 2022 9:19 am
Ok, I got the epoxy cleaned up. Thanks to all for the suggestions, particularly swoody126 and TCJ. I used the card scraper, which is really cool...much better than sanding. It did take a while for me to get the hang of it…not so much the actual use, but the sharpening. But eventually I got the burr right. And I did have to resharpen pretty frequently…the epoxy is hard on the edge. (I had to wait for the scraper and burnisher to come in, and the epoxy kept curing….)
In spite of swoody126’s admonition, though, I still managed to catch the corner of the card a couple of times and made gouges. So we have decided to cover with wallpaper after all. Actually, my wife got excited about picking out a pattern.
A couple of notes….if you remember, I am wood-stripping roughly half-way down the exterior wall, and aluminum sheathing the bottom. Knowing what I know now, I should have left a little more meat on the skeleton at the transition. I have a couple slight bows that apparently developed in on one wall during wet sanding. They are just lifted 1/8” or so right at the edge for a length of maybe 6”, in areas where there was a span with no glue support. I am surprised that it bowed a little after the epoxy cured, but there it is. It isn’t too bad and I will be building up the epoxy a little at the (thicker) transition board anyway, but on my next build….
Also, I see the skeletons (3/4” treated ply) don’t lay perfectly flat on the bench. I am hoping it won’t take too much coaxing to plumb when I put the walls up.
On a side note, my new truck came in this week, so I can pick up my Baltic Birch at some point. (It has only been on order since Oct 15….which is when I stupidly turned in my old truck, because I believed Ford when they said I’d have the new one by about the first of the year. And by the way, the truck camper that we ordered from Lance was supposed to be in by now…but Lance just told us August! We are working with the dealer to try to get it in May so our vacation plans in June don’t get screwed up. Is this the “new normal”?)
I’m still a week or so from moving on to the floor. I have finished varnishing one wall with the TotalBoat “Lust” varnish, and it turned out pretty well. I have not used it before, but it allows recoating in about an hour and a half at 72F without sanding in between. You can do 5 coats in a day, then let it set for 48 hours, do a sand with 320, and put on the last coat(s). They recommend 6-8 coats for best results.