Scott

Scott Carle said
whats your blog again? mabye I can copy your post over to the home page here ?

Certainly!

https://vivasanpatricio.wordpress.com/2015/04/27/reinventing-the-headliner/

Thanks Scott

Port side above the galley:

Foward Hatch/V-berth:

Main Salon, Strbrd:

Looking Forward:

Looking Aft:

Head:

Main Salon Looking up:

I just finished a full write up on the blog for anyone who wants to know more details of the whole process. On to the under deck panels, salon cabinetry and final cabin side moulding/trim.

Thanks

Scott Carle said
wow.. very pretty and a lot of work to boot. I bet you are feeling accomplished about now

Thanks Scott! I'm tired and constantly sore, but we can't be happier with the improvements. I hope to finish up the project this weekend with the dome light trim rings and a hand painted decorative piece for the 4" drop in the cabin top. 

Then it's just a matter of installing red oak ply for the side under deck panels and framing everything in with final mahogany trim.

After that, I'll take a break while wifey-pooh does all the canvas work.

i'll post some choice picks of the final headliner install before I drink to many celebratory brews!

 We also installed 1/2" Mahogany ply panels to the cabin sides with 5200. We used a series of clamps fashioned from carriage bolts and 2 x 4s to pull the panels to the cabin curvature thru the port openings and left them secured untill the 5200 had fully cured.

Then, 3 coats of Epifanes clear varnish...the wood really started to sing and match the existing woodwork.

 After all that, it was time for all new windows and ports.

Then, I got started on the headliner install. The bamboo comes on a 4' x 8' roll with mesh backing, but it's not quit rigid enough to install as such. I had to cut into sectional panels backed with luan and held in place by battens screwed into the cleats with brass finish screws.

Nice and bright and woody!

 I still have to varnish the battens (red oak) but it's nearly done. I'm thinking about making a nice carved conversation piece for the tricky area where the cabin/deck drops a few inches fore of the hatch.Next will be cabin side trim and under-deck ceiling. More pics to come.

I found a couple old leaks where the water had decomposed the little tack strips but not any actual leaks after a thunder boomer last night. I'll have to get my lovely assistant to work the hose next weekend while I watch for leaks from inside with the flashlight and rebed any culprits. .

I was figuring on 3/4" strips next to each overhead stringer and one down the middle (across the boat) which would be the only place I'll put a fastener. Then 3/4" rigid foam in between. I'm figuring the foam will keep the deck overhead from heating up the salon (remember the sun in the tropics...) and cut down on the howling wind noise when you're trying to sleep that is almost more disconcerting to guests and new sailors than anything else.

The vinyl beadboard is fairly rigid at 1/4" thick so I don't anticipate any drooping in fact I'm assuming the fastener in the center blocking will hold the pieces in place against the outside strips because of the rigidity of the pieces which are abut 10" wide. I want to be able to pull everything down very easily and one fastener in the center of each 10" piece should do that. As with everything, time will tell.

No idea whether wood beadboard would burst into flames before the vinyl melted. Hope I never find out.

I totally agree about the white overhead. I think we are going with a light wood or white stained wood look when we redo ours. If we don't like that I will go to a flat white and see how we like that. If not then I will go to a gloss white. Pretty sure we will end up with a nice gloss white in a oil base paint that you can scrub easily. The flat white would end up as the primer 🙂 I think it would look sharp with the teak trim on the bows on the ceiling breaking it up into sections.

The darker interior is one of the downsides of all the teak. Don't get me wrong I love the look of our teak when it is all cleaned and treated with tung oil. It is so warm and looks like a million dollars. You can't get a boat made this way anymore for less than millions. But it is dark inside and I personally love it light and airy... I haven't done the mirror thing yet but it is in the works. I think maybe cabin sides and selected places on bulkheads.. It's pretty far down the list though.

I wonder about the vinyl beadboard, if it gets warm it might become more bendable, so more fastening points might be a good idea, otherwise it could sag.   But I don't really know, just something I heard.  It's also a benefit if it can follow curves more easily, rather than being a rigid panel.   I think the other reason I shied away from the vinyl beadboard is that in case of fire, it is really bad stuff.  Of course if there is a fire on board that is pretty much the worst situation anyway and hope that never happens.  Maybe extra smoke detectors for very early prevention would be a good addition if using vinyl.

So I've got nearly all of the 3/4" furring strips/cleats glued to the overhead for the new headliner. I started using 3M 5200 but at $14/tube (with Port Supply discount) I opted for some Loctite PL Premium($4.95) to finish the bulk of the job – holds just as well as the 5200.

I've already started taping the Reflectix up in sections so I'm hoping it will supplement the hand-me-down Dickenson Newport heater we happened upon a few weeks ago. My internal thermostat runs hot, so my wife will be the litmus test for how well the Reflectix holds heat.

For the new overhead I scored some thin finished horizontal grain bamboo strip paneling from CaliBamboo. It comes in a 4' x 8' sheet/roll with a thin mesh backing holding the bamboo strips in place. It's marketed as wainscoting/ceiling covering.  I'll beef it up on the back with some doorskin strips and gut into 2.5' sections to act as removable panels. A few coats of clear polyurethane should seal it up from moisture. Here's a link: Bamboo Paneling

I'm hoping to have it done and ready for trim in the next few weeks. I'll post some pics.