Anyone interested in 83 Pace Arrow Tear down and Rebuild?

[fulltimin]

Started to look into some water damage in the kitchen of our 83 Pace Arrow. The more I looked, the more I found. I have some pics of the damage so far. Anyone interested in following a rebuild thread?

[fulltimin]

Next was to take a look at a "normal" double sink like are used in a house, with both bowls the same size.

Enter the frying pan again.

[fulltimin]

I am sure some of you are like me, and that is, it is nice to have a visual demonstration, rather than just a description.

Such is the case in dealing with the sink.

I considered a number of different sizes before I settled on the size I built.

Here is the first size. It's small, doesn't take up much space on the counter. Unfortunately, it also doesn't allow a a lot of space for washing larger items.

[fulltimin]

I am not at all sure I want to use fiberglass cloth on the inside. After covering the wood with cloth and epoxy, it doesn't seem quite as fully transparent as I had hoped.

I guess I could either use epoxy only, or maybe Por 15 in clear. That really brings out the grain of the wood.

[fulltimin]

After waiting a couple of hours for that to cure, I flipped it over, and then proceeded to finish the rest of the ends, and the other side.

While I want to do another coat or 2 on the outside, it is getting stronger and less flexible, which is a good thing.

[fulltimin]

I did indeed warm up today. Well, at least enough for the epoxy to be a little bit more flexible than the other day. With that, I finished rough sanding the outside to give it another coat.

In these 2 pics, you can see the lower edges of the ends are still sanded, as well as the side that it is sitting on, while the top side, the bottom, and most of the end have a second coat.

[fulltimin]

ro_sie wrote:
Looking good!

Thank you.

[ro_sie]

Looking good!

[fulltimin]

Here's the two measurements of the sink. This one is roughly 15 inches on the inside.







The width is about 22.5 inches inside. That allows enough room for our large fry pan, or a large pot to sit inside.

Another benefit of having the sink bottom tapered, is that all the water will run to the one corner first, and we can wash dishes with vey little water. Did I mention we love to boondock?

[fulltimin]

I had wanted to put some epoxy inside the sink today, but it was just a bit too cold to be able to do that. Min temp for that epoxy is about 50 degrees, I think. Colder than that, and it doesn't flow well.

What I did do, was to sand the inside a little more in preparation for that. I am just about finished with the inside sanding. It is supposed to warm up a bunch tomorrow, so I should be able to get that started.

[fulltimin]

LouLawrence wrote:
Why do you need a deep sink to fit a 12" frying pan when a frying pan is only a few inches deep?

The depth is not for the frying pan. The length and width are to be able to fully put the pan in and sit on the bottom.

In our travels, we sometimes use the sink to temporarily store smaller items while we are driving. Makes quick work of not having things fall on the floor.

Obviously, the deeper the sink, the more we can store, or if you prefer, the less often we have to do dishes. Lol. Actually, we don't allow dirty dishes to sit long. They typically get cleaned right after use, as it takes less water to do so.

Good question though.

[LouLawrence]

Why do you need a deep sink to fit a 12" frying pan when a frying pan is only a few inches deep?

[fulltimin]

PastorCharlie wrote:
You want to be sure to have the cloth flat and not raised as the sanding will cut through it when trying to smooth the surface. From where I live it looks like there may be some wrinkles in the cloth. It does matter as much on the outside as it does on the inside. I saturate the surface with epoxy and lay the cloth on the wet surface pressing it smooth and then giving it a coat of epoxy to cover it completely and allow it to dry and sand. Then repeat.

You may have better luck by laying the sink on one side and doing one side at a time allowing it to dry before moving on to another side. That way the epoxy will not run down the side but lever out more.

That is why I started on the outside. Also, the outside is not fully smooth like the inside. The inside should look much better.

Thanks.

[fulltimin]

Wanderlost wrote:
I like how deep you made that sink. Good for just about anything. Looking forward to when it's finished.

Most sinks aren't very deep, which I don't like. I figured, if I am making one, it might as well be deep enough to actually be useful and large enough for a 12 inch fry pan to completely fit inside.

[PastorCharlie]

You want to be sure to have the cloth flat and not raised as the sanding will cut through it when trying to smooth the surface. From where I live it looks like there may be some wrinkles in the cloth. It does matter as much on the outside as it does on the inside. I saturate the surface with epoxy and lay the cloth on the wet surface pressing it smooth and then giving it a coat of epoxy to cover it completely and allow it to dry and sand. Then repeat.

You may have better luck by laying the sink on one side and doing one side at a time allowing it to dry before moving on to another side. That way the epoxy will not run down the side but lever out more.

[Wanderlost]

I like how deep you made that sink. Good for just about anything. Looking forward to when it's finished.