Forgive the cheesy homophonic wordplay, but it's not a turn of phrase one gets to use every day of the week – sealing the ceiling, that is, which is precisely what I finished doing a few days ago. It's no Sistine Chapel, but it does pop rather nicely now...
That's three coats of Varathane satin polyurethane – no stain at all – and I'm so pleased with the results that I may just stick with this natural look for the rest of the interior. And speaking of which, I'm about thigh-deep into the cabinetry now, and though it's slow going due to my being a complete novice, I'm happy with how it's taking shape. Photographic evidence to come soon.
Q is slated to be out of town for all of June, and because he handles all of the welding duties around here, we ramped up work on the custom rack that will house my solar array a couple of nights ago. Here are a few teaser photos...
As I type this, fabrication work has been completed, the rack fitted to the van's gutter mounts, and she even passed a quick test drive this afternoon with flying colors. I just need to prime and paint the rack tomorrow, and it'll then be ready to receive the solar panels I picked up about a week ago. I realize that it's a bit premature to be installing solar panels when I don't even have much of an interior yet, but this is a two-man job, so I needed to get to it while Q is still around.
So it is that in another week, I stand to be all alone in Q's workshop for a while, and between that, the impending summer heat, and the fact that there's still a decent amount of work to be done, I find myself increasingly thinking about the possibility of taking a break for a few months and heading to higher elevations for one last go-around in the Chinook. Nothing has been decided yet though, and I intend to keep plugging away at least until the end of the month before assessing the situation further.
