Back to the aft cabin

The aft cabin was largely complete there were just a few bits and pieces to finish off the first being the doors to the lockers there are eight in total each one covered on both sides with the same veneer with the foil backing as used elsewhere. The veneer on the inside was beginning to peel off so I stripped the inside faces of all eight doors with the idea of painting them white and then turning them round so that the white face is to the front. The hardest part of this job is getting rid of the contact adhesive, so far I have only stripped four of the doors with a combination of scraping with a tungsten carbide scraper and sanding with 60 grit paper. I did put one of the doors back with the original veneered face to the front to see how it looked, the back will still need cleaning up and painting so I will continue and then make the decision before I finally fit the doors.

Locker door in original finish

There is a small bulkhead halfway along each locker which was originally veneered and then sprayed with that red flock finish used at the time I think that the spray gun was poked in through each door and waved around judging by the finish, these are in the process of being stripped and cleaned up, more contact adhesive to remove.

Bulkhead in the process of being stripped

Also this week I have secured the lining panel which covers the aft end of the cabin this has just been screwed to a couple of wooden blocks which have been secured to the locker front panels, also the shelf which runs across the aft end of the cabin has been secured again with a couple of wooden blocks fixed to the locker front panels.

Aft lining panel and shelf secured in place

Apart from finishing the locker doors the lockers require shelves and some trim pieces for the front panels, I have the first piece in place as can be seen on the left side of the lower photograph above. Originally I believe that there was a mirror mounted below the transverse shelf the plan is to eventually obtain a replacement.