July 2023

 July 10, 2023.

I spent the weekend of the fourth finishing up the floor in our cabin in North Carolina. I worked a bit on the boat last weekend, July 8 but I had to replace the timing belt in my Subaru Forrester. It was time to give the Forrester a little love. I spent a leisurely Sunday replacing everything possible on the front of the engine. New hoses, water pump, new timing belt, tensioner, idler sprockets and wheels, etc. The Forrester is such an easy car to work on. It really has been designed that way. 

On the left is the threshold for the starboard shower. Note the cut to match the existing jam and curbs. 

The shower floor is glassed in along with the platform that the head will be mounted too. The shower drain was temporarily reinstalled while the epoxy was wet to form the gasket seat. A piece of wax paper acts as the mold release. Note the excess glass around the perimeter. 

A waited about an hour and a half for the epoxy to set up. It was still plastic but tough. I used a sharp knife to trim all the excess glass around the perimeter except at the front opening. I only lightly trimmed there since the glass wanted to pull up. Once cured, the opening will will be trimmed and sanded. I have also applied a second coat of epoxy so that I'll have a chemical bond to the first. Once cured, I'll remove the drain, clean with soap and water and lightly sand before adding an additional coat or two.