Chicken Wire and Placemats

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We finally got the outside plywood on this weekend and it's  really looking more and more finished. Lots of preparation to get to this point involved filling the spaces between the roof spars with styrofoam insulation and heat shrinking the wires together and running them all together in a nice bundle
 to exit the plywood and run into the tounge box and connect to the battery. 

Kim got the cabinet doors all sanded smooth and coat of epoxy brushed on last weekend. I finished up the epoxy evenings this week. Saturday she started adding the inserts to the interior cabinet doors which are actually placemats that we found at Walmart in the clearance isle. The doors in the galley are chicken wire inserts. 

This is a view of the styrofoam inserts in the roof panels. I glued them in place with hot glue as we couldn't locate non solvent based contact cement. 
A view of the plywood installed. We used PL adhesive and lots of 1/2 inch screws to hold the plywood in place until the glue sets up. All the screws will be removed and the holes filled before a layer of fiberglass  cloth and epoxy resin. The plywood will get a richer honey color with the epoxy resin. 
Working on getting all the wiring run together to a central location where it will come through the plywood skin to connect to the battery. 

The styrofoam insulation all hot glued in place. I had to sand the foam to the roof contour before we could glue the plywood on. That was messy and I was covered in little styrofoam beads. Static makes them stick to everything  but we got it cleaned up and ready for plywood. 
Chicken wire inserts in the galley doors. You can see the back of the placemat inserts in the inside doors. 
One of the two front inside cabinet doors. We hinged them so they lift upward. There is three openings and the center has no door as its just a cubby. 

Drilling the holes for the wiring in the plywood 
Plywood all glued and screwed on the roof. The screws are temporary. 
Kim's  meticulous work getting the pattern centered on each door. These are the three doors on the back cabinet that is open to the galley cabinets. The insers are bamboo placemats we found on clearance at Walmart and decided to usefor our doors. The hole in the ceiling and wire dangling is for the vent fan. 

Kim's bouquet of foam brushes. We have gone through about 30 of these doing the epoxy. 
Next job to tackle is building the hatch door that covers the galley. Stay tuned. 

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