The two refer freezer lids fiberglassed - 2012

April 2012 - Marina Kona Kai Shelter Island San Diego, CA

The two freezer lids with Dow Blew board.

 Debbie took on the forward freezer lid for fiber glassing. 

Another look at one.

You can see some router marks here on the edge where the lids sit on the freezer seal. They let air in making for more frost.

A void (the dark spot in the wood) makes the seal not completely sealed 😀.

Also filling the voids I created with the router with bubbles. Bubbles are a mixture of epoxy and fiberglass bubbles.

Debbie's science lab.

 Because it started to get a bit windy Debbie had a hard time fitting the fiberglass to the Dow Blew board(DBB) insulation. She needed to mark it up so the right pieces would go in the right spots. This limited the project to one freezer lid instead of two for the day. The workbench is set up on the dock. We are limited to what we can do as we live on the boat. No garage with workshop in it.

 There was also an are where the back lid meets the front lid that I cut the DBB at an angle and it needs filling in to make it square and the two lids DBB meet each other square.

 Using the bubbles Debbie filled in the slanted edge, like filling a dent in the car 😊.

 You can also see the sealing edge with the bubbles in it for the router gouges I made. In a few areas the router guide slipped and the router plunged into the wood. Again I was working in an underground garage with limited light and tools. My excuse?? 

Debbie fixed these areas on both lids, thank you Debbie.

You can see the marks for fiber glass placement.

This is the forward lid, another day for the rear one.

All glassed up. The next day we fit the top into the freezer.

Blue tape removal.

 This time the top fit right in. It is a little tight as the fiberglass has some rough edges etc and needs some sanding but it did fit and only minimal sanding required! We did learn from the first lid.