One Small Step.

…or to be more precise, nine small steps (plus spares). Here are some pictures of our newly blasted and primed spiral stair components, brilliantly done by A1 Powder Coatings just over the river Itchen. They did an immaculate job at a very reasonable price and we are over the moon at the results, the level of crisp detail that’s been brought up is just incredible and the paint job is perfectly even. Isn’t it great when someone does a good job?
So now she’s a ready to go- we’ve got the new solid steel pole around which to assemble the stair, and after reaming the treads out things should hopefully go together a dream. However this magic day must wait until the forward compartment is painted, because it’ll get in the way of men with airless sprays if it’s already fitted. Fortuitous then, because that day’s not far away.
We’ve had the paint estimators come see us last Sunday morning, they should be getting back to us within a couple of days with no doubt a frankly scary figure. Becky’s got some holiday which she’s decided to actually accept this time and I’ve taken more time away from the building site to match- so next week, we’ll both be at the boat for the entire week including the weekends either side! Hurrah and here comes a huge push to get through the still alarmingly long snagging list in the forward third of the boat, before solvent ragging all the steel down and sealing the compartments to exclude ingress of even the merest speck of dust. The painting will be expensive, but it’d better be done right. Watch this space.