Moored at Home in Bumble Hole

Moored at Home in Bumble Hole
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Thursday 4 August 2011

A whole lot of filling going on !

After a very sweaty couple of weeks sanding the interior woodwork I am happy with the results so far....dont want it to look new and the lightness is great, so its time to leave that for now and make the most of the sunny weather and get stuck into more of the outer restoration.....











I was recomended to use Dinitrol filler.... allegedly its used to repair Chieftan Tanks ha ha....so if its good enough for that then its just the job for Wildrose....

The roof is taking up most of it, and just under where the roof joins the sides.......found much rust here and once it was chipped, scraped and groung out, it left a surface that has more in common with Dancing Ledges (Dorset coast near Swanage where the sea has created a ledge of large dimples where fossils used to be), anyway,
a considerable amount of this very smelly but fast drying filler has been used this week with terrific results. A light sanding and a second layer of undercoat rollered on is giving a good enough covering to take her through the winter and give me time to do some other jobs that must be done before the winter.

One of the front side windows does let small amounts of water in when it rains, the front deck needs some welding and there is still the engine compartment waiting patiently for its next bout of attention....so ... watch this space..... and thank you for listening.

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