The last week has been so hot, I didn’t even bother going to the tent. When it’s 80° outside, it’s near 100 in the tent. When it’s near 100° outside…forget about it.
But before it got scorching hot, the painter came out and finished painting the galley window opening crack repair. He also fixed a small crack that I noticed at the salon entryway.
Waaaaay back when we did the fiberglass work on the helm dashboard, this corner of the salon entryway was in pretty bad shape. The guys fiberglassed over the joint between the top of the mahogany panel and the vertical surface where the crack appeared. It looked like maybe the crack telegraphed through from that joint.
It looked pretty rough in 2013
Fiberglassed and topped with fairing compound back in 2013
Fast forward to 2019, and there was a crack that needed fixing. So the painter ground the area down, v-ed out the crack, wetted it out with epoxy and filled with wood flour-thickened epoxy. Then he put a small piece of fiberglass over the area he’d ground down.
There was a small crack there
Next day…looks pretty good!
No crack!
With the crack repaired, I can finally install the mahogany fascia boards here.
I entered the salon to find two mini spray booths
No cracks!
That’s much better
Nice!
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