Seams

So, I've been taking a break from the boat work after all the stuff done before the WBF, but one of the major things on my plate has been to fix the seams that baked open in the 90+ degree sun (right after I repainted the hull color from white to gray... that didn't help the solar action any...).

Here is what they looked like:


Most of the cracked seams were full of compound that was really old and brittle... no wonder with the darkened color they cracked. I got out the reefing tools and went to town on the major ones.

All these shots are either right after reefing or after preping the seams for paint (after the luting)... they got two good soakings with homebrew red lead+linseed oil primer:




I have the seams all puttied over now, I just need to get the pics.... then, this weekend, I paint! (again!).