Filling the Holes

With roughly 6400 holes to fill this is turning out to be quite a time consuming process. However after experimenting with a couple of ways of doing this, including a putty knife and a large catheter syringe, I have now come up with using old silicon tubes in a caulking gun. This is by far the best method so far and I can fill up to 430 holes with one 100/65 gram mix.

Rounding the last Mark and heading for the Finish

I am well and truly on the last leg now heading for the big day when she gets turned over. Another weekend of brilliant Cape Town weather allowed for all the sanding to be done and the last seam filled. After some difficulty trying to fill the screw holes with Teak powder using a catheter syringe, which tended to clog too easily, Theo suggested I try the powder which came out of the sander after having sanded all the joints. This turned out to be the answer as it makes a much smoother paste which does not clog. In effect it is also recycling the Teak powder already used to fill the joints thus minimising wastage.