But we hadn't counted on the weather. Now DIY painting of
boats, or bits of boats, is always a trial. There are flies, blossom, leaves,
wind blowing other stuff, farmers mowing, it can be too cold, too damp, and of
course there can always be rain. This week, though, the problem was the sun and
the heat.
But we hatched a
rough plan. It involved getting up at SIX! and masking as soon as the dew had
gone. This was tricky on the handrails as the dew kept down rolling off the
roof. Then the idea was to paint before the sun became too strong. As a way of
mitigating against this, the unpainted section of handrail was shaded with old
bed sheets (at least I think they were the old ones).
Handrails don't look very exciting in photographs, so here
is the cratch (before and after). Mr. Jones and I are reasonably satisfied.
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