Well... the suposed beautiful varnished teak toe rail wasn't... beautiful that is. I had taken a break between coats 2 and 3 of the varnish (of 5) and during that time the hot Mediterranean sun had bubbled the varnish and it wouldn't take.
So... one of the teaks is to sand off the varnish and oil the wood. The plan had been for Tim to use the bigger sander to take off the majority and my to use a new triangular one for the detail. But after 2 minutes the head fell of the big one. Both the thread on the head and on the motor had torn and it could not be used. So we decided to epoxy the head to the motor and work out a long term fixing later.
We carried on with the smaller triangular sander. 2 hours work (we planned on only 2 hours per day) and about 25% of the toe rail is finished. So the job looks manageable.
Tim also put a second coat of Hammerite on the anchor. This is a silver colour: The first was dull green, so we should know when the top coat wears away from the change in colour.
No more work for a couple of days... it is Christmas after all!
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