Wood and varnish

I spent some time last weekend plugging redundant holes in various pieces of hardwood trim so that on Monday I could cut them to length and start sanding them ready for varnish. I have now just about used up all the remaining timber, there are just a few short offcuts left, I may have to source some more to finally finish trimming round various panels. Once the sanding was complete I have spent most of the week varnishing the various pieces.

Varnished trim

I also managed to get three coats of varnish on the mast compression post.

Varnished compression post

This afternoon I fitted the first piece of trim where the dinette internal moulding abuts the compression post, I think that the original installation was done with a jigsaw and a very shaky hand the trim is required to cover the gap.

Gap between the moulding and compression post

On the inside of the moulding I screwed a piece of timber to the compression post so that when the trim was fitted the screws went through into the timber backing so that the moulding is firmly secured, the backing timber can just be seen through the gap.

After fitting the trim

The plan for next week is to finish the varnishing and then fix all the trim pieces in place