In addition to topsides fairing work during the weekend of the 12th and 13th of September, I also addressed the starboard settee. I removed and labeled all ash cladding from the hull interior. I then removed the vertical furring strips and their fiberglass tabbing. In addition to removing the tabbing for the furring strips, I also removed the tabbing connecting hull to settee seat. The reason I removed this was that the previous owner really didn't do that nice of a job on the tabbing work. It really looked like it was just "thrown" together. So, I removed it with a 4" grinder - yes, careful not to go too deep, and only to remove the old tabbing. I then used my Porter Cable 5" to clean up the hull sides as well as the settee seat - removing old paint. I then came back with acetone, wiping all surfaces to remove contaminates. Next, I painted on a film of "neat" epoxy (West System), and allowed this to tack up. Once tacky, I applied a fillet with a mixture of 404 high-density filler and 407 low-density filler. Final step was to cut a 4" wide strip of 6oz cloth to form new tabbing. I will be coming back to clean amine blush, lightly sand, and then apply a wider piece of 6oz cloth to finish the tabbing. This already looks so much better, and will present itself "cleaner" when fresh paint is applied. I also added tabbing to the bulkhead at the fore of the settee - not shown. This picture is looking aft at the starboard settee.
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