We received the helm seat arms from Cadillac Furniture here in Ajijic with the screw holes filled with wood putty as explained earlier. After wetting the arms to simulate them being varnished, we decided that the putty must go.
That meant digging out the putty and cleaning up the rest of the putty off the arms. They must have thought we were going to paint them even though we told them several times that they would be varnished. Lost in translation? Also they do not have teak plugs and do not have any tools to make them. At least not at this shop.
Now we need to find teak plugs. Not here in Lake Chapala and we will not go to Guadalajara to track them down. It looks like purchasing them in the US and having them brought down in a suitcase. Or likely we could find some 3\8 teak plugs in Puerto Vallarta. However, I would like to have put in the teak plugs and varnished them before returning to s\v Elegant'sea but that may not happen. It is the life here in Mexico and so be it 😀
Some of the screws are a bit shallow so they will be a challenge getting a teak plug into. Perhaps cutting off the plug with a Dremel or making up some teak sawdust with glue and putting that in?
Good candidate for a teak plug.
And so it goes.😎
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