Well I made a complete Horlicks of things. We carried the cills outside so that I could start working on fixing them down. That's when I discovered that in painting the tops, a lot of paint had run down and pooled on the underside even though I had tried to brush off an excess. This, of course, was very thick in places and not dry at all. Fortunately we were wearing disposable gloves but we both got covered in paint
Then by dint of moving and working the cills a lot of the soft paint got really grotty and picked up all kinds of rubbish, scraped off in areas and basically got trashed ! And even the tops got trashed. I'll be experimenting sanding down using the paint as a sanding medium...I think that's what I'm supposed to do. Almost like a slurry, I guess. We shall see.
But I got the bolts in place. The cut faces were coated in epoxy first. Whether or not I will do the corners is a moot point.
Why did I do things this way. I keep asking myself that question. My initial reasoning was that the weather here being predominantly wet I wanted to have the cills painted up before they went outside and cut them to size. Of course, we all know what a heatwave we've had.
The other thing that I have learned with linseed oil paint is that the first coat dries very well and quickly as the oil is absorbed into the wood. But the second and any subsequent coats must be applied ultra thinly which is easier said than done. I'm going to experiment with two brushes in future. One with the paint on and the second a 'dry' brush with no paint. After laying on the second coat with the first, I will brush the surplus off with the second.
Meanwhile inside the workshop I've been prepping the wood for the sub-frames. I'll not bore you with photos of thicknessed wood. I'd forgotten just how mind-numbingly boring this is !
If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.