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From time to time I have to do solder repairs on the Weeden's I get and after I do that it kind of sucks because the new shinny solder sticks out.  Today I got in a product that stain glass makers use to "patina" the joints around the glass.  This stuff works really good and very happy with it.

Here is my Weeden Standard Porter after I had to re-solder the stream line and pull the tank off for a little leak.  I also had to re-solder on the rudder but you can't see it in the photo. I also had to re-do the filler plug, which I think was a very old repair that leaked too.  I thought about cleaning off all the old solder but decided against it and just heated it up and added a wee bit more.  I also added quite a bit of solder to the two tank braces on the port side, as the boat had a bit of a list to the starboard side.

After all those repairs the boat looked like it was lit up with sliver LEDs, no more with this Novcan.

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