Inside skirt attach strip

First was to cut the timber to size. Bunnings had 3.6m lengths of 19mm x 42mm merranti. I used 1 full length and a 1.4m length for each side. Straight after cutting I threw the lengths into the pool for 2 days.

Even after soaking for 2 days the timber was VERY hard to bend. I did it in 2 steps. Firstly I held in place at the end and drilled and screwed in place. Then I needed a helper to hold the curve as I predrill then screw. Over all about 30 screws per side was required to keep the curve. Once the timber dried off (1/2 a day) I unscrewed the strip and it held some of its shape. I applied glue and repeated the process again but no predrilling was required. Hopefully it holds once the screws are out.