The first thing was to lay down a piece of double sided tape -(supplied in kit) along the length of the plug---
---next i laid the plug onto the edge of the plastic. The tape is sticky enough to hold but not so sticky that you can't adjust things if you need to. You still want to get as many wrinkles out as you can. This can be a bit frustrating working over a compound curve--I some times wish I was blessed with extra arms. Once wrapped ,I twisted the ends tight and secured them with clear scotch tape---
---Repeated the process on the othe plug. the next step was to shrink it tight---just use a blow dryer up close--make sure to rotate and hit all the surface and shrink everything nice and tight. In the end about 99% of the wrinkles pulled out--any that were left were tiny and will have no effect on the finished product--
---Should start laying glass in a couple of hours--need to eat and do a couple honey doos!---more later---H
. I cut the cloth into strips, pretty much on the fold lines--
---Next I cut them into various lenghts from 1 ft to about 2 ft. Started at the rear and worked forward, spiraling around the plug. If your not used to glassing like this --don't worry about the stringy things--just the nature of the beast--get them to lay down as best you can. I use sponge brushes to mix and spread the resin---have several on hand--in time the resin will disolve them. One more thing ,don't overwork the fabric . Just try to get it as smooth as possible,remember your gonna sand it down later anyway. One thing I decided early on was that the body was only an aeroshell and not really structural -so I can build it lite and let the internals handle the major loads.. Another hint keep everything you need close by!! I managed to drop my container of mixed resin on my deck--WHAT A MESS! Also the temp outside is falling so I expect the cure time to be extended quite a bit---
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I hope you're feeling better soon! Nothing worse than being ill
Krusty
---I'll let it set for the rest of the day in case there are some hidden wet spots I can't find and start the sanding process tomorrow night--maybe--we'll see how cold it is. That part has to be done outside--really makes a mess !! More later----H
Last time I did a bunch of FG sanding I was itching for days after it! Argh!!
-more later today---H
---It's a couple of PVC fittings--the gray one is electrical the white one plumbing--they screw together and then I screwed a self tapping screw in the center---this assembly was pushed into the foam core and the nut shape of the gray part keeps it from coring out the foam. Total cost 3 bucks and change , worked like a champ---all sanding was done in the vertical position--pressing down---I foung a little divot and placed the screw head in it so it would not float around----you need a lot of side preasure when doing this and chasing the part is no fun---WORKED GREAT---
---In the end the part had very few high or low spots and feel and looks great--There was one small area that had a void--no biggie--I can take care of that later---. Went ahead and put a coat of spot putty on it to get it smooth and take care of any pinholes---as you can see I put it on thin--did'nt need anymore that this-----originally I thought it would be rougher than this and was prepared to use body filler---NOT NEEDED !!!--The nose might be a different story-------
----I'll let this sit overnight and sand tomorrow--Primer should take care of any other problem areas---as for the nose--just gonna take some elbow grease--should be good though----H--------Did'nt realize those pics were so blurred --I'll get some better ones out !!!!
