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I carefully applied the blue tape to the body tube and fin.
Then I mixed up 2 squirts each of West Systems epoxy/slow hardener and added two heaping spoons of high density filler and colloidal silica (wearing a mask to prevent breathing the dust).
I then use a plastic spoon to apply the epoxy and a long stroke along the fin root with the back of the spoon gives it the perfect shape.
I’ll keep an eye on it and when it’s close to setting up and still a little gooey, I’ll pull the tape.
It will leave a slightly raised edge when the tape was, easily fixed later with some bondo and sanding to make a smooth edge. That way, when I apply the tip-to-tip fiberglass on the fins, it won’t snag the glass. Learned that many builds ago!
Then I mixed up 2 squirts each of West Systems epoxy/slow hardener and added two heaping spoons of high density filler and colloidal silica (wearing a mask to prevent breathing the dust).
I then use a plastic spoon to apply the epoxy and a long stroke along the fin root with the back of the spoon gives it the perfect shape.
I’ll keep an eye on it and when it’s close to setting up and still a little gooey, I’ll pull the tape.
It will leave a slightly raised edge when the tape was, easily fixed later with some bondo and sanding to make a smooth edge. That way, when I apply the tip-to-tip fiberglass on the fins, it won’t snag the glass. Learned that many builds ago!