I haven't posted for a while but it doesn't mean I haven't been working. For the last month I've been working on patching the section of the hull that was damaged in shipping.
I tried to feather the damaged section back but it was pretty obvious I needed to just clean it up.
I mixed up some West Systems epoxy and laid a piece of 4" cloth on the inside of the hull. Then I added some thickener to part of the resin, filled in the sections I had cut out, folded over the cloth on the outside to make a sandwich and covered it with Saran Wrap, carefully smoothing the glass down to squeeze out extra resin and make the cloth conform.
A simple clamp set up.
And after a couple days to dry...
Next came the real fun. Sanding.
It's been a long process from the first coat
Onward. I'm sure that someone who knew what they were doing could have whipped it out a lot faster, but it' been fun to sit in the sun and work on the airplane.
Even when things came out... less than perfect, let's say.
But it's getting there.
I tried to feather the damaged section back but it was pretty obvious I needed to just clean it up.
I mixed up some West Systems epoxy and laid a piece of 4" cloth on the inside of the hull. Then I added some thickener to part of the resin, filled in the sections I had cut out, folded over the cloth on the outside to make a sandwich and covered it with Saran Wrap, carefully smoothing the glass down to squeeze out extra resin and make the cloth conform.
A simple clamp set up.
And after a couple days to dry...
Next came the real fun. Sanding.
It's been a long process from the first coat
Onward. I'm sure that someone who knew what they were doing could have whipped it out a lot faster, but it' been fun to sit in the sun and work on the airplane.
Even when things came out... less than perfect, let's say.
But it's getting there.
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