Fred,
My problem was opposite of Wills and more like yours, where the lower
fuselage skin surface was proud of the upper, and had to add spacers to the
lower fuselage jog at the clecos to hold the upper skin surface out off the
jog a bit. I have not glued the upper fuse to the lower yet, so here's my
question.
The thin fiberglass spacer discs were stacked one atop the other, until the
upper and lower fuse were in the same plane (no compensation for glue
thickness). My plan is to mix as little flox into the glue as possible to
keep it as viscous, but prevent running. However, I am still concerned the
thickness of the glue might mess up the 'calibration' that was done.
How did it go for you (or anyone else doing a similar procedure)? Did you
have to back compensate a bit?
Regards,
Greg
On Jan 6, 2015, at 11:03 AM, William Daniell <wdaniell.longport@gmail.com>
wrote:
I have a visible join the upper half lip being slightly proud as a result
sliding down over the bottom half. The joint is good and the difference is
slight.
What is the normal practice for the visible join line between the fuze
halves? Does one have to sand down to the epoxy or can one fill on top of
sanded the gel coat?
Will.I had the opposite problem.i.e., my lower half was proud, and problem
solved by adding spacers at each cleco and thickening the Redux bed. For
your case, i'd of course remove the gel coat along the edge of the upper
half and rough up the gel coat on the lower half; I don't think it's
necessary to remove the entire gel coat in order to add the requisite
filler. Perhaps others w/ more knowledge than I will make other
recommendations.
Fred
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