Finished fairing the windscreen today. I used an 8" radius template as a guide, it turns out that what I ended up with is more like an 8 1/2 - 9" radius , which is alright with me as the Van's 7" is a little abrupt. With the bigger radius there was less sanding of the fiberglass on the center portioin as well. The SuperFil worked out great, It set up over night 9just efore bed I applied a 'skim coat' over the original coat to try an even out some low spots and fill some voids. I used a 1" x12" round blocking tool and wrapped 60, 100, and 150 grit sand paper around it while contouring the radius. when I had it pretty close I applied a coating of Metal Glaze over the entire bottom of the windscreen and went back and sanded it again. I also sanded the fierglass tapes across the upper bow on the windscreen and then put two coats of metal glaze on them to fair them in. I thought I was done but when running my hand quickly across the bottom of the W/S I could feel 'bumps' that my eyes couldn't see. Soo.. back out came the blocking tool and paper and I sanded and felt with my eyes closed. until i couldn't determine any more irregularities. I found that by closing my eyes I got a truer sense of the sirface than by combining touch w/ sight. before quitting I mixed up some flox/micor.cabosil and filled the remaining screw/bolt heads in the inside of the door frame. Tomorroe I'll finish prepping the door frame. then on to the cabin top and hinges.
