- Test fit the fabric. I used my daughter's yellow chalk to roughly mark the edges of the glare shield (you can see it in photos #1 and #2).
- Cut outside of the chalk lines to get the fabric outline even tighter.
- Draped a very large piece of plastic over the entire forward fuselage so no overspray will get on the fuselage. Used painter's tape to tape the plastic so that ONLY the areas to recieve adhesive and fabric were exposed. I taped over the area of the rivet holes at the intersection of the glare shield and the instrument panel. That way I can still put fabric over the rivets after they are put in.
- Used 3M fabric adhesive. It goes on both the metal and the fabric, in 2 coats. After letting it tack up, my wife helped me lower the fabric onto the glare shield. I then tucked, tugged, pushed and flattened the fabric onto the glare shield.
- Then I used my box cutter to cut the fabric right at the intersection of the glare shield and the surrounding fuselage. Since I had masked everything (that was not to receive adhesive), the waste material came off easily, pulling the masking tape with it. You can see the cut, waste and the tape on the firewall in photos #2 and #3.
- Removed all the plastic and tape.
Test fit fabric. Yellow chalk to roughly define glare shield edge.
Plastic draped and taped over entire front of fuselage. Beginning fabric cuts.
Cut the fabric at the intersection of the glare shield & firewall.
