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Steve & Nancy Riffe
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Date:  8-11-2013
Number of Hours:  2.00
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Brief Description:  Glued skirts to canopy

Today was a semi-milestone. The skirts have been glued with Sikaflex to the canopy. I started by running another line of tape over the existing final line on the canopy. I prepped both canopy and skirts with Sika 205 cleaner, then waited 10 minutes. Nancy and I each used a 1” wide brush to apply the 209 primer. She worked the inside of the skirts while I did the canopy. After application of the primer, there is a 30 minute wait time before adding the Sika 295 adhesive. After about 20 minutes the primer was dry, so I pulled off the first layer of tape from the canopy. I did this so we could see the edge of the underlying tape in order to get a consistent fillet—then waited another 10 minutes. I applied a thick bead of the adhesive to the inside of the skirts, while Nancy spread it out with a popsicle stick. We then lifted the skirts over the canopy and she held the back and left side so that it didn’t touch the canopy while I stuck in a cleco in the first hole on the right side. We then dropped the skirts into position and I added more clecoes. Then we began to smooth the excess adhesive at the top of the skirts to make a thin fillet between the skirts and canopy. We dipped a gloved finger in water to spread adhesive in making the fillet. After we were satisfied with the fillet, I pulled the tape from the canopy and then from the skirts. Results look good. Cleaned up all the mess from primer and adhesive and left the shop. I believe cure time is around 24 hours. Next, we’ll remove the canopy with skirts attached and add a cosmetic layer to the inside area, then pop rivet the skirts to the frame. May get done with this before month end after all.
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Skirts ready for primer

Skirts ready for primer

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Primer brushed on canopy

Primer brushed on canopy

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Filled not as wide as appears-this is very close up shot

Filled not as wide as appears-this is very close up shot

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