Friday, January 10, 2014

Finishing Front Windscreen Fairing

Last night, I finished sanding the front windscreen fairing and applied three thin coats of resin. The West System fiberglass resin gets squeegeed hard into the sanded surface to fill all the pinholes and seal the surface. I'll sand it again with fine sandpaper to make sure everything is smooth and repeat the resin coating (or as I like to call it, the hard candy shell) if required until it's all smooth. Then, all that's left is primer and a bead around the edges to seal everything and I'll be done.


Here's the fairing after priming. It turned out well and I was planning to paint the final finish the next day but the weather forecast of sunny and 72 turned into drizzle and 65. Shelby was home and helped me a bunch in the garage for my Christmas present. She does a great job organizing and was able to help me with cleaning and putting things back in their place and making better places so I could find the tools I need when I need them! I told her that her help was just as important as anything else during the build because it all has to be done before flying no matter what the job.

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