Dan,
Good to hear from you again. I have a couple of questions on your
replys.
1. First give yourself only as much canopy edge as you need to secure it and
then put on your fiberglass tapes as neatly as possible, using the plastic
backing method. Then after that cures, take off the vinyl tapes and re-tape
it about 1/8 of an inch deeper into the canopy.
Do you lay on both layers of tape, sand then micro?
2. After I have put on the filler and sanded, I like to do the last process
again, with no filler, to get as fine a fairing to the canopy as possible.
Is this just a resin coat? Doesn't that make it harder to sand?
One more question. Did you use the 2" BID tape that the plan book talks
about? The only 2" tape listed in the Aircraft Spruce catalog on page 32
of called "Standard E-Glass and Fiberglass Tapes" It doesen't say it is
BID. It comes in a 50 yd roll, boy that sure should be enough.
Habe a good three day weekend, if you get Monday off.
Looking forward to seeing your KR at Mt. Vernon this year.
Jim
on 1/14/05 7:12 PM, Dan Heath at da...@alltel.net wrote:
> RE: How do you keep the tape from having a shaggy edge with out sanding into
> the plastic canopy?
>
>
>
> The other caller was absolutely correct. Do not use masking tape. Electrical
> or vinyl painting tape is what you need to use. The way to get around the
> problem you ask about is to do it in two steps. First give yourself only as
> much canopy edge as you need to secure it and then put on your fiberglass
> tapes as neatly as possible, using the plastic backing method. Then after
> that cures, take off the vinyl tapes and re-tape it about 1/8 of an inch
> deeper into the canopy. Now you sand untill smooth at the edge of the
> fiberglass and apply your filler. After I have put on the filler and sanded,
> I like to do the last process again, with no filler, to get as fine a
> fairing to the canopy as possible. Now you are ready to paint right up to
> that tape. The last sanding should be with the grit that you would use just
> before painting.
>
> See masking tip at: http://kr-builder.org/Tips/index.html
>
> See N64KR at http://KR-Builder.org - Then click on the pics
>
> There is a time for building and a time for FLYING and the time for building
> has expired.
>
> Daniel R. Heath - Columbia, SC
>
> See you in Mt. Vernon - 2005 - KR Gathering
>
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