Day 40: Fiberglassing the Hatch Gutters

Put in a solid 11 hours at the shop today.

Prepped the gutters for glass and precut all the tape.  Then went for it.  The only hang up was the serrated scissors finally gave out.  It was definitely messier with just the plain scissors.

I used a ziploc bag to apply the fillet into the tight angles.  Worked great.

This pic is the precut glass tape before the epoxy and fillets.

Pic is post fillet and epoxy.

Also sanded the fairing compound on the hatch lids.  Just did a quick pass with the orbital.  Still need to hand sand the edges and true the lips.

Long day with the epoxy.  That stuff is nasty.  Hope the respirator really does what it says it does. I still feel a little loopy.