by AdamDK » Mar 25, 2020 8:32 pm
[b][u]Wednesday March 25th, 2020:[/u][/b]
Weather still hasn't warmed up enough for glass work, so sanding the deck continues.
Most sanding done with a variable speed 7" orbital sander running around 3000rpm using 24grit pads. I would do small manageable sections at a time, first sanding the clearcoat (what was left of it), then the flake down to the black tooling gelcoat, then finally the black gelcoat down to the glass.
[img]http://www.adadk.ca/viper/March25-2020/SAM_1154B.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.adadk.ca/viper/March25-2020/SAM_1154A.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.adadk.ca/viper/March25-2020/SAM_1156.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.adadk.ca/viper/March25-2020/SAM_1157.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.adadk.ca/viper/March25-2020/SAM_1158.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.adadk.ca/viper/March25-2020/SAM_1155.jpg[/img]
You can see below where I went a little too deep with the sanding. I will be going over the entire deck again using a 4" DA sander using 60/80grit pads to smooth out the grooves where needed, rounding edges, etc.
[img]http://www.adadk.ca/viper/March25-2020/SAM_1159.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.adadk.ca/viper/March25-2020/SAM_1160.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.adadk.ca/viper/March25-2020/SAM_1161.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.adadk.ca/viper/March25-2020/SAM_1162.jpg[/img]
For the windshield frame notches, I needed to use my triangle rasp on my oscillating tool.
These chopper-gun layups leave lots of air bubbles.
[img]http://www.adadk.ca/viper/March25-2020/SAM_1163.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.adadk.ca/viper/March25-2020/SAM_1164.jpg[/img]
Until next time...