From: "Marvin Kaye" <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Fuel tank drain fairings the easy way
To: lml
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 18:35:47 -0500
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Posted for Tim Jorgensen <yacht-pool@forsikring.dk>:

I let 1 bid cure in the spoon, unmolded it from the spoon, cut and sanded the
edges a little until it fit nicely on the wing, then made a hole in the
fiberglass shell that just matched the socket (covered with a layer of thin
packing tape).
I then screwed in the drain, placed the socket over it, added a liberal amount 
of
micro around the socket, pressed the fiberglass shell over the socket and 
micro
and cleaned up the excess micro.
After cure I removed the socket and voila! All in all a 15 min. job.

The fairings could be made without the fibreglass shell by simply cutting the
handle off the spoon, making the hole in the spoon and using the spoon as a 
mold
over the micro, I just like to have the 1 bid covering the micro, this way the
edges will be much stronger and I won´t ruin the shape of the fairing if I
accidently hit it with a piece of sandpaper during preparation for paint.

Regards
Tim Jorgensen
360  /  30% and working.....