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Not ugly but not a swan yet

Not ugly but not a swan yet

2001-11-17 by Mike Denman

Hi Maniacs,
Today I have two new photos in my Mike Denman 's projects album.  The 
first photo shows the area patches "sanded and the edges blended" into 
the surrounding fiberglass. A marginal amount of effort was spent in 
trying to level the panel. At this point the rear panel is a series of 
highs and lows, ripples etc. but not to worry. As I said in yesterdays 
post, I need to build up the warped areas and then level the whole 
panel.  The second photo shows a fresh layer of fiberglass/resin 
covering some of the repaired areas but more importantly, building up 
the low areas on both sides.  When this has cured, I will spend some 
time actually making the first pass on making the panel flat. It won't 
turn out flat on this try but I will get a real good idea of the areas 
that need additional work. The plan is to continue adding material and 
sanding (most of it off) until the panel is flat and then adding one 
last layer of fiberglass across the entire rear panel.  Once the last 
layer is flat and smooth, I will start in on the prep for paint.
Mike Denman
Marcos 1800
Chassis # 4079

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