Vance Vanz
Well-known member
Bonding Fairings & Rear Fenders to the Camper
So, my sweet heart was in town visiting me for a few days and she called me one evening while I was at the shop working away. She asked if I needed any help. I said sure (as I had been prepping all day in order to bond the fairings) and I asked her if she was ready to work her butt off. She thought I was kidding and she also forgot to mention that she was referring to helping out "tomorrow" meaning the next day. Just a little relational miss communication
! I promise, we actually do pretty good in this department.
Regardless, she came out pretty late in the evening and I was stoked to have an extra set of hands to bond all four of the fairings. I kicked into go mode and the next thing you know it was 2am in the morning and she was basically turning into a puddle (we had both already worked a full day before starting all of this madness at 9pm). As soon as the last fairing was secured at about 2:30am, she tapped out and headed home. I stayed to get all of the filler smoothed out and peel plied. Another all nighter on this yahoo of a project 🤠😵💫🥴!
Erin, you are an Angel 😇 and a trooper 💪. I owe you BIG time sweetness
😘.
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After sanding all of the joints on the fairings, it was filler coat number two for the fairing joints and time to bond the core material for the rear fenders.
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One more sand on everything and some last little spot fills. Oh man, there is nothing fast about composite work.
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So, my sweet heart was in town visiting me for a few days and she called me one evening while I was at the shop working away. She asked if I needed any help. I said sure (as I had been prepping all day in order to bond the fairings) and I asked her if she was ready to work her butt off. She thought I was kidding and she also forgot to mention that she was referring to helping out "tomorrow" meaning the next day. Just a little relational miss communication
Regardless, she came out pretty late in the evening and I was stoked to have an extra set of hands to bond all four of the fairings. I kicked into go mode and the next thing you know it was 2am in the morning and she was basically turning into a puddle (we had both already worked a full day before starting all of this madness at 9pm). As soon as the last fairing was secured at about 2:30am, she tapped out and headed home. I stayed to get all of the filler smoothed out and peel plied. Another all nighter on this yahoo of a project 🤠😵💫🥴!
Erin, you are an Angel 😇 and a trooper 💪. I owe you BIG time sweetness
![IMG_1192.jpeg IMG_1192.jpeg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/746/746268-523b6b5eaf48b0ac3c79a34870f5ec71.jpg)
![IMG_1193.jpeg IMG_1193.jpeg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/746/746269-0d880f4dd7d8f0c5f304f4044e038bdd.jpg)
![IMG_1196.jpeg IMG_1196.jpeg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/746/746270-88f24790fb415e106044359d4337f194.jpg)
After sanding all of the joints on the fairings, it was filler coat number two for the fairing joints and time to bond the core material for the rear fenders.
![IMG_1199.jpeg IMG_1199.jpeg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/746/746271-bd91b9a7ce443cfe5471b15784bffbba.jpg)
![IMG_1200.jpeg IMG_1200.jpeg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/746/746272-ebc02b6d0b3c16a25a2bc49078ed86e4.jpg)
![IMG_1205.jpeg IMG_1205.jpeg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/746/746273-97f76c41830bc78abe86e6c94a345180.jpg)
![IMG_1207.jpeg IMG_1207.jpeg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/746/746274-5ff1600d2399edee4d52a654e0d0bbe5.jpg)
One more sand on everything and some last little spot fills. Oh man, there is nothing fast about composite work.
![IMG_1223.jpeg IMG_1223.jpeg](https://expeditionportal.com/forum/data/attachments/746/746275-e95a7fb8f38d37e0a8a57d60f4004e7f.jpg)
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