REFLECTOR:Jeffco and strakes

[KeithHallsten]

Milt,

I think John is way ahead of you.  It appears that he has already done that
"mushrooming" step against a wet tape on duct tape on the underside of the
strake lid.  After all that set up, he then removed the strake top, cleaned
up the "mushroom head" and added nice smooth tapes at the joint.  Therefore,
he has nice flanges on the baffles with a perfect fit to the strake lid.
With reasonable care in the application of the Jeffco seal coats, he is
almost guaranteed NOT to have a leak when the lid goes on for good.

I used the same general technique, and my strakes pressure-tested great.
While I'm not yet at the flying stage, I will be genuinely shocked if I have
a leak.

Keith Hallsten, XLFG


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Milton Merskey" <miltonm@airmail.net>
To: <reflector@tvbf.org>
Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 7:25 PM
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:Jeffco and strakes


>
> The pictured lay up on the baffle is guaranteed to leak. The foam top edge
> of  all the baffles must be dug out at least 1/2 to 3/4 ". Then make up a
> stiff batch of whatever stickum you use and apply in the area just dug out
> and allow the stickum to stick up past the baffle by about 1/2". When all
> baffles are complete, apply the strake and use weights. The underside of
the
> strake will cause the stickum to mushroom on each side of the baffle and
the
> chance of a leak will be reduced.
>
> milt
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Tvedte" <JohnT@comp-sol.com>
> To: <reflector@tvbf.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 8:40 PM
> Subject: RE: REFLECTOR:Jeffco and strakes
>
>
> > Here's that second pic
> >
>
>
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