I have read some of the excellent writeups on this subject from Mickey and others. My canopy has been cut and trimmed to just below the frame but I left it longer towards to back to facilitate bonding the skirt. I'm using pieces of hose to create the 1/8th in gap and figure on about 30 clamps/spacers to hold it in place.
What I am debating now at the 11th hour is whether to bond the whole canopy in one go except around the spacers so I can get them out and then backfill where the spacers are --- OR as some have suggested, to put about 20-30 "dabs" of adhesive to fix it in place and then go back the next day without spacers and fill it all in with adhesive.
My concern is around the 2 hr limit specified for the primer. For those who have put the dabs on and then gone back did you:
1. prime the whole thing and then just go back ignoring the time limit? I have seen this has been tested and bond strength is lower.
2. prime and then reprime over what was there before finishing the next day?
3. just apply primer for the spot bonding and then apply between the plexi and the frame with a thin brush before finishing the next day?
Any other "latest learnings" appreciated.
What I am debating now at the 11th hour is whether to bond the whole canopy in one go except around the spacers so I can get them out and then backfill where the spacers are --- OR as some have suggested, to put about 20-30 "dabs" of adhesive to fix it in place and then go back the next day without spacers and fill it all in with adhesive.
My concern is around the 2 hr limit specified for the primer. For those who have put the dabs on and then gone back did you:
1. prime the whole thing and then just go back ignoring the time limit? I have seen this has been tested and bond strength is lower.
2. prime and then reprime over what was there before finishing the next day?
3. just apply primer for the spot bonding and then apply between the plexi and the frame with a thin brush before finishing the next day?
Any other "latest learnings" appreciated.