Success
Thanks for the responses everyone. After a bunch of prep and masking, my fiance (she was awesome help) and I were able to successfully bond the canopy with Sika. It looks pretty good! I went ahead and did the side skirts at the same time, plus pulled the tapes right after we got a smooth bead. As was mentioned in previous posts, electrical tape was best for the final mask. I chose yellow for visibility. We let it setup for about 17 hours, then removed the assembly from the plane to get the rear arch dressed.
Also, thanks to Bruce Swayze and Bruce Hill for their excellent write ups on this topic, with lots of pics!
So happy to have this done! There are a few paint details to fix on the frame, then on to the fiberglass fairing.
I'll try to post pics later.