FG repairs made easier!

Thanks to Joe, repair of my fiberglass wheelpants has been made much easier and neater!  Briefly, the steps below let you create fiberglass or nylon repair "tape" using 3M Super 77 multi-purpose spray adhesive, wax paper, and the fiberglass cloth or nylon tape of your choice.  After the FG or nylon is cured on the wax paper, you can cut swatches for your repairs of pants or cowls easily with just a scissors and not get those nasty loose fibers that keep unraveling at the edges.  When you remove the swatch from the wax paper, there is a slight tackiness that allows the swatch to be pressed onto the pants, fully conforming to the contours of the pants.  It's easy to just brush epoxy resin onto the swatch to complete the repair.  The method works so well that you can even use one piece to cover the outside of a crack, and the inside, by just bending the swatch around the edge of the pants...it sticks that good!  Here are the steps(stealing some of Joe's own words):

1.  Select and spray a piece of FG cloth with the spray adhesive.  The 3M Super 77 adhesive is real thin compared to most and it will dissolve in the resin that is applied later. It might not work with something thicker/stronger like some of the yellow ones or the “trim adhesive” styles that are a lot thicker and stronger.

2.  After the spray is tacky, lay and flatten wax paper to adhere to all of the sprayed cloth. 

3.  Then pull the cloth and paper up from the base while it’s still tacky or it might never come off or take part of the table with it.

4.  Smooth it out and flatten any ripples or bubbles.  Let dry.

5.  Cut a patch of the prepared tape when ready for repair.

6.  Remove wax paper backing.

7.  Stick the repair swatch to the part being repaired (after using CA and sanding if necessary).

8.  Spread resin or CA of choice on the swatch.  Joe uses alcohol to thin if needed.

9.  Done!

Here is a pic of the Super 77 and a couple pieces of repair tape ready to use (nylon on left, FG on right):