Canopy skirt prep: 6 hours

I had not done anything to the skirt since applying a thin coat of epoxy to fill pinholes so I spent a significant amount of time sanding and prepping it to be painted and bonded / riveted to the canopy assembly.

I found one area on the skirt that had some cosmetic defects that will be visible after installation so I filled the area with some micro then sanded.

I also started marking the skirt and canopy for taping for the sikaflex primer.

The above activities were accomplished over several days.

More sanding...

More filler...

Marking skirt for tape:

Made some blocks to work on canopy with skirt attached: