Primed canopy frame: 1 hour

Cleaned the canopy with denatured alcohol, wiped with a tack cloth then brushed on Sika 206 primer over both the Sika adhesive, the canopy frame and any exposed plexiglass.

The Sika 206 primer is compatible with all of the above surfaces however it will require a good bit of sanding due to brushing it on.

Primed with Sika 206:

Finished taping canopy for priming and final paint: 2.5 hours

Finished taping using the 3m vinyl masking tape for the edges and a cling film I got from Home Depot for the majority of the plexiglass followed by painters tape to connect the two.

Read to paint:

Finished sanding canopy: 2.5 hours

Finished sanding the sika joints on the canopy frame. Started taping the canopy for priming.

I got some very expensive 3m vinyl masking taping from the auto paint supply to use on the edges.

Finished sanding then removed old tape and plastic from the inside.

Sanding inside canopy sika: 2.5 hours

More sanding ... working on the inside cosmetic sika layer with a small foam rubber block and 220 grit.

Final inside sika layer and skirt pin hole filling: 6 hours

• Wiped with sika 205 Aktivator then primed with sika 206 primer
• Applied and smoothed sika 295 one section at a time. I used my home made delrin "tool" for shaping the sika.
• Everything turned out very well. One thing that made it easier was preheating the sika to about 85f. I also started out with a larger hole in the dispensing nozzle.

• Cleaned off the inside of the canopy skirt with acetone
• Brushed on and squeegeed in a layer of System Three clear coat epoxy.
• This is the first time I have used this epoxy and I did not realize how long it takes to cure. After more research I found that this epoxy is better for pin hole filling on more smooth finished pieces and doing it in one coat.
• After waiting for the epoxy to get tacky I put on 2 more coats. After the last coat I rolled it with an epoxy roller. Next time I fill some thing kind of rough like this I will use West epoxy with the fast harder. However, I believe that this epoxy will be fine (it just took a lot longer) and if not I can sand and apply another coat of it or West.

Finished skim coating the skirt:

Very happy with how the sika turned out:

Canopy taping: 1.3 hours

• Finished taping the inside of the canopy to apply final sika cosmetic coat

Canopy sanding and paint testing: 2.5 hours

• I made some test samples with blobs of sika on aluminum. I painted over the sika with sika 206 primer then scuffed that and painted over with rustoleum universal and painters choice - each in satin black.
• Sanded sika on canopy forward edge with 220 grit. -This took the majority of the time but I'm very happy with the results.

Paint testing (these will be frozen and heated after they cure to test):

Happy with canopy forward edge: