I removed all of the masking so that I could open the canopy and climb inside to finish applying the adhesive. Jenn caught a picture of me working.
This is a lousy picture, but I applied a bead of adhesive on both the inside and outside of the canopy frame bow.
After scraping most of the excess adhesive away with an aluminum scraper I fabricated with a small radius, I removed the tape that was defining both sides of the bead. I used my finger dipped in mineral spirits to create a nice smooth fillet. It’s not perfect, but I’m happy with it.
I still need to do a final trim of the front edge of the rear window, so I put some masking tape on the roll bar and marked the aft edge of the canopy.
After installing the rear window, I transferred this line to the rear window. I’ll sand close to this line and then start the final fitting. Van’s specifies a 1/32″ gap between the canopy and rear window.
