1973 196 rebuild question

[Duffy1470]

Here is a picture of what I am talking about. See the exposed comb. It is like that all the way around the outside edge. I figure as long as it is adequately supported from underneath with a rail or hard points and tabbed from the top, it should be fine.

[Duffy1470]

U, not sure I answered your question before so I'm going to add some comments. Here is the whole front deck process.
Day1:
-Leveled two 4x8 pieces of memine on cement floor
-Taped 2x2 pieces of wood down for gutters
-glassed gutters down with lots of matte and a layer of 1708
-let it all dry

Day2
-layer of matte over the whole thing including previous days work (lighty sanded and acetone whole thing)
-layer 1708 up to gutter but not over it
-layer of matte
-core and weight on core

Day3
-thickened resin between edge of core and gutter
-matte over all that
-1708 over all that
-1708 over gutter up to core

[Ulysses485]

Thank you for the detailed explanation Duffy! How did you handle the scrim backing on the honeycomb panels? Did you "hot coat" them before you set them into the wet mat layer?

[Duffy1470]

Yes, U. Gave the honeycomb a healthy coat before waiting them down.

[Ulysses485]

Thanks for the information. Regarding finishing the edge of the honeycomb, are you able to add a 45 on the edge of the panel so the bulkhead can be joined together AND filled with thickened resin? Check out my 240 build post #21 where I did this to make a bulkhead and the fuel tank subfloor.