oops! two pieces instead of one.

[danshat]

Ok so I didn't figure that the front visor (or whatever it's really called) was actually two pieces. either way it needs to come off so I can repaint and put it on correctly. Any ideas how to get it off without damaging it further?

 

[danshat]

two more pics.

 

[34Hatt]

That is common to come apart there my was also like that. I also had same thing on the back end of salon roof.
I put mine back together with west system then added many layers of fine cloth tape on the seam with more west. Have done mine and Magic Hat a 34C the same way, 8 years now all good!

I would not try to take it off.

 

[danshat]

I guess it's better to just sand the underside by hand then to try and remove it. I will give it a shot. Just thought it might be easier to remove since i have to fix gap where it meets the rest of the roof. Thanks for the insight on the fix. do you happen to remember the weight of the tape you used?

 

[Boss Lady]

the roof top a cored fiberglass sandwich. If you stand on it does it flex? If it doesn't flex then it is still well laminated and you can just reglass the seam that has split. Fiberglass does expand/contract with temperature and depending upon how Hatteras finished the edge originally may have not been strong enough. If the roof flexes then it has delaminated from the core.

P.S. Dan, I like your George Orwell quote. It is a main stay in Special Ops. Here is poem writen by a soldier from the parachute regiment in regards to rough men.

Rough men

There's a character trait that's decided by fate
Comes (sadly) to many, far too faint, far too late.
They won't face the aggressor, stand up to his ire
They have not the will to fight his fire with fire.
So they bend over backwards to see all sides as fair,
Till they're faced with dragon breath fire in their hair.
Like our brethren in France, who'd know better than we,
Yet seem never to learn, seem doomed never to see.

Yes, it seems there are some who're determined by fate,
To possess not the courage to step up to the plate,
Who shrink from all threat because nothing's worth war.
But how can they know lest they've been there before?
Thank God some have courage, the will, yes, the grace,
To stand for the shirkers, stand strong in their place.
Thank God we have stalwarts who'll stand for us all,
Who will rise to the challenge at their nation's call.

The faint-hearted, who fear, whose reaction is flight,
Have no comprehension of those who will fight.
To hide their own trepidation they attempt to demean
The rough men, who defend them, as barbaric, obscene.
Yet these rough men stand ready, hard weapons to hand,
To put placaters behind them, draw a line in the sand,
To preserve for the peaceniks what they won't defend,
So their own unearned freedom won't perish, won't end.

To appeasers, rough men are coarse government tools.
To rough men, appeasers are dumb delusional fools.

Russ Vaughn
2d Bn, 327th Parachute Infantry Regiment
101st Airborne Division
Vietnam 65-66

It seems that nothing ever changes with the appeasers of the world, and I thank God that we still have men that have the courage to make the stand.

 

[REBrueckner]

Consider routing the seam edge with a dremel type tool...or even use a drill bit on a standard drill....that will help create clean surfaces for a good West system adhesion...blow out the seam after cleaning....the most important thing is to assure all is dry and clean in that seam before you repair....epoxy won't stick to mold nor dirt!!!....looks like after squeezing in epoxy, perhaps thickened to avoid messy run off, you should squeeze the upper and lower surfaces together with some C clamps....good luck....

Once the surfaces are stuck together, you can reinforce the edge with any type cloth/tape you choose....the epoxy will do most of the adhesion work...so you may not even additional edge tape....I've found the epoxy incredibly strong by itself....