Locate both large and small sets of fins, edging and practice materials in small bag.
Before installation, you must attach the included edging. Begin by laying a sheet of wax
paper onto your work surface. Taking the include practice scrap piece of composite
material and short piece of edging, apply a “bead” of epoxy in the “channel” routed into
the composite fin material and a thinner amount along the channel routed in the edging.
Lock both pieces together, remove excess epoxy and tape together and allow curing. To
save yourself difficulty later, remove the tape prior to complete curing of the epoxy and
remove any excess epoxy. This will need to be trial and error timing on the builder’s
part as all cure rates are different. But be certain that the two parts stay locked together
and in line with one another.
When completed, remove the tape and inspect your results. Check to see that both parts
are firmly locked together and straight in line with each other. Notice the amount of
excess epoxy that has migrated to the exposed area of the sample under the tape. Your
goal is to use sufficient epoxy to bond the parts together, but minimize the amount
squeezed out that you didn’t wipe up prior to curing. Otherwise, some sanding may be
necessary to remove hardened excess epoxy.