The Top and Front are Covered with Filon

My friend Norman Brody has been helping Sean and I with tasks on the teardrop that require an additional pair of skilled hands.  Norman's hands are quite skilled.

Today we applied the Filon covering to the top and front of the trailer.  This one piece of Filon was about 65" wide by 12' long.  The previous teardrop post showed the Filon suspended above the trailer.  

We spread the glue onto the trailer then lowered the Filon carefully, aligning the bottom front edge and working toward the back of the trailer.

We used angle irons to anchor the band clamps in front and back, and to secure the trailing edge where it meets the hatch.  Two other boards were clamped to the leading and trailing edges of the fan curb to hold those edges down.

Here are three views of the result:

 

The shingles work to straighten the front edge, since the band clamps run under the angle iron; without the shingles, the front edge would be wavy.

The same technique is used at the trailing edge just above the hatch opening: 

We plan to let the glue set for two days before unclamping.