TM 9-2320-363-34-2
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USING 100-220 GRIT SANDPAPER, SCUFF AREA AT LEAST 1 IN. (25 mm) OUT FROM SIDES (15)
OF PANEL (8) AREA. SCUFF AT LEAST 1 IN. (25 mm) IN FROM SIDES (16) OF PATCH (10).
SCUFF THOROUGHLY TO GIVE SURFACE TO WHICH PATCH (10) CAN STICK. COMPLETELY
SAND OFF ANY UNDERCOATING SPRAYED ON THESE AREAS.
BEVEL EDGES OF OUTER SIDES OF BOTH PANEL (8) AND PATCH (10), TO ABOUT 45
DEGREES.
USING 220 OR HIGHER GRIT SANDPAPER, GENTLY FEATHER BACK OUTER PAINTED
SURFACES ABOUT 1/2 IN. (13 mm) BEYOND EDGES OF REPAIR AREAS OF PANEL (8) AND
PATCH (10).
BLOW DUST AWAY WITH COMPRESSED AIR AND WIPE AREA WITH CLEAN CLOTH.
IF PATCH (10) IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO EDGE, USE CLAMPS TO TEMPORARILY SECURE PATCH
(10) DURING REPAIR. IF PATCH (10) IS TOO FAR FROM EDGE TO USE CLAMPS, USE BOND
STRIPS (17).
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CUT SCRAP SMC INTO STRIPS (17). MAKE ENOUGH STRIPS (17) TO HOLD PATCH (10) IN
PLACE, ABOUT ONE EVERY 6 IN. (15 cm). IF SURFACE OF PATCH (10) IS CONTOURED OR
CURVED, USE MANY SMALL STRIPS (17). LARGER STRIPS COULD DEFORM CURVES.
ON ENGINE SIDE OF HOOD (12), USE 220 GRIT SANDPAPER TO SCUFF-SAND AREAS ON
HOOD (12) AND PATCH (10) WHERE STRIPS (17) WILL BE BONDED.
NOTE
If joint between parts was separated for repair, rebond joint. Refer to
Hood Component Rebonding, below.
HOLD PATCH (10) IN PLACE AND BOND STRIPS (17) TO HOOD (12) AND PATCH (10)
WHERE SCUFFED. USE LORD FUSOR 320/322 TO BOND STRIPS (17).
APPLY LIGHT PRESSURE AND HEAT FROM HEAT GUN TO AREA FOR 3-5 MINUTES.
AFTER LORD FUSOR 320/322 HAS HARDENED, USE 100-220 GRIT SANDPAPER TO SCUFF
STRIPS (17).
BLOW DUST AWAY WITH COMPRESSED AIR AND WIPE AREA WITH CLEAN CLOTH.
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