Progress cladding on factory buildings.
The panels made the previous week had all developed a slight curvature and options to straighten them were discussed. Three trial options were agreed - clamp several together laid flat, clamp several together with packers at the end to accentuate the reverse curve and finally clamp several together flat and soak in hot water. All were setup and the last taken in for soaking over lunch. The latter (obviously?) worked best and will be adopted in future.
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| Ready for a nice hot bath... |
Two more panel sizes were arrived at for above and below windows. These were drawn and printed in no time at all. A trial corner followed, with panels glued on using contact adhesive. The effect was very pleasing. The bolt heads are very small, but still add to the reality of cladding.
The corner panels are our 'standard' height, while the two spandrel panels, yet to be glued in place, are the two new sizes. An infill panel to suit the building width will be cut down, as required.
Geoff noticed that a small strip of paint had been removed from the underside of the lake sheet which had not had a protective layer of plastic applied in time. Rather than try and touch the paint up, he decided to create a feature of a floating log, which was retrieved from the garden.
We still can't get over the superb 3D effect created (without realising) by a single layer of paint applied to the underside of a clear perspex sheet.
