Floored

Sicaflex is applied both for strength and sealing before the aluminium panels get fixed to the frame. Sicaflex is sticky and stains like shit, but apparently is one of the best adhesives available.

This time it's for good. The cleaned panels get fixed with 4mm aluminium rivets. You can see the riveter minutes before it was flying with lots of air time through the workshop. After only 32 rivets (yes I counted them out of deception) it broke down. The biggest annoyance is the loss of time when such a tool conks out, but ...

... it's replacement is such an über-riveter that I quickly forgot about it's five times higher price. Twenty minutes for panel #1 using the basic riveter, five minutes for panel #2 with the Ironside riveter. And one more very capable tool in the workshop! Stopping work and driving to the hardware store took me more than half an hour. Time easily saved during all the panel mounting that has to be done. I even found black rivets in that shop. They come handy to fix the inner (black!) panels.

Cheers.