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Larry Lyons

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Rebuilding a Smith Mini Plane but I have a general question. Looking to replace the edge protection, rubber stripping or weather stripping used for protecting the fabric surface from the edge of a sheet metal surface. Another words looking for suggestions for something to put over the edge of a sheet metal panel to protect the surface it would come up against. Specifically I am working on a head rest on the turtle deck and will have cowling coming next. What stripping was there, extended about 1/4 to 3/8" up each side over 1/16" thick aluminum. This has been petrified by UV and is coming off in pieces. Looking on line has been an exercise in frustration, way to many options.

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