Took a little time off for holiday and work stuff but got back at it this morning. I have tubes of proseal which are probably good enough to do almost 4 ribs. I knew I'd be fighting the clock though and set out to do three. No way. With it so warm out, the tube was setting up after about an hour. It was enough time to do the faying surfaces and get everything riveted but by the time I went back to fillet the edges, it was set up in the tube. Had to mix another 30g to fillet the edges and encapsulate the rivet heads.
Had enough left over to set the -6 rivets and the anti-rotation plate on the left in board rib.
After watching the vans tank assembly video several times, one of my favorite take always is using the paper strip to scoop the excess proseal out of the dimples. Works great and keeps thing from getting too messy.
Not much time for photos today.
7/10: two more hours this morning and got the last rib and the j channel installed. I mixed a tube of proseal and put half of it immediately into a sandwich bag and put it in the freezer. Got the end rib done and then when I started applying the proseal to the j channel, I noticed it was a little streaky with I mixed proseal. Not good. Scraped that off and squeezed the remainder of the tube into another sandwich bag see if it got better; it didn't. So pulled out the good bag from the freezer and finished the channel.
Instructions suggest applying proseal to skin instead of channel but I could t see how that was going to work. I just laid the tank on its bottom and very carefully inserted the buttered channel. It worked fine with minimal smearing.
Got another 1.5 hrs in this afternoon. Fabricated the vent line, installed the attach bracket and then the final inboard rib. I'll put this tank aside for a while and may do some water leak testing once it is cured.