Gentlemen,

I have a question regarding a small repair I need to make. Im repairing the firewall that is attached to a fiberglass fuselage. It is slightly cracked where the two meet and the firewall needs to be epoxied again to the fiberglass. It is not completely apart from the fuse so can really just push back in and reapply epoxy on that area. Should I take the firewall completely apart and sand the fuse so that it makes better contact or is this overkill. Also I am using tri-stock to reinforce the firewall to the fiberglass but is there anything I need to know about gluing the two together? Minimal damage was done to the front fuselage and I was thinking about using white medical tape (epoxied on both sides) to simulate the fiberglass front section of the fuselage. Once it hardens I plan on sanding it down and then painting over. The cowl will cover most of the damaged area. Does anybody have something to add to this or is this good?