Eins Werden

Daily accounts of the project’s progress from Monday, August 22nd to Friday, August 26th, 2005.

Monday, August 22nd, Herr Braun finishes up also welding in the bottom panel that he was working on from the previous week. He also also grinded down all the welds .

Tuesday, August 23rd, Herr Braun prepares to put the Trabant’s passenger side panel permanently on the sculpture. He also creates and welds a bottom piece piece that joins the Mercedes to the Trabant from the inside. He also creates and welds in a metal extension panel that extends the length of the Trabant’s side panel. He then is able to also put the Trabant side panel back on.

Wednesday, August 24th, Herr Braun also welds in the sunroof . Prior he had just put a number of spot welds to hold the sunroof in place. He now welds in the sunroof completely in. We then make preparations and also fiberglass the roofs of the Mercedes to the Trabant together .

Thursday, August 25th, I sand the rough surface of the fiberglass that we poured the previous day smooth. In doing so, we find that the fiberglass did not make a good bond to both car roof surfaces and have to sand all of the fiberglass completely off. Herr Braun and I discuss our options of what would be best to use to fuse the roofs together.

Friday, August 26th, we come to the agreement to use polyurethane filler that is re-enforced with fiberglass fiber to fuse the roofs together. I prepare the surfaces so that they are completely clean and sanded to make the best bond as possible. We also apply the filler and it seems like it is going to work. As I put and sand more filler to the roof, Herr Braun is busy working to create and also weld in the metal extension panel for the driver’s side of the Trabant. Once he welds this into place, we make preparations and adhere the Trabant’s side panel into place. The majority of the major fusion work is completed and we can now begin the preparations to paint the sculpture.