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Chapter 25 - Finishing



1/ Fill low spots with dry micro.
2/ When low spot filler is still green, cover entire wing with dry micro.
3/ If possible cheese grate before cure otherwise let cure and sand with 36 grit to remove excess micro.
4/ Continue sanding with 80 grit until high spots start to appear.
5/ Roll on one guide coat of grey high build epoxy primer and let cure for 48 hours
6/ Sand primer with 180 grit until micro shows
7/ Fill imperfections with West Epoxy + 410 Microlight™
8/ Sand with 180.
9/ Roll on three coats of grey high build primer. Let cure 48 hours
10/ Sand off most of the primer and fill small imperfections with Evercoat polyester glazing putty.
11/ Roll on 3 coats of yellow high build primer and sand smooth.
I think that should work....Let's see how it looks after applying the top coat.

The winglet still needs a coat of primer.

This is with one coat of yellow primer over two coats of grey primer.

Trial fit of rudder for the nth time.

Make sure you put plenty of dry micro over the spar. Filling low spots later is a lot more work and takes more skill (that I don't have)

I had more hair before I started this project!

Another week of sanding and checking for imperfections and the wings, canard, etc are moving up to the hangar to join the fuselage.