Paint prep continues. It’s really just sanding and more sanding. It is not however mindless.

I have returned the control surfaces back to the hangar. Nothing much was happening at home. I have refilled a couple of things. My intent is to have either perfectly flat surfaces or appropriately contoured per the templates.

Longboard sanding is the name of the game.

I have ‘invested’ in five Dura-Block rubber sanding blocks of various lengths. My only regret is that I didn’t buy them sooner. I have sandpaper from a professional store that services the ‘spray paint trade’. The paper comes with an adhesive back that makes life easy, Buying this sort of thing from the local hardware store is no longer on my agenda.

Looks ugly, feels smooth. I am now using Dolphin Glaze which is an industry standard glaze filler for getting pinhole filled. I did consider the ‘Cory Bird method’ or epoxy wipe as some call it. Frankly I have so few pin holes I’m liking the dolphin glaze method better than wiping the whole wing several times with wet epoxy.

I’m going for 320 grit before the next round of undercoat. I have removed nearly all of the previous undercoat. I’m changing brands, going from roll on paint to spray paint and things are changing. I’ll do a post on this later. Enough to say the process is a pain. I am determined to get is as right as I can.

More prep for the new undercoat. I have to say my second go at this is even more meticulous, as it should be.

A reminder of my sanding set up. Standing on milk crates to get the job done.