Yesterday’s priming went better than I thought. The coverage was good except in one area where you can still see structure through the primer. I spent quite a lot of time with 120 and 180 grit sanding through the eggshell texture of the primer. It took a while to get to this point, and in some places I was not able to get through the eggshell texture. On the next round of primer, we will get those areas built up so we can get through the texture.
I found a grand total of about 5 pin holes in both wings. Let me tell anyone who is questioning the epoxy wipe method, it is fantastic. I did identify quite a few places where there were low spots. I wouldn’t call them pin holes because they are rather large, but more like divots.
I put a piece of masking tape next to each one of these areas.
Then I went to town mixing some “Icing.” Icing is a high quality polyester based filler that is well suited to this kind of work. It has a very smooth consistency and flows a little bit before cure. After 15 minutes you can sand it. It is doing wonders for the surface, I can’t wait to prime over it.
I ran out of time today, busy with other tasks, to get the wings washed, dried, and another coat of primer on them. Hopefully we will get to that tomorrow.
the Garaggio 