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well as you know by now I'm really into my 415G restoration. One thing that I saw as a challenge when I bought the plane was the bubble windshield. It was greyed from being in the sun and was difficult to see through. I was really wondering if I would have to cough up the $$$ for a new one. Drawing from my airline experience, we used to remove scratches and damage from airline windshields with a Micromesh kit. These kits can be bought from any of the major supply houses for about 20 bucks. It contains 6 pieces of superfine grit paper, the highest grit is 6000 grit. After that comes a light polishing compound, and final finish with Meguiar's mirror glaze. Well, the windshield came out looking crystal clear like new, after about 4 hours worth of work! It really takes patience- but it pays off. Also, here's my latest restoration log entries: 8/25/00 1. Got letter back from FAA for registration- they accepted my letter and documents!2. Had letter notarized as afidavit, sent letter back to FAA 3. I now have a temporary registration extension from the FAA 4. Awaiting notificaiton of change of tail number to 1659Z- the only combination I could find for my birthdate that was available, tried many others and they were taken. 8/30/00 1. micromeshed bubble windshield. Looks excellent! 2. windshield has a 4 inch crack. Will look for ethylene dichloride 9/1/00 1. finished sandblasting inside of fuselage and engine mount 2. blasted tail attach points. 3. primed all steel fittings 4. applied alodine to all aluminum. Fuselage is ready for epoxy primer inside. 5. fuselage exterior needs to be stripped still. Only about 5/8 done. 6. flushed out forward fuselage fuel tank. 9/9/00 1. purchased superfill epoxy primer for fuselage 2. purchased filler for dents in tail section total price 139.10 3. total spent so far is $662.00 + 3000.00 = 3662.00 9/12/00 1. covered the bottom of left wing. Stitched trailing edge of fabric to rear spar 2. ordered new engine rubber mounts and main gear washers from univair- 23.00- not bad. total 3685.00 9/13/00 1. began packing everything up from SJVC to bring it home- changing jobs 2. Sprayed landing gear with the superfill epoxy primer 3. began filling dents on leading edge of tails- nice lightweight filler works good. 4. Cleaned up engine. Painted it Grey- looks good. 5. Covered Top of left wing at school- came out good __________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
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