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Okay, blades can be replaced or re-sharpened or
honed. Your choice. My delete key is getting hammered from this overabundance
of advice.
Let's apply our collective wisdom, or lack thereof,
to the finishing of the LE of a bagged wing.
Having bagged about 50 wings now, I am still at a
loss as to how to get a painted LE that matches the smoothness and gloss of
adjacent painted surfaces.
Sure, you can reduce the area to be finished by
running the carriers almost to the front of the LE. You can even feather the
edges of the carriers to really get close. It's
that last bit I'm asking about. After trimming away the junk and sanding on it,
there are irregular areas, pits and areas where the layup did not stick
well. If I get too enthusistic with the sanding block, I'll cut into the
wood LE's I put on and glassed over before bagging. Cutting into the wood
creates more problems.
Sure, I know you can stick on reflector tape or
colored tape but that is tacky (no pun intended), amateurish and it does not
last. Replacement requires getting off residual adhesive which is a pain.
Anyway, it's ugly! I hate ugly!
Who on this list knows what to apply to the rough
LE to smooth down uniformly by wet sanding to take paint and look like
the adjacent paint? What's this West 410? Has anybody used it? Does it keep in
the container or have a short shelf life making it too expensive?
So far the ideal product is as hard to come by as
those obsidian blades or that unobtanium metal.
No, don't tell me to mix fillers like talcum,
microspheres, Pica Fillit, Cabosil, Micro-dust, etc. in epoxy to make a
paste. It all cures too hard and the end result is grainy which prevents a
glossy finish. Forget Sig epoylite or Perfect Paint Sandable White Primer, or
Hobby Poxy's similar stuff.
I'm looking for something to coat pits and
irregularies to wet sand down twith progressively finer grits o a glass-like
finish to paint and look smooth and glossy.
If any one knows of a suitable product available
other than in 50 gallon drums for roofing, etc., don't keep it a secret. Don't
tell me about something you heard about but have not tried. Let's hear about
some first hand experience about something that works.
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