Sunday, November 4, 2012

Custom Solar Explorer Build Part 19 White Coat Sand


Look at your first white coats under a strong light from all angles.
Any specs of paint or glue blobs should be sanded down now before any more paint coats.

Under the lower 50/55 ring was some glue blobs. Sand these down with 400 grit.

Near the lower fin root edge is another raised piece of paint. This is also sanded to surface.

I was hoping not to have to fillet the launch lugs, but there is some glue and air bubbles showing.
Titebond Molding and Trim Glue will be used for the lug fillets.

The upper surface of the 50/55 centering ring looks pretty good.
All the preparation paid off well here.

Enlarge the picture and you can see the bubbles under the launch lugs.

A light overall sanding now will make for a smoother surface after the next spray coats.

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