Thursday, June 05, 2008

Glassed the lower cowl






The next step is to make all that foam smooth enough to glass. One of the guys in my EAA chapter told me about using drywall compound. It's cheap, easy to get, and water soluble. I put on two coats, sanding in between.

After it's smooth enough for government work, I apply a coat of auto paste wax as a mold release. I also had access to a bit of water soluble mold release, so I gave a final coat of that, just for good measure.

I added two layers of BID then used sheets of dacron as peel ply.

We're going on vacation for a week, so you'll have to wait to see how it turns out.

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