Author Archives: pclifton

After extending that line all the way around, I trimmed the tips, then went to work sanding a nice taper to the cut edge. This taper will allow for a good solid scarf joint with the glass plies I’ll be … Continue reading →

Not much to write about tonight. I spent about an hour sanding down the epoxy skim coat on the two tip pieces. So far it looks like the bits of fiber embedded in the coat aren’t a problem, everything sanded … Continue reading →

OK, so yeah, the fun times keep on coming. First thing today I set about sanding off all that filler primer I shot Friday evening. That turned out to be more fun than I expected – that stuff really loves to … Continue reading →

In the course of all that sanding I removed all the major surface voids, but there were still a fair number of smaller air bubbles and pinholes that had been exposed. So for the last part of the night, I … Continue reading →

Then I got another batch of micro mixed up. Learning from my last attempt, this time I didn’t try so hard to make the mixture super stiff, in the hopes that it would go on better. Working the mix into … Continue reading →

Next I applied tape to the stab tip so I could lightly touch it with the sandpaper as I worked without removing any material. Scratching here isn’t necessarily a huge deal, as I’ll be refinishing the tip anyway, but I … Continue reading →

Much like with the stab tip, there are a few pinholes here to take care of, which would just require a little micro. But I didn’t want to mix up a batch of the stuff and only use a tiny … Continue reading →