I started off today by taking the freshly epoxy wiped (Phase II) top cowling outside to knock down the epoxy wiped surfaces in prep for priming and painting.

I grabbed this new shot (pic 1) to show that the vast majority of the pin holes were filled, the ones that can been seen after I sanded the Phase 1 epoxy wipes (pic 2).  Grant it, I haven’t sanded this round of epoxy wipes yet, but I can see that nearly all the pin holes are now filled.

I then spent about an hour sanding the top cowling with both my orbital and pad sanders, both with 80 grit sand paper.

Although I didn’t grab a shot afterwards, but next I wet sanded the top cowling with 150 grit sandpaper.

I then got busy on the bottom cowling.  I did some fine tune sanding here and there before cleaning it in prep for 4 rounds of epoxy wipes…. which I knocked out over the course of the day.

I also sanded the top cowl’s oil check door and epoxy wiped it with 4 coats as well.

Tomorrow I’ll sand down the newly epoxy-wiped parts and also plan on working on the canopy latch system.

Pressing forward!