Today was all about the last big area micro-finish sanding that I plan on doing on this bird (ok, perhaps some might be required on the baggage pods).

I started by pulling the inverted right wing outside on its dolly (which meant half hour of getting my big power tools moved out of the way and stowed), before spending a good hour hitting the cured micro first with my air file, then with the Jitterbug sander.

Here’s another shot of the initial power sanding of the micro on the right wing lower outboard wing, inside winglet and newly glassed bottom winglet intersection fairing.

I then spent about 45 minutes hand sanding the newly applied right wing micro, first with the 30″ long board, then with some smaller sanding blocks.

No micro —that I’ve done at least— is ever immediately ready for epoxy wiping right after its initial sand down to shape, and this was no exception.  I whipped up some micro, heavy on the West 410 and filled all the bigger holes, scratches and major divots in the micro finish.

I then used some of the micro left over in the cup to apply a layer on the just-glassed aft end of the left wing’s winglet intersection fairing.

Jess had the night off, so before heading off mid-evening for a relaxing date night, I wet sanded the epoxy-wiped right side fuselage.  It was nice and smooth after the sanding… ready for primer.

Still pressing onward!