I have been hesitant to post this but decided to go ahead anyway.
My RV7a is polished. It was quite a process 7 years ago but the results were worth it. Saved money on painting, saved weight and looked pretty cool. Being as the lock down has provided me extra time, a thorough condition inspection and repolish was on the books.
I started with the empennage. Using just the S grade. Its awkward reaching around and up and down but came out really well. Then it was time to work down the fuselage from back to front. So now I am working inches away from the fuselage. Going straight to S grit was not good enough. Back to the middle grit. The orbital polishing was doing its job. The fuselage turned black then cleared as I worked away, blackening my nose and hands. Then onto the S.....my favourite! As the haze cleared away, a wrinkled old man appeared in front of me. The more I polished the more wrinkles he had. Now jowls were emerging. Who the **** is that? What little hair he had was grey.
I paused to contemplate this illusion.
I think I am going to get the bird painted............
My RV7a is polished. It was quite a process 7 years ago but the results were worth it. Saved money on painting, saved weight and looked pretty cool. Being as the lock down has provided me extra time, a thorough condition inspection and repolish was on the books.
I started with the empennage. Using just the S grade. Its awkward reaching around and up and down but came out really well. Then it was time to work down the fuselage from back to front. So now I am working inches away from the fuselage. Going straight to S grit was not good enough. Back to the middle grit. The orbital polishing was doing its job. The fuselage turned black then cleared as I worked away, blackening my nose and hands. Then onto the S.....my favourite! As the haze cleared away, a wrinkled old man appeared in front of me. The more I polished the more wrinkles he had. Now jowls were emerging. Who the **** is that? What little hair he had was grey.
I paused to contemplate this illusion.
I think I am going to get the bird painted............