<<the piles of white stuff left on the floor>>
If it were nearer 1st April I would advertise is "only used once".
Yes, this is a major problem - EVERTHING gets covered, from floor to
ceiling and even the tools in the draws ! I see no way to get it clean
enough for painting ever again.
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The sander has a bag (which was always falling off) but it seems only to
collect a proportion of the stuff. You can use the outlet for a vaccum
extraction hose which improves things. This same vaccum cleaner supplies
air to my helmet from its other end. Make sure there's a filter in place !
<<going too deep>>
Have never damaged the skin - you can hear what is going on from the
pitch of the engine note. Quite noticeable when you are no longer cutting
the filler. Best to shim sander mounting to set the belt exactly in the
ski plane with the device upside down. Then when you turn it over the
weight of the sander (and the carpet on the ski surfaces) will generate
light contact depending on how thick a top plate you have used. AMB you
should be wary of pressing on (in every sense), especially down the
leading edge slope. With great trepidation I removed one ski to get "up
the slope" cause by the overlaps towards the fairings. This is a
difficult area where the curvature changes in two dimensions and no
single scraper will apply a constant thickness coating (in fact it's a
mess). At least on the top surfaces one will be putting the non-skid mat
over it, so you don't have to try too hard there.
Total time to finish wing surfaces 15 hours, most on tips, leading edges
and local defects on the 1/4 wing where too thin a coating was applied.
(The angling shops wonder where your fishing when you ask for 200lb
breaking strength !) Now for the spraying - pause while I build a the
third garage.
gemin
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