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naumuk(at)alltel.net
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 Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 6:03 pm Post subject: Painfully learned polishing tips |
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1. Polishing skins before assembly is no faster than after assembly and has a new set of pitfalls.
A. CLAMP THE PIECE ON BOTH SIDES EVERY 3' OR SO. As in just about every building activity, movement is death.
B. AFTER CATCHING AN EDGE AND KINKING YOUR SKIN, REFER TO "A" ABOVE.
C. When you kink your skin, you can do a respectable job of turning an accordion back into a relatively flat piece with a body dolly and plastic hammer. Don't laugh- it works. Desperation is the mother of innovation.
2.Related to (1)- you're probably better off avoiding the edges until after assembly. If you want everything to shine, you're going to have to polish the rivets later anyway.
3. The compound actually cuts better if you hold some pressure off the buffer. Down pressure is counterproductive.
4. Ron Black never said anything after I e-mailed him saying I was going to wet sand the rough spots. He knew better. Six of one, half dozen of another. It takes you at least as long to compound out the sanding scratches as it would to compound the rough spot out in the first place.
5. PREPARE TO MAKE A MESS OUT OF YOUR SHOP!! I have to vacuum after every 3' section, and have a 30 gallon garbage can nearly full of "Hairballs" already. Black crud is everywhere! If you're polishing, quick, run down to HF. They have 100 packs of Nitrile gloves on sale for $5.99. At least you won't have to sandblast your hands.
6. Refer to my 12/31/06 post where I naively said I'd have the right and left fuse skins polished by 1/2/07. I'll just finish the right skin tonight, and any of you guys know right where to go to see where I f---ed up.
Good building!
Bill Naumuk
HDS Fuselage
Townville, Pa
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 3:29 pm Post subject: Painfully learned polishing tips |
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Pat-
I think the hassle is more in getting what you want to begin with-
maintanance should be no big deal.
Bill Naumuk
HDS Fuselage
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John Bolding
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 4:11 pm Post subject: Painfully learned polishing tips |
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Bill,
Hopefully you live where the humidity and pollution are low as THAT's what gonna determine how much you gotta keep rubbin' on that pretty bird, unless you put on a clear coat , which isn't a cure-all either.
Along the Gulf Coast where I live you see precious few polished airplanes due to the continuing effort to keep them good looking, I admire your grit!! pun intended
LOW&SLOW John
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I think the hassle is more in getting what you want to begin with-
maintanance should be no big deal.
Bill Naumuk
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bryanmmartin
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| Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 5:44 am Post subject: Painfully learned polishing tips |
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I'll second that. It takes quite a bit of work to get the 6061 to
shine up well but once you get it there, it holds up pretty well. At
least in my experience with my plane hangared in Michigan.
On Jan 15, 2007, at 6:28 PM, Bill Naumuk wrote:
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I think the hassle is more in getting what you want to begin
with- maintanance should be no big deal.
Bill Naumuk
HDS Fuselage
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| Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:11 pm Post subject: Painfully learned polishing tips |
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John-
I do, and I hope to Hell it stays that way. Kind of a Catch-22 situation. All the major polluters moved out West, but so did most of the high paying jobs.
Bill Naumuk
HDS Fuselage
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