Home -> RV-7 and RV-7A topic: Scratch

Author: ellis.h.mcgaughy-1@... Time: Thu Aug 30, 2001 8:53 am PDT Link

OK,

I can really start building hard now, because I have my first
scratch. It'll never be perfect again. Seriously, I have a scratch
on the top surface of my HS skin .... caused by a drill being jerked
from my hand (not by another person, but by a loose string that
happened to wrap itself around the chuck). I'm assuming I should go
ahead and lightly sand it and prime to prevent corrosion while it
sits waiting for the rest of the plane to be built.

Anyone see any reason why I shouldn't smooth it out and prime it?

I never planned to have a polished metal aircraft anyway.

Thanks for the consultation / confession session!

Deburring HS Skeleton and Skin,

Ellis


Author: "Neil McLeod" <bedrock@...> Time: Thu Aug 30, 2001 9:39 am PDT Link

I think that would be the thing to do if you scratched through alclad.
 
Neil
----- Original Message -----
From: ellis.h.mcgaughy-1@u...om (mailto:ellis.h.mcgaughy-1@u...)
To: RV7and7A@yahoogroups.com (mailto:rv7and7a@yahoogroups.com)
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 8:53 AM
Subject: [RV7and7A] Scratch

OK,

I can really start building hard now, because I have my first
scratch.  It'll never be perfect again.   Seriously, I have a scratch
on the top surface of my HS skin .... caused by a drill being jerked
from my hand (not by another person, but by a loose string that
happened to wrap itself around the chuck).  I'm assuming I should go
ahead and lightly sand it and prime to prevent corrosion while it
sits waiting for the rest of the plane to be built. 

Anyone see any reason why I shouldn't smooth it out and prime it?

I never planned to have a polished metal aircraft anyway.

Thanks for the consultation / confession session!

Deburring HS Skeleton and Skin,

Ellis

Van's Air Force - World Wide Wing
www.vansaircraft.net

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