Began today by removing the pilot door ro prep for interior paint. there is only about 1" pf the door frame that will be exposed beyond the upholstery panel, but in that 1" there are some flaws that still need to be filled/sanded/blended before painting the inside of the door frames. I sanded as best I could all of the flaw/ dings in the exposed portion of the door frame, and then started to mix some smooth prime. i remembered that the Main Emp fairing still needed to be primed, and as long as I was going to mess w/ primer I might as well do it now. So I got out some 100 grit and sanded the entire sirface of the fairing, then applied some very light coats of primer and used a credit card to squeege the primer into as many pinholes as possible.When that dried, I sanded the entire fairing and then mixed up some smoothprime, and rolled it onto the fairing. did 3-4 light coats using the small foam rubber roller, let it dry and then 'rough sanded' that w/ 100 grit. mixed some more primer and went back and applied another 2-3 light coats of primer. Then I got back to what was supposed to be today' s main task i.e. the door and applied several coats of primer to the door edges. I sanded 3/4 of the emp fairing w/ 220 grit until the light got too low, I'll finish up on that and sanding the door fram tomorrow. then start on the co-pilot door. Maybe i'll get them painted Wed. before we leave for Piper's graduation.
