As with anything in this project, repetition increases learning and decreases the time to complete. I'm getting there. Tonight I completed my left flap topside...the area where I initially dove in and really scratched up the surfaces all the way across. A great deal of my time was spent correcting that error, not doing the actual compounding and polishing. Unless I'm way off, I expect I can do the bottom of the same flap in under two hours. If so, I'll be fairly pleased with the speed and result of the process. Joy said it well when she saw the final product: "You're not going to want to put paint anywhere on your plane!" She may be right.
The mighty compounding buffer with pad. The spur-like tool restores loft when the pad is matted.
The result of the full compounding / polishing process
