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Yesterday, I got the aileron skins and stiffeners Alumiprepped and Alodined before I quit for the day. Since I am just getting back into building after a long period of just looking at these parts in the garage, I decided to keep my goals for today fairly light. I wanted to shoot primer on all the parts and get the stiffeners back riveted to the aileron skins.
Did I mention yesterday how time intensive applying the AKZO Epoxy Primer is? it took me around 3 hrs this morning to get everything out, mix up the primer, shoot the primer, and get everything cleaned up. Kind of tedious work after you have done it some 50 times (it hasn't actually been that many, but it sure feels like it).
Using a spray gun must be like riding a bike. I haven't shot any primer in about a year, but it turned out really good.

Just your standard back riveting here. Just keep the rivet being hammered over the back rivet plate :)

I am probably an eccentric, but I still measure my rivets with a Go-No Go gauge. It is amazing how much I remember. I pretty much knew which rivets needed another shot before I ever put the gauge on it.

Back riveting the stiffeners went pretty fast. i spent probably a little under two hours on this, but I didn't work real fast as I was watching a travel show to Alaska that I Tivo'd earlier today. Alaska is one of the trips we have planned when the RV is done.


Not a technically challenging day, but I got a chance to more of less put on my "RV Builders Hat" today.
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