November 15, 2008 - Prepping the Cowl for Priming (again)

I filled the top with Rage Gold filler and then sanded.   The Rage Gold did a pretty good job filling the little holes, depressions and scratches.  Not perfect, but pretty well. 
 
After countless hours sanding the cowl halves are ready for WonderFil.  I used a sanding block where I could.  Next I used the little 2 by 4 thick rubber squeegee as a flexible sanding block.  Finally I would just have to sand the steep curves by hand. 
 
I wiped on the WonderFil.  It dried to a white powder in about 20 minutes. 
 
Half the top cowl with WonderFil and the other half without. 
 
I wiped off the dried WonderFil.  All holes, depressions and scratches now have white filler in them.  You can see on the bottom cowl corner where I didn't do a very good job of filling.  Those holes are too big for the WonderFil to handle; they'll need filling with Rage Gold.
 
A closer look at the area that will need more filling. 
 
Lots of scratches on the bottom cowl.  I used 150 and 220 sandpaper; that might have been too course.
 
The top cowl after WonderFil.  Look at all the filling that was required. 
 
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