| Late last night, I decided that I would eliminate the side air vents for the rear seats. I've already got fresh air for thee seats in |
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| the overhead console. and These side vents look like a good source of water and air leaks. It was also going to be a pain to get |
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| everything faired level and looking good. So today I drilled the rivets out from inside the fuse and then used the old doubler to |
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| make .032" cover plates. I had already applied a heavy coat of flox to the opening so I countersunk through the flox and well into |
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| the .032. I used CS4-4's and attached the cover plates. then began the process of sucessive layers of fillin gthe void and |
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| rebuilding w/ Flox mix. I also got a single ply of fine weave fiberglass tape applied around all of the windows. I used the lay-up |
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| between to sheets of plastic sheet and then cut 1" wide strips (on the bias) and applied those to the pre-wetted window |
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| perimeters. It worked MUCH better than my previous attempt. I really HATE this part of the build. the garage is a mess, as is the |
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| plane, and there's more ahead than behind at this point. Oh well! complaining won't get it done, better stop whining and get on |
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