Title: Polished the stabilator
I got bumped from working opening day at Target Field so I figured might as well polish the stabilator before resuming fitting of the empennage fairing, and listen to the game (Guardians won. Yes!)? For this I started with NuVite F7 Grade polish with a compound polisher and bonnet (of course). Then I used F7 with a cyclo tool with a wool (Fleece) towel to remove swirl marks. Then mineral spirits to clean off all polish. At this point I had the choice of using Grade C with the compound and then fleece but given that the stabilator has 0 air time, I went directly to the Grade S (very fine) polish with the cyclo machine and a the fleece blanket. After a final buffing with a clean piece of fleece, I then sprinkle on the corn starch and rub it down with a microfiber towel to remove any leftover polish. Then I use an air hose to remove any remaining corn starch (mostly in the holes of the pulled rivets). I don't use mineral spirits on the last step to clean because I want the chemical coating of the polish to remain on the stabilator. Then I flipped it over and did the top side. The only bummer today was I hit the wing stand and the wing shifted foward and hit the back of my lawn bench, putting a really big dent in the wing. Fortunately, it's the underside of the wing.


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