Applied Sealant to Rudder Trailing Edge

I didn’t get any pictures of the actual process since the sealant is sticky as hell.  Literally, everything that it touches will stick and you can’t get it off without a fairly aggressive solvent like MEK.  Anyway, I used one of the tubes of sealant available from Van’s that is ready to be mixed.  It was kind of a waste since you only use maybe an ounce on the trailing edge wedge.  After mixing it, I used the Semco sealant gun I picked up on eBay to put a thin bead down both sides of the wedge then spread it smooth with a popsicle stick.  It was then just a matter of clecoing on the angles that I already made.  I put clecos every hole to provide even clamping pressure (you can see just a bit of sealant oozing out of a couple of spots along the edge).

Here’s a closeup showing the sealant that has squeezed out.  Now I just have to let this sit for 2-3 days to firm up and I can rivet the trailing edge.

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