I skim coated most of the empennage fairings with straight epoxy to fill the pinholes and scratches from the sandpaper.
I then started prepping the canopy frame for painting. First up is to rivet the canopy bow to the side channel. I then bolted the canopy latches in place so that all of the hardware will get painted.
I masked off the areas that shouldn’t get any paint, then scotchbrited everything that needed paint.
I riveted the roll bar support channel onto the roll bar, then scotchbrited the whole thing. I used the scotchbrite disc in the die grinder to make all of the rivets completely flush to the surface to make sure they can’t scratch the canopy.