More label failures
I checked into the graphics shop with the big UV-curable inkjet printer. Unfortunately, they can’t print white. The best they can offer is white vinyl lettering. I’m not sure that would look very good or be very durable. I’ll have to look into it, though.
After some more advice from Frank at Pulsar, I tried another round of labels. I’m getting really good at all of the steps leading up to applying them to the panel. Out of 5 labels, I only messed up one along the way. However, I still was unable to get a single word of any of the labels to stick successfully. I tried more glue and less glue. The spray glue just doesn’t seem sticky to me. I’m letting it dry and even hit it with the heat gun on low for a few minutes. I’m going to buy a new can of spray glue tomorrow. I know it can work, because I have 3 labels that worked great. I’ve had quite a string of bad luck lately, though.
After that frustrating experience, I did a few random things on the plane to make some small progress. It’s been super cold here in Seattle, so I put a heat lamp on the forward skin hatches overnight to help the Proseal cure. That worked well. I removed the hatches and peeled off the Glad wrap. The homemade seals look good.
Julie helped me dimple the last few holes in the forward skin with the C-frame dimpler. I think that’s the last time I’ll need that thing. I also did the final install on one of the control cable firewall eyeballs.