Coat Two: A Battleship Grey Day

Today we began by sanding down the ridge of 2000E left behind when the bootstripe masking tape was removed. As the picture above shows, the 2000E ends just beneath the upper side of the bootstripe. Thus it's important that the transition between the 2000E and bootstripe be as smooth as possible.

To my surprise we used two gallons of 2000E today. While we could have gotten away with 1-3/4 gallons it was nice to have extra to go back and thoroughly cover voids and pinholes.

I'm disappointed in my fairing job. The shiny 2000E makes every void obvious. A long board rather than a random orbital sander should have been used.