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Finish Kit Update February 2010 Updates February 28, 2010 Wings.... - 3.0 hrs Guess what came in the mail this week???? My #1 of 100 signed copy of the RV7A Slider version. This will be framed and put in my office next to the 8. I have worked all weekend on cleaning the garage to get it ready for working on the wings. No since it trying to do it at the hangar as space is a premium. Once the garage was unjunked I took the wings out back and started trying to get the film layer of oil off. I tried Dawn detergent but its still so cold that it is not really working. I used the other that was stored in the garage to make another work table. I went to Lowes and picked up a sheet of plywood and had it cut to 36 x 80 to tack down a nice surface over the door. Came out great. Mounted it on 2 8 foot 2 x 4's laid out over a pair of saw horses. Derek helped me load up the right wing back in the cradle after I finished my first attempt cleaning it. Then we loaded the left week on the table. This is the one I will start on as it has the pitot tube in it so will take some extra work triming that to fit. Tonight I got a call from John B. He suggested I try WD40 to cut the grease on the wings. He said he uses it to get the oil off the belly of his 8. I just gave it a shot on one side and I thing he has a great trick. I wish I would of talked to him before I spent all that time trying to wash it off. O well better late than never. This website was built to document my work in compliance with the FAA requirements needed to certify my aircraft. My experiences and comments are by no means to be considered as instructions on how to build any aircraft.