Cleco smiley

[mfazio]

I unfortunately have a couple of smiley face dents from clecos on the top of my right wing. Any advice on how to repair or at least make it less noticeable?

I was planning on polishing...

Mike Fazio
Waiex #63

[radfordc]

Park it so the sun hits them in the eyes!

[Bryan Cotton]

When I have dents I use an auto body dolly and a plastic hammer. It won't be perfect but I can usually improve it enough that emotionally I can move on. I haven't had cleco dents yet but while polishing I caught on the corner of a stabilizer skin. Later Adam got the aft corner of a tailcone skin. You will still be able to tell. Most people won't ever see it.

[DCASonex]

Fortunately did not have any of those. Have heard of some that have worked out the smileys with a spoon from back side. Can testify that the soft plastic nose pieces for clecos are worth the price, but even better find the correct size of "CapPlug" order a few hundred, and drill or punch the holes in end yourself.

David A.