On Jun 21, 11:37*am, wrote:
On Jun 21, 10:11*am, jsbrake wrote:

Before I make myself out to be too much of an idiot with a mostly-
likely-obvious question... is there a quick quide on the process of re-
profiling? *My search in Google just now was fruitless, so I'm doing
something wrong. *I'm not planning on doing it, but I'm curious about
the process.

Thanks!
- John

Yep.
Reprofiling only.
Identify and fill low areas- usually due to shrink over time.
Identify and remove high areas- rare, but it does happen.
Where are they? Ah that is the question.
Throw in refinishing and that is a whole different question.
The first time you do this you will do well not to make the glider
worse. Many do.
Few do it the second time.
UH

That's the thing -- not to make it worse. Is it worth it to try
though?
My plane seems to fly about 10-12% worse than the Johnson
measured polar. The gelcoat is in pretty good shape overall
after 33 years though; it looks like a reprofiling is basically
a refinish project, which I'm not planning on doing anytime soon.

-- Matt