Wood Filling and Sanding

After the cedar strips and stems were finished, the next step was to wood fill and sand the strips smooth. Buying Elmer's wood filler, multiple brass screws and 80, 120, and 180 grit from Lowes, the next step was not only time consuming but a bit monotonous a times. Starting out by filling in the hull and the staple holes, I tried to fill in all the gaps between the strips. If I was to do this step again, I would not have mixed in cedar saw dust to the wood filler because this lessened the effect of the filler, which was generally sanded off instead of bonding the gaps. While listening to an audiobook on my itouch, the time seemed to pass a little quicker as I moved from 80 grit sandpaper to eventually 180 grit. At the end of sanding, the garage would have been filled deep in dust were in not for the box fan filtration system and good weather to keep the garage door open. The next step was the much look forward to step. Fiberglassing...