Always figured trails stayed the same, but that's a wild change.

I had a similar thing happen with a batch of tank tops from a discount site. I just stopped buying from those places and now I look for secondhand brand name stuff at the thrift store. It lasts way longer.

Well, my art's so bad it probably saves energy by turning monitors off.

Honestly, I still think a lot of that stuff is overpriced. @phoenix_martin40, sometimes you just get lucky with the weather or the inspector. My crew makes do with what we have and it's always fine.

Hank's advice is solid, but calling it a "gap seal" on a 172 is a bit off. That part is the wing root fairing, a fiberglass piece. The seal itself is just the tape along its edge. Point is the same though, you have to actually focus on each piece. I change my route every few weeks, starting at the tail sometimes. It forces your brain to pay attention to the details you might skip.