I'm building a Great Planes Trainer 40, and the plans call for fiberglassing the join of the left and right wings. I've done fiberglass before, so I'm OK with that. But the plans also tell me to install the aerilon control torque rods *before* fiberglassing. How in the heck do I keep the fiberglass/epoxy from gluing those rods in solid??

The plans says to drop a few drops of hot wax on the pivot point, but as I recall fiberglassing is a pretty messy business. How will a little bit of wax help? Won't I just wind up with a blob of wax fiberglassed over and bonded to the metal torque rod? Am I expected to carve the fiberglass away after it's hard?

Or do I keep the fiberglass about 1/2" away from all these moving parts by careful trimming of the cloth prior to application? That's not what the plans show, but it seems like the only safe course of action to me!

Thanks for any advice!

Charles.