My job has really slowed down recently. I went from working nearly
all month to having 20 days off. Now that work has slowed down, I'm
looking for a side job.

Yes I've heard that refinishing sailplanes is extremely boring...well
so is, watching TV. I need something to do. I helped refinish the
wings on an asw-19 in high school,. Two months ago I overhauled/
polished my asw-15 fuselage from 400..on up to, 1500 grit sandpaper,
then waxed to a mirror finish. It made it far nicer than I would have
thought.

If I did this for a side income, I would only want to do a club class
or standard class glider. That seems easier to do and not have to
work around flaps and the extra stuff that adds more time. I've got a
place to work on the glider, in a large garage, for just a couple
hundred dollars a month. Also I have a couple advisors nearby who
have done this work before, both AP's and IA's who can sign off this
work.

I hear people saying that it's costing them up to 20,000 dollars to
have a glider refinished. If I only charged 10,000 (since I'm of low
experience), for a less complex glider, is this reasonable to say
someone might hire me? Is it also reasonable to say working 3 full
days a week, to get it done in 2-3 months?

Any thoughts would be great. I'm filling out applications for other
types of work too. I'd rather work in and around some sort of
aviation.

Happy New Year!
SA