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Title: What to do with Fuel Soaked Balsa and Ply
Post by waverider on Mar 11^th, 2012 at 11:47am

Found this on the iNet

https://www.avonflyers.ns.ca/cgi-bin/Forum/yabb2/YaBB.pl?action=downloadfile;file=What_do_I_do_about_my_fuel_soaked_fuse_and_balsa.docx (15 KB | 407 )

Title: Re: What to do with Fuel Soaked Balsa and Ply
Post by Fingers on Mar 12^th, 2012 at 9:48am

In the "old" days, back when we walked 17 miles, uphill both ways, to school and back, when snow was up :o...... sorry wrong analogy... :P

we used to strip the covering off, stand the fuse up in a bucket ( 5 gal paint pails worked great) , and poured fine kitty litter in around the fuse....let it stand for several days, wipe everything off, check, and repeat as required ... always worked a charm. I saved many (!) fuselages that way..

Title: Re: What to do with Fuel Soaked Balsa and Ply
Post by waverider on Mar 12^th, 2012 at 4:56pm

That explains why Finger's planes smell of cat pee. I thought it was the fuel he was using. ;)

Thanks to Sandy for the helpful Advice

Title: Re: What to do with Fuel Soaked Balsa and Ply
Post by Joe Di Profio on Mar 13^th, 2012 at 3:47pm

Actually no, that is dog pee that you smell. Sandy often sleeps with his planes for company, in the dog house. :D

Title: Re: What to do with Fuel Soaked Balsa and Ply
Post by Fingers on Mar 13^th, 2012 at 7:49pm

couple wings and fuses sure can be warm.... :-/

Title: Re: What to do with Fuel Soaked Balsa and Ply
Post by argus on Mar 14^th, 2012 at 6:44pm

Quote:

Sandy often sleeps with his planes for company, in the dog house

Suspect it would beat taking the chance of being dumped out of a cardboard bin, into the back of a front ender garbage truck ::)

Title: Re: What to do with Fuel Soaked Balsa and Ply
Post by Fingers on Mar 15^th, 2012 at 10:37am

well, as i remember, the being dumped isn't really the problem, unless the truck picked up something like a desk just before you..... the part that hurts is the compactor..... gives a fresh perspective to kissing your butt goodbye...... :'(
oooops, am I allowed to say butt here??? :o Hope I don't get censored for that comment.... ;)

Title: Re: What to do with Fuel Soaked Balsa and Ply
Post by argus on Mar 17^th, 2012 at 10:22pm

When I worked at GWS (Green Waste Systems) one driver told me about an incident that happened when he was on a cardboard run. H had just dumped a bin, and was packing the load. He was looking through the cab's rear window, when someone scrambled over the ram :o, and out the top of the truck (narrowly missing being squashed).