[NSRCA-discussion] Fuel Soaked Balsa

[Ed Alt]

Never tried the bleach method, but in place of K2R, mix baby power with denatured alchohol and make a thin-to-medium paste with it.  Brush it on, let it dry, scrape/brush it off and repeat if need be. Just be careful since it's a flammable mix while drying.

Ed
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: John Ferrell 
  To: NSRCA Mailing List 
  Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 9:06 PM
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Fuel Soaked Balsa


  I agree it works, but it took more like 6 months to dry out my Goldberg Extra that way. Its saturated though...
  John Ferrell    
  http://DixieNC.US

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Terry Terrenoire 
    To: bladesmith at mindspring.com ; nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org 
    Cc: discussion at nsrca.org 
    Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 6:44 PM
    Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Fuel Soaked Balsa


    Erik: Buy a big bag of kitty litter. Get a box big enough to put the fuselage into. Now put a layer of kitty litter on the bottom of the box, fill the fuselage wit the litter, Put the fuze in the box, then pour the rest of the litter over the fuze. Now, let is sit for a few days. You might shake it up a bit daily. When you remove the fuze it should be almost as oil free as when it was new.
    Seal the wood by painting with clear dope, or balsa rite before reapplying the Monokote!

    Terry T.


    On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 12:06:17 -0500 "Erik Newsholme" <bladesmith at mindspring.com> writes:

      Trying to recover the bottom of a Focus II.  Problem is fuel soaked balsa is not letting the covering stick. 

      Looking for a way to treat the wood to get the oil out it so the covering will stick.


      Erik Newsholme
      bladesmith at mindspring.com





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