ORIGINAL: FLYBOY
ORIGINAL: mnrcaerobat
How can an area that has been soaked with oil be treated?
Go to a good drug store, get the best alcohol you can get, not the rubbing kind, but the good stuff, and soak it in, I used to clean it with a tooth brush and alcohol. Some people also use K2R spot remover. Both work well. I have always had better luck with alcohol.
Two things....
Firstly (and I have never had occasion to do this, thankfully), to remove the oil soaked in bals, I have heard that Kitty Litter is really good. Pile the litter on to the soaked area, and leave it for a while (day or so). Repeat until the litter has soaked up all the oil. See the following references:
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_11...tm.htm#1131220
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_10...tm.htm#1034704
As for the alcohol. Most pharmacies only stock what they call rubbing, or surgical alcohol (whcih are in the 70 to 90% alcohol range). I Struggled to find "denatured alcohol" which is almost 100%. Eventually, I found it at Home Depot in the paint section. Look for a product called "Stove Fuel" .... yeah, stupid, isn't it. I believe it's subtitled "Methy-Alcohol". Labelled as 99% alcohol.
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