Dave...

Since this is an internet forum, it is imperative that one DEFINE "black oil"....

It's 2004...and things need to be made VERY clear. <G>

The black oil one gets from aluminum rubbing is considerably "blacker" than that
produced by castor carbonizing in the pipe. The latter looks more like BOSCO chocolate
syrup spewed on the airframe.

I'll warn you though, that it does not taste nearly so good as BOSCO. After licking the plane clean
on one sunny afternoon, I did indeed spend the rest of a perfect afternoon perched inside the club
porta-john....wishing I'd just cleaned the oil off with paper towels like everyone else does. A VERY
up front and personal demonstration of the lubricating qualities of castor....in humans!

This of course leads me to the paper issue, and what paper is "BEST" for such situations?

Heaven forbid...I don't want any scuffing or peeling going on in MY nether regions...

Out of the porta-john and back to models...

Perhaps loose metal fittings are common on others planes, but they're rooted out of mine
LONG before the plane goes to the field.

I'm going to try the garlic trick Dave, but I've heard that some types of garlic can make the
engine run lean in the midrange, and in extreme situations...cause the liner to peel?

<GGGG>

'Race