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Old 12-30-2005 | 07:46 AM
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Default RE: A day at the field

I second the K2R for getting the fuel out. I may take a few applications to get all of the fuel out, that will depend on how much the wood soaked up. Here's what I found works great. Using a heat gun (a blow dryer will work too if you don't have a heat gun) and heat up the affected area, this will force fuel out of the wood. Spray on the K2R, wait for a 5 minutes or so to let it soak up the fuel, then brush it off. Keep repeating the heat/K2R cycle until you get little or no fuel forced out when you heat it.

I've found that the K2R can be hard to find sometimes (Wal-mart has is sometimes). Another thing that I've found to work is cat litter. But the fuselage in a box and fill it with cat litter (a garbage back around the front of the fuselage will work too if you can find a box to fit). Let it sit for a couple of hours, then remove the fuselage and "stir" up the cat litter, then replace the fuselage. Keep this up for 24 hours or so. You can also use the same heat method as I listed above too.

Hope this helps

Ken