REFLECTOR: Degreaser recommendation

[Alex Balic]

Hiroo-

You can use Freon to degrease the structure- will penetrates the glass and
will take all of the oil with it as it drips off- if it can not drip off,
then it will leave the oil where it evaporates- just watch your hands for
cold if you decide to go with it- will not otherwise affect anything but the
oil.

 

Alex

 

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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Hiroo Umeno
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 12:42 PM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: REFLECTOR: Degreaser recommendation

 

In about 20 some hours of flying, the bottom half of N21HV is pretty
saturated with mineral oil.  I had a very slow leak at the nose cooler that
went undetected for a while that puddle the oil on the nose that soaked into
the fuselage bottom foam.  It is to the point where the co-pilot side floor
is slimy.  The rear-end is also quite oily from the Franklin spitting and
dripping oil everywhere.

 

So, I am in search of a good de-greaser but I am a bit confused by all the
choices.  Here is what I am looking for.

 

Pri-1

*         Deep penetrating (into the foam and fiberglass structure)

*         Non-corrosive (safe for metal structure)

Pri-2 (nice to have)

*         Non-toxic  / easy handling

 

In general, how do they work?  I do know for surface degreaser, you apply
them and wash them off but for the soaked-in foam, how does that work?

 

Hiroo

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