Castor on the balsa...

The famous Accentor turned out to have a lot of oil soaked parts. I'm using alchool and talc. Wet the oily part with alchool, put talk on it and after a while brush the talc off. It works, but is there a better way?

Two that I've heard of are denatured alcohol/corn starch and a spray on carpet stain remover that I can't remember the name of.

MUCH BETTER - bild new model.

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Well, I guess you are just a glutton for punishment. After soaking it with alcohol and then applying the talc, try a hair dryer or monocoat heat gun and get it very warm, but not hot. This will lower the viscosity of the oil a little and let it flow into the talc. My experience has been that it's better to replace the oily part if possible or just build another plane. It is actually quicker to build another plane and a lot less frustrating. In other works Ion, you are probably just wasting your time. That of course depends on where the oil is and how much there is. But how much time do you have or want to waste??

Ion,

Whatn Ty is saying is true. However there carpet cleaner refered to is K2R, don't even know if its available anymore. Best to heat WELL first, heat so the wood is heated through otherwise you,ll just be driving some of the oil deeper into the wood's fibers. It will take several applications and there will still be oil that will migrate to the surface with time. I have had success containing the oil by IMEDIATELY coating the cleaned area with thin epoxy, but the oil is still in the wood and the epoxy only creats a barrier between the oil and the paint, adds weight too. If the oil is in a glue joint, and it certainly is, you've got a real problem. Guess that about says it all.