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05-10-2018, 12:26 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Kyle, TX
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In need of moral support.
It's after 1am and I can't sleep. I went to my airport storage to find pigeons had defecated on my (unwrapped) wings. (They can't have been there more than two weeks.) I pulled my vertical stabilizer and rudder to find the beginnings of some pretty serious corrosion.
My plan is to wash and dry all the parts and wrap them loosely in plastic. The empennage is fairly easy to rebuild if I have to but severe damage to the wings might just kill my desire to continue building (and I have just ordered a finish kit)....
Any thoughts?
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05-10-2018, 12:36 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2015
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If you clean it up and post some picture people could give a more informed opinion, but I have a funny feeling your parts are just fine. they probably just need the corrosion removed and primed.
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05-10-2018, 12:55 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Robin8er
If you clean it up and post some picture people could give a more informed opinion, but I have a funny feeling your parts are just fine. they probably just need the corrosion removed and primed.
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Thank you. I'll know more when I go out in the morning to clean them up and evaluate the parts. I'm hoping the filiform corrosion is limited to the vertical stab and rudder which were laying on the other control surfaces.
The lesson is to keep those parts clean even if just in storage. The amount of dirt that settled on them along with moisture is surely what has led to the corrosion.
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05-10-2018, 06:33 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Asheville, NC
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I'm sorry those f'n birds soiled your plane. The big box stores sell some relatively cheap canvas tarps used for painting. The ones I bought were 4' wide and about 16' long - perfect for covering up wings and fuselages. Get you some of those when you get your plane cleaned up.
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05-10-2018, 06:41 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Ponte Vedra, FL
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I wrapped all my stored parts in Tyvek from Home Depot. Breathes but sheds liquids. Not sure how it would do with pigeon poop though.
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05-10-2018, 06:43 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: fort myers fl
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Take a deep breath, if it's only been a couple of weeks I doubt the corrosion is that bad. Wash it off, and scrub with a scotch brite pad and I bet it looks good as new. The only problem I would foresee is if you plan on polishing instead of paint.
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05-10-2018, 07:00 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: houston, texas
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Yep!
You should be fine. This happens all the time. You will be priming anyway as time goes on. Go down to NAPA and get some cans of I think 7072 primer. After you clean up the poop, mist coat and all will be ready for the long hall.
Birds this time of year are something we all try to get read of and never seem to do a good job of. Hope this helps, Yours, R.E.A. III # 80888
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05-10-2018, 07:33 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Garden City, Tx
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Robert Anglin
You should be fine. This happens all the time. You will be priming anyway as time goes on. Go down to NAPA and get some cans of I think 7072 primer. After you clean up the poop, mist coat and all will be ready for the long hall.
Birds this time of year are something we all try to get read of and never seem to do a good job of. Hope this helps, Yours, R.E.A. III # 80888
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NAPA 7220 primer is what you want.
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05-10-2018, 07:36 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: In New Braunfels, ist das Leben schön!
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Fred,
My son and I can fly up this Saturday morning to help. Are you still in the end unit at the old green city t-hangers? Let me know. I still owe you for helping with the wing bolts years ago!
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05-10-2018, 07:43 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Aiken, SC
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You might want to get an air rifle, too. 
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