After a long break from building (blame it on job change, life change, funding issues, there's plenty of excuses) I have been slowly getting closer and closer to the pile of airplane parts in my shop. Lurking around this site has been one key in getting me started in the right direction, so thank you to Doug and everyone here who makes this so much easier!
Today I actually moved the fuselage out of the corner of my shop where it was being ignored and piled around with other projects and items my friends can't fit in their own garages. There is an embarrasing layer of dust on a few of the flat surfaces, which serves to remind me just how long it's been since I did anything on this project. Unfortunately, the dust isn't all that needs cleaned off...
Apparently one of the feral cats that sometimes try and find a good hideout here managed to get in by squeezing through a sliding door at the rear of the shop and decided that my fuselage would be a great spot to mark his territory by spraying it down with a couple doses of cat pee! One shot on each side of the fuse up near the firewall, and one shot on the firewall itself.
I don't know how long it's been on there, but it must have been a couple months I guess (judging from the last time I saw a cat hanging around). I grabbed the mineral spirits and cleaned it off, but there are still stains on the aluminum. The stainless steel firewall cleaned right off, with no signs of staining. I tried acetone as well, but no luck with that either.
I knew I would have some questions when I got back into this project, but I didn't think my first one would be "How do I get cat pee off my airplane?"
Thanks in advance, and it's good to be back!
Roger Barnes
-9A QB, almost ready for finishing kit
Today I actually moved the fuselage out of the corner of my shop where it was being ignored and piled around with other projects and items my friends can't fit in their own garages. There is an embarrasing layer of dust on a few of the flat surfaces, which serves to remind me just how long it's been since I did anything on this project. Unfortunately, the dust isn't all that needs cleaned off...
Apparently one of the feral cats that sometimes try and find a good hideout here managed to get in by squeezing through a sliding door at the rear of the shop and decided that my fuselage would be a great spot to mark his territory by spraying it down with a couple doses of cat pee! One shot on each side of the fuse up near the firewall, and one shot on the firewall itself.
I don't know how long it's been on there, but it must have been a couple months I guess (judging from the last time I saw a cat hanging around). I grabbed the mineral spirits and cleaned it off, but there are still stains on the aluminum. The stainless steel firewall cleaned right off, with no signs of staining. I tried acetone as well, but no luck with that either.
I knew I would have some questions when I got back into this project, but I didn't think my first one would be "How do I get cat pee off my airplane?"
Thanks in advance, and it's good to be back!
Roger Barnes
-9A QB, almost ready for finishing kit