From: Nigel Hay MILWEB \(www.milweb.net\) (Nigel@milweb.net)
Date: Thu Jul 10 2003 - 03:48:52 PDT
Just for interest as some of you are keen on warbirds too......
I caught a news item on french TV here, showing a forest fire down south
being fought by a PBY Catalina float plane as a firebomber - incredible for
a plane thats over 60 years old and is i think a late 1930's design.
----- Original Message -----
From: "J. Forster" <jfor@quik.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] advice needed
> Mike Pilcher wrote:
>
> > those two planes have been oozing a wet watery black ink!!
>
> Try to see if the oozing ink is water soluble. If it is, the ink may have
been
> formulated with something like glycerin or ethylene glycol which will
never dry
> out.
>
> I would try putting them on a flat grille, like an oven rack, and blowing
warm
> dry air (maybe 100 to 110 degrees) over them for a few days and see if
that
> helps. Alternatively, putting them between blotting paper might work also,
but
> be careful of removing too much color that way.
>
> Good luck,
> -John
>
>
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