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Pogo · 17-03-2006

Having read of the problem of removing dried on paint, i was reminded of something that happened to me a while back . I used to collect Aviation memorbelia and my wife and i were at a car boot sale trying to raise a bit of cash. On one of the quieter moments i went to look at what the other booters had for sale. I spotted an RAF compass dated 1943 with the compass rose upside down .I think it would have been fitted above the cockpit somewhere .Anyway i never dicovered what aircraft it came from. I bought it for about 4 pounds and persuaded the wife it was a good buy. When we got back home i put the compass on an old dresser that belong to the wife. I didnt touch it for a couple of days then , when i picked it up, to my horror i found a ring on the surface of the dresser were alcohol had leaked out from a tiny crack in the bottom casing. When i looked closly i could see someone had tried to repair it with i think the stuff they use for car body repairs.They had painted over it which is whuy i didnt see it. My wife wasn't impressed and neither was i . I managed to drain the compass via a drain plug and put the alcohol into and old clean washing up bottle. The compass i then stripped down and found something better to seal the crack . Unfortunetly i got side track and over the years the thing just sat there. It got to the stage when in a moment of madness i binned it. I still have the alcohol in the washing up bottle and i have used a little in the recent weeks to remove paint from bits and pieces. It works but who would want to risk using 60 year old alcohol?

17-03-2006	#20 (permalink)
Pogo Scale Model Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ramsbottom lancs Real Name: Colin My Models: Aircraft mostly Visit Pogo's Gallery Posts: 330 Images: 211	Thinners Having read of the problem of removing dried on paint, i was reminded of something that happened to me a while back . I used to collect Aviation memorbelia and my wife and i were at a car boot sale trying to raise a bit of cash. On one of the quieter moments i went to look at what the other booters had for sale. I spotted an RAF compass dated 1943 with the compass rose upside down .I think it would have been fitted above the cockpit somewhere .Anyway i never dicovered what aircraft it came from. I bought it for about 4 pounds and persuaded the wife it was a good buy. When we got back home i put the compass on an old dresser that belong to the wife. I didnt touch it for a couple of days then , when i picked it up, to my horror i found a ring on the surface of the dresser were alcohol had leaked out from a tiny crack in the bottom casing. When i looked closly i could see someone had tried to repair it with i think the stuff they use for car body repairs.They had painted over it which is whuy i didnt see it. My wife wasn't impressed and neither was i . I managed to drain the compass via a drain plug and put the alcohol into and old clean washing up bottle. The compass i then stripped down and found something better to seal the crack . Unfortunetly i got side track and over the years the thing just sat there. It got to the stage when in a moment of madness i binned it. I still have the alcohol in the washing up bottle and i have used a little in the recent weeks to remove paint from bits and pieces. It works but who would want to risk using 60 year old alcohol?