| Kill that oil.
The reason that my models last so long is that I dont just throw them away at the slightest bump,in fact I have often salvaged wrecks from the flying field and got them flying again much to the amazement of the original owners !
One of the biggest problems involves oil soaked structures especially around the nose area of well flown models,the oil works its way in and around the nose seeping in under covering and working its way down to the tail in many cases.
Do not despair as there is an easy solution to this dilemma as you just cannot glue onto oil.
Grab a box of tissues and heat up your covering iron to max heat,place a few tissues where the oil is present and place the very hot iron onto them,watch as the oil is drawn into the tissue,keep repeating until there are no traces of oil,on awkward areas you can even play a heat gun into the corners to loosen the oil then dab with the tissues.
Once as much of the grease and oil has been removed consider treating the wood before you go to the covering stage,solarcoat is a good if smelly material to use here but you cannot use iron on covering straight onto it,take some balsalock on a piece of sponge and wipe a thin film over the area,now you can go ahead and cover your repairs.
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