tube and fabric and outdoor storage

Frank Stutzman wrote:

Jerry Springer wrote:


There are thousand of fabric covered airplanes that are outside. Keep
the finish in good condition keep them clean and a good protective wax.
If it tends to leak have a good cover made. Use something like
"Dri-Z-Air inside to help absorb moisture. The canister well collect
water pretty rapidly so well have to regularly be changed but it is an
options for moisture control.


I'd be careful with these "Dri-Z-Air" things around a plane.

I had one in my shop, sitting on top of my table saw. It was have full
when I bumped it, spilling maybe a quarter cup. I was in a rush so I
didn't clean it up right away. The NEXT day I had a really nasty patch
of corrosion on the saw where the spill was.

Now obviously a cast iron table saw has different metallurgy than a tube
& fabric plane. But my point is that the liquid these things generate
is not just simple water. Whatever it is, its pretty reactive and not
something I would want around metal that my life depends on.



Point taken, I use to have one in my Pacer but was careful not so spill it.

Jerry