Warbird Information Exchange

What would be the best method to strip this airframe down to bare metal? It has been outside for many a year and there is some "cancer" in the skin.

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CB

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Commercial size soda blaster. Aluminum blasted this way ends up looking *new*. Once ya get that done, take a fresh look at the cancer.

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I would suggest dry ice blasting as a possibility.
Dry ice does not mar any finish and there is no media to clean up.

What part of the country is it in?
What is the budget?

Rich

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Santa Teresa,N.M. at war eagles air museum.Next project.

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Nice picture Cliff. Is this bird in Santa Teresa, NM at the War Eagles Museum? What are the future plans for it? Are you on staff there yet?!

Seriously though, that is a good little drive from EP isn't it?

-Derek

Thanks guys, both are possibilities but the decision won't be mine. Not sure of the budget either. Rich, the airplane is at the War ERagles Air Museum in Santa Teresa NM.

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Had God intended for man to fly behind inline engines, Pratt & Whitney would have made them.

CB

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Thanks Derek! It is indeed the airplane at WEAM. My "contributions" have mainly been photographic and BS sessions, but this project really interests me. The airport is only about 25 miles from my house, so not bad at all.

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Had God intended for man to fly behind inline engines, Pratt & Whitney would have made them.

CB

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I am working on some artwork for you Chuck. Hopefully it will help you plead your case for an 81st TFW scheme.

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Had God intended for man to fly behind inline engines, Pratt & Whitney would have made them.

CB

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Not sure about *America*, but here in California the State just love it when ya hose the baking soda down the drains as it neutalizes a lot of the other crap that people pour down there

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Those who possess real knowledge are rare.

Those who can set that knowledge into motion in the physical world are rarer still.

The few who possess real knowledge and can set it into motion of their own hands are the rarest of all.

Forgot to ask – this isn’t a candidate for a flying restoration is it? I suppose not if it’s been outside for awhile but I’d sure love to see an F-84F take to the skies again.

-Derek