Ive been told by my wife that I have to move a large number of my aircraft parts out of the house and into the garage, which I guess after all these years is fair enough.
My odds and sods consist mainly of a few instruments, airframe parts such as trim tabs, fins etc etc. I want to wrap the items to protect against dust and scratching but Im wondering whats the best way to protect them?
Maybe this is an obvious question to experienced collectors but Im unsure of the best methods. For instance I thought of bubble wrapping my airframe components but thought bubble wrap may trap moisture causing damage.
Anythoughts would be appreciated.
By: RPSmith - 21st December 2008 at 22:28
Yep, I was going to suggest thinking about using your loft.
Roger Smith.
By: Rocketeer - 21st December 2008 at 18:17
A dehumidifier and a oil filled radiator should keep the moisture at bay……my next wife (if that ever happens) will have a pre-nup!
By: Arabella-Cox - 21st December 2008 at 17:35
Olympus………..
Surely your house is you home, your and hers. Why does she not understand/ accept that you may wish to have some things that are important to you displayed in your home?
Just another thought: do you have any space in your loft? Often warmer and drier than a garage.
Planemike……………
By: XM172 - 21st December 2008 at 15:12
Swap her!
You could always do what i did and swap her for a girl who owns her very own aircraft, ejector seat, n bits etc …. you only live once ..well, twice really!
By: Firebird - 21st December 2008 at 10:16
Seriously dont ignore the comments about donating items to a museum, even if you just write out what you want to happen to them if you die or have a serious accident. When you see what happens to an occupants “valuables” when a house is cleared you would cry.
Indeed.
That’s why I’m in the process of sorting all my collection of militaria for gradual sale as I’d rather see someone else enjoy it than it potentially be ‘lost’, as that’s likely what would happen to it.
To the OP, your wife clearly doesn’t hold the same view of your collection as you do, and you can’t take it with you, so if something happened to you what would become of all that stuff….?
By: Joglo - 21st December 2008 at 10:02
Divorce?
By: Robert Whitton - 21st December 2008 at 09:57
I suppose it really depend on how much stuff you have, how much space you have and if you just wish to store it or if you wish to display it. I have an special Aircraft Hut next to my garden hut. I put in a vapour barrier under the floor during construction and shelves and it can take quite a lot of items. you can get large plasic storage boxes at B and Q quite cheaply line with bubble wrap and lay the instruments on the bubble wrap. You can then put in silica gell bags but I have found this a lot better than my garage that has a concrete flor and sometimes actually has a wet car in it!
Seriously dont ignore the comments about donating items to a museum, even if you just write out what you want to happen to them if you die or have a serious accident. When you see what happens to an occupants “valuables” when a house is cleared you would cry.
By: bravoalpha - 21st December 2008 at 09:38
sell them or donate them to museums etc…etc
Not that silly a suggestion. Whilst these items have been in your house, I presume that you have taken a great deal of pleasure from collecting and displaying them.
What purpose is to be served by hiding them away in your garage – other than they are still in your possession? Loan them to your local museum and display them so they can be enjoyed by a much larger audience than up till now – and you STILL own them.
This is what I intend to do when I can no longer do my collection justice. I didn’t collect them to hide them away. I’ve spoken about this with my local museum and all they asked for was enough time to build another hangar to hold it all…………….
By: Arabella-Cox - 21st December 2008 at 08:17
Tell her there will be very little room in the garage when you have stored all those little ornaments, knick-nacks, pictures etc of hers….not to mention the space that will be taken by all those shoes and dresses she never wears!
PS – Best tell her all that when taking cover behind the sofa, though!
By: bazv - 21st December 2008 at 08:16
I guess it may depend on how much stuff you have !!
A friend of mine keeps a dehumidifier running in his garage full of ‘toys’.
As LL said…you could use silica gel crystals.
cheers baz
By: --o-o-O-o-o-- - 21st December 2008 at 01:57
You could ask your wife to pop out and change the locks while she’s gone 🙂
By: Creaking Door - 21st December 2008 at 01:56
Have you tried bubble-wrapping the wife? :diablo:
Seriously, if your airframe components are aluminium-alloy and your garage is reasonably dry I would have thought that they would last decades without serious damage. Are they particularly old, fragile or valuable?
One a purely practical level, keep them out and dust them when you have a chance to admire them, wrapping them up sort-of defeats the object of owning them in the first place doesn’t it?
By: Last Lightning - 21st December 2008 at 01:47
i will ignore the above pointless comment only trying to help:(
try bubble wrap with silica packets
By: Olympus - 21st December 2008 at 01:43
I will ignore that pointless comment.
I clearly dont want to sell or donate them to a museum or I wouldnt have started a thread asking for advice.
By: Last Lightning - 21st December 2008 at 01:26
sell them or donate them to museums etc…etc
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