Originally Posted by wagathon

For anyone interested, after about 3 treatments of your B17 (starting with a pre-conditioned model) with mink oil, you can fold the wings past the frame fairly easily, roll'm, treat the top, put a couple thicknesses of a towel on the top for leverage, and hold the wings rolled under for a couple of days with an old toe-clip strap that is wrapped tightly around the seat. Then . . . you've got a Swallow.