When you mentioned it split the block into two camps, I pictured you accidentally starting a cold war over shade. Nothing unites a neighborhood like a common enemy, and in this case, it's your carpentry skills. DIY projects always stir up more drama than a reality TV show, but at least it's free entertainment. If they say it's too big, just claim it's a modern art piece about property lines. The best home improvements are the ones that give people something to judge besides their own choices. You've basically done a public service by giving everyone a new topic for their backyard chats.

Wipe it with alcohol like @simon_black said, or is that kit ruined for you now?

The gear doesn't make the photographer.

Actually, on flat, clear trails a quick pace feels fine and safe to me.

I mean sometimes too many examples just make docs messy though. Maybe searching forces you to actually learn how the system works instead of just copying.