VansAirForceForums  
Home > VansAirForceForums

- POSTING RULES
- Donate yearly (please).
- Advertise in here!

- Today's Posts | Insert Pics


Go Back   VAF Forums > Main > RV General Discussion/News
Register FAQ Members List Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #11  
Old 07-07-2016, 12:25 PM
riobison riobison is offline
 
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Oliver BC & Red Deer Alberta Canada
Posts: 350
Default

Keep my 4 covered in the hanger and wipe the bugs off between flights. One wash a yr only takes a couple of hrs using Meguiars Quick Detailer. Highly recommended and wouldn't do it any other way.

Tim
Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 07-07-2016, 01:07 PM
DonFromTX's Avatar
DonFromTX DonFromTX is offline
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: La Feria Texas
Posts: 3,822
Default

I have finished my wings long ago and stored them in my hangar, with cotton sheets covering them. To my great sadness, when I recently had to do some more work on them - I found they were corroding! Seems is if the sheets kinda trapped blowing dust (the worst was between the two wings) and then the dust absorbed moisture, which then started corrosion. Probably there was some salt in the moisture, we are not too far from the ocean.
What I think I should have done is occasionally pulled them out and hose them off with water, after the fact i have coated them with the Boeing spray protection. It is a good thing I was not planning on a polished plane!
__________________
A&P, PP-SEL, Pathological Flier, EAA Technical Counselor
EAA Chapter 595 President,http://www.595.eaachapter.org/index.htm
Retired US Army Officer
Reply With Quote
  #13  
Old 07-07-2016, 02:20 PM
riobison riobison is offline
 
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Oliver BC & Red Deer Alberta Canada
Posts: 350
Default

I use a flannelette cloth cut to fit and have used like this on all of my aircraft and show cars for over 35 yrs and never a problem. If you have dust on the plane, high humidity etc and wind blowing the cover around then obviously you will wreck your finish.

I have always been in a relatively dry area with low humidity but with that comes a lot of dust.
Tim
Reply With Quote
  #14  
Old 07-07-2016, 05:07 PM
Far North Texan Far North Texan is offline
 
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Alberta
Posts: 84
Default

Where I live there is generally low humidity and lots of dust and grit blowing around, so I keep my whole plane covered with sheets any time that it will not be flown for a while. I never let it sit with the canopy uncovered. She stays looking clean.
If you live in an area with generally high relative humidity I would be wary of keeping it covered because of corrosion possibilities.
__________________
RV-6A slow build,
serial # 21681. First flight March 1993
Dec 2019 donation paid
Reply With Quote
  #15  
Old 07-07-2016, 05:44 PM
bkthomps bkthomps is offline
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Destin
Posts: 1,543
Default

fly it more often
Reply With Quote
  #16  
Old 07-07-2016, 10:17 PM
fl-mike's Avatar
fl-mike fl-mike is online now
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 1,346
Default

Polyester banquet tablecloths are surprisingly cheap online and work great. Like $10 for a 12 foot x 5 foot. You can do the whole plane for about $50.
__________________
Mike W
Venice, FL
RV-6A. Mattituck TMX O-360, FP, GRT Sport EFIS, L3 Lynx NGT-9000
N164WM
N184WM reserved (RV-8)....finishing kit in progress. Titan IOX-370
Reply With Quote
  #17  
Old 07-08-2016, 07:40 AM
APACHE 56 APACHE 56 is offline
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: MERRITT ISLAND, FL
Posts: 360
Default A noncloth alternative

I buy 0.7 mil painters drop cloth (actually plastic). 1.0 mil is ok also. Used it for 20 years on my Skybolt and RV. Cheap and much easier to handle than a cloth cover. I do put towels over the canopy and windscreen. When it starts looking bad I toss it and get new.
__________________
Don Stiver
RV8 "Little Pill" N6371S, Merritt Island, Fl.
BPE IO-390, Dual P-mag, MT 3-blade, AFP system
Steen Skybolt: Sold
Reply With Quote
  #18  
Old 07-08-2016, 08:17 AM
Mel's Avatar
Mel Mel is online now
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Dallas area
Posts: 10,768
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by APACHE 56 View Post
I buy 0.7 mil painters drop cloth (actually plastic). 1.0 mil is ok also. Used it for 20 years on my Skybolt and RV. Cheap and much easier to handle than a cloth cover. I do put towels over the canopy and windscreen. When it starts looking bad I toss it and get new.
Be careful using any kind of plastic. Without proper ventilation, plastic will trap moisture. A dust cover should be able to "breathe".
__________________
Mel Asberry, DAR since the last century.
EAA Flight Advisor/Tech Counselor, Friend of the RV-1
Recipient of Tony Bingelis Award and Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award
USAF Vet, High School E-LSA Project Mentor.
RV-6 Flying since 1993 (sold)
<rvmel(at)icloud.com>
Reply With Quote
Reply


Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 06:31 AM.


The VAFForums come to you courtesy Delta Romeo, LLC. By viewing and participating in them you agree to build your plane using standardized methods and practices and to fly it safely and in accordance with the laws governing the country you are located in.