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Old 04-04-2013, 07:39 AM
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Default dish soap to wash plane?

I usually wash my cars with dish soap (the soap you use for hand-washing dishes). Anybody use this to wash their plane?
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Old 04-04-2013, 07:48 AM
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I usually wash my cars with dish soap (the soap you use for hand-washing dishes). Anybody use this to wash their plane?
Yes, it works great.
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Old 04-04-2013, 07:57 AM
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There is also a product that I buy at NAPA, named "Bugs-b-gone". After you spray some on the leading edges, the bugs literally start disolving moments later and you wipe them off with a damp cloth.

It's mild and can even be used on the plexi canopies and windows.

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Old 04-04-2013, 08:20 AM
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I used dish soap to wash the film off my QB fuse. Washed it like a car. Then followed same with a second pass using rainx car wash solution.

(for those of you that dont know; the QB's are shipped over seas with some type of WD-40 like film to resist corrosion.)
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Old 04-04-2013, 08:28 AM
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Default Timing

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I found if I wipe the leading edges with a wet towel right after I land it's much easier to clean the bugs off.
Ditto on the dish soap, but I do want to try The NAPA product
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Old 04-04-2013, 05:55 PM
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Default Timing as Tim said

I have only "washed" my -4 twice in 3 years ...but I do a religious water bottle wipe down after every flight. Takes 10 minutes at the Max, and easily cleans the bugs, ect. Anyone ho has seen my plane thinks I wash it every week. Dried bugs are the killer of paint and plastic,so clean them while they are fresh! I also have a smoke system, and the tank sump drain off will clean every bit of the belly residue.
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Old 04-04-2013, 06:05 PM
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Default Mmmmmmm......bugs!

For a simple and HIGHLY effective solution(pun intended) to clean bugs off that is also environmentally safe and easy on the paint....make up a saturated solution of meat tenderizer. Get a basic, no frills or flavours added, type. Franks used to make one. Put it in a sprayer bottle and spray on the leading edges, nose bowl, spinner etc and wait 10 minutes while the bugs are basically digested off your paint enzymatically.

Wash/rinse liberally when done.
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Old 04-04-2013, 06:46 PM
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Default Waterless car wash

I use this stuff:
http://www.meguiars.com.au/products/...quik-detailer/

Only needs a little bit. Spray a couple of squirts and wipe it off with a clean rag. The more you wipe the shinier it gets.

Seems to go through bugs like drain-o through a duck.

I don't use it on the canopy. Pledge seems to do a pretty good job there as a cheap alternative to Plexus.

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Old 04-04-2013, 07:54 PM
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With a good wax job like the one mentioned in the above post, I wash my 6A with two gallons of water in a bucket and a terry cloth. Wipe down a section with a very damp terry cloth, rinse the cloth and twist it dry and wipe the area dry. I do this in my hangar. No soap, no hose, no spraying water and no mess on the floor.

I can do the entire (except under the wing and belly) aircraft in about 15 minutes. The other gets done twice a year.
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Old 04-04-2013, 08:45 PM
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This stuff is absolutely amazing. I washed half the plane with soap and the other half with this stuff diluted 1:8 and after a month it was clearly staying cleaner.

Supposedly anti corrosive and anti static. The paint on my Cessna is 30 years old and no matter how much the belly was scrubbed, it was a gray/white color. This stuff made it 5 shades whiter and the plane looked amazing after just one wash.

Worked great on all my cars/motorcycles too.

http://www.rpm-technology.com/eox/tds_ac.htm

Photo examples: http://www.rpm-technology.com/LabNotes/LabNotes_eOx.htm

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