Ever since I had the Valkyrie painted, I have taken care of the finish using the Wash-Wax-All products (blue and red). I have found them to be a pretty good way to clean the plane, and (as Louise will probably attest) I try hard to keep the airplane looking good, and the bugs to a minimum. Our local Aviator?s Shop carries the product in gallon refills for about $26, and I have been surprised to find out just how far a gallon goes ? I have used less than a gallon per year ? and (again, as Louise will attest), I am pretty fanatical about not letting bugs spend the night on the airframe?
I have always used the product with a soft rag (old T-shirts, generally) and good old ?elbow grease" to get rid of the 200 knot bugs. Takes a bit of scrubbing. When I went to the Aviator shop to buy my annual gallon of ?blue?, I asked if there wasn?t a good ?bug dissolver? I might try. Tony?s response was ?are you using the Wash-Wax-All scrubber?? Well?no, I just use rags ? why spend $4.50 for a scrub pad? Well?.because it?s part of the cleaning SYSTEM! OK, so he shamed me into buying the pad, which is sort of a flesh-colored Scotchbrite ? and I am glad he did!
New system ? spray the leading edge with W-W-A, scrub quickly with the pad (it does NOT scratch the paint), wipe dry with the cloth ? done! Faster than what I have been doing for four years (old habits, old dog ? you know the story?), and a nice finish. I haven?t tried the pad on Plexi yet ? sort of afraid to. But yup ? it?s worth the $4.50 for the pad, even for a frugal guy like me?..I was only using half the W-W-A system ? ?bug season? will be much easier now!
Paul
I have always used the product with a soft rag (old T-shirts, generally) and good old ?elbow grease" to get rid of the 200 knot bugs. Takes a bit of scrubbing. When I went to the Aviator shop to buy my annual gallon of ?blue?, I asked if there wasn?t a good ?bug dissolver? I might try. Tony?s response was ?are you using the Wash-Wax-All scrubber?? Well?no, I just use rags ? why spend $4.50 for a scrub pad? Well?.because it?s part of the cleaning SYSTEM! OK, so he shamed me into buying the pad, which is sort of a flesh-colored Scotchbrite ? and I am glad he did!
New system ? spray the leading edge with W-W-A, scrub quickly with the pad (it does NOT scratch the paint), wipe dry with the cloth ? done! Faster than what I have been doing for four years (old habits, old dog ? you know the story?), and a nice finish. I haven?t tried the pad on Plexi yet ? sort of afraid to. But yup ? it?s worth the $4.50 for the pad, even for a frugal guy like me?..I was only using half the W-W-A system ? ?bug season? will be much easier now!
Paul