How often do you wash your airplane?

As often as I can talk my partner into doing it... :-)

Jon Kraus
'79 Mooney 201

Reid & Julie Baldwin wrote:

> How often do you wash your airplane?
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leading edges/struts - every flight.

Full meal deal - every month in summer, not in winter.

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"Reid & Julie Baldwin" > wrote:

> How often do you wash your airplane?




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Tony Roberts
PP-ASEL
VFR OTT
Night
Cessna 172H C-GICE

tony roberts wrote:

> leading edges/struts - every flight.
Struts? Oh ya, I remember those. :-)

Ditto on the leading edges every flight (well, except for the times I
get back and it's really dark).

As for washing...stay tuned. Have only washed once since we've had the
plane (right at one month now). I'd expect once a month or so.


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student
Arrow N2104T

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

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"Reid & Julie Baldwin" > writes:

> How often do you wash your airplane?

I wash the leading edges after coming home, right after parking the
plane.

Once or twice during the summer, I'll do a complete wash. I own a
Skylane, washing it feel like washing three cars at once. Not little
Datsuns either, more like '77 Cadillacs.

-jav

Clean bugs off every flight if I have time. Service shop washes it in
January as part of the annual, then a couple of times during the summer.

Reid & Julie Baldwin > wrote:
> How often do you wash your airplane?

Hmmmm, hafta think on that one. 1998?, 2001?

Ok, so maybe I take a putty knife and chip off the windsheild every once
in a while. Less since I became IFR rated.

Hey, I know my paint is bad, washing it just shows me HOW bad it is.
Also, the drier it stays, the less it will corrode.

:) for the humor impaired, but, honestly, I'm not a frequent washer.



--
Frank Stutzman
Bonanza N494B "Hula Girl"
Hood River, OR

I was hoping someone would answer 'when the dirt reaches the point
where I need to update the weight & balance data'.

Ben Hallert
PP-ASEL

"often" infers that there is a beginning and an end, the wash/wax job on our
Aztec is always a work in progress.
Jim

"Reid & Julie Baldwin" > wrote in message
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> How often do you wash your airplane?
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3 times a year, plus after any Mexico trips. The wash is good, but the
the wax is more important. I have a very laminar wing so I probably get
an extra knot or two with a smooth buffed and waxed wing. Its also
important to keep the wheel wells clean. There are a lot of moving
parts in there (retractable) that get gummed up with dirt and cost a
lot of money.

-Robert, M20F

> How often do you wash your airplane?

Never.

Well, that's almost correct. I have never washed an airplane (or a
motorcycle) with soap and water. Instead, we spray and wipe after every
flight with Lemon Pledge and clean, cotton diapers.

Occasionally we use a good spray wax, like Meguilar's. For really grimy
parts (like the exhaust stains on the bottom) we'll use Super Clean,
followed by Pledge and/or wax.

Our paint is over 10 years old, and we still get compliments for it. (And
our 1986 Honda Goldwing looks like it just rolled off the showroom floor...)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message news:cIaee.56167$c24.7127@attbi_s72...
>> How often do you wash your airplane?
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> Never.
>
> Well, that's almost correct. I have never washed an airplane (or a motorcycle) with soap and water. Instead, we spray and wipe
> after every flight with Lemon Pledge and clean, cotton diapers.
>
> Occasionally we use a good spray wax, like Meguilar's. For really grimy parts (like the exhaust stains on the bottom) we'll use
> Super Clean, followed by Pledge and/or wax.
>
> Our paint is over 10 years old, and we still get compliments for it. (And our 1986 Honda Goldwing looks like it just rolled off
> the showroom floor...)
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"



Whactcha going to do when your supply of Pledge runs out? I tried to get some and they don't make it in a squirt bottle anymore.
Just spray bombs.


Mike Z

Mine washes itself - every time it rains.

I get under and clean the belly once a year.
"Reid & Julie Baldwin" > wrote in message
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> How often do you wash your airplane?
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On 2005-05-05, Steve Foley > wrote:
> Mine washes itself - every time it rains.

Mine is hanagared and the only time I notice the slight dust accumulation
is when I park it in the rain somewhere. Then the dust turns to mud and
runs and forms dirty water spots.

It's currently parked outside waiting for the annual to begin and got
rained on several times, so I'm hoping it may get all the way from
"dirty streaks" to "sort of clean"...

--
Ben Jackson
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http://www.ben.com/

> Whactcha going to do when your supply of Pledge runs out? I tried to get
> some and they don't make it in a squirt bottle anymore. Just spray bombs.

I've got several...cases!

My supply may outlast the plane...

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Thu, 05 May 2005 14:57:38 GMT, "Mike in GR" >
wrote:

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>"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message news:cIaee.56167$c24.7127@attbi_s72...
>>> How often do you wash your airplane?

Wash?

I depend on that coat of slipery bugs to make it go faster.

You do have to kina smooth them over on the windshield though so you
can make out the runway.

Good thing they don't stick on the side windows or I'd never be able
to go sight seeing.


Roger