"Maule Driver" wrote in message
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Not long ago, I posted the real secret to leading edge bug cleaning ---
soak time.

No matter what you use, and surely some formulations are better than
others, letting them soak (i.e. remain wet) for an hour or even hours
will make removal a breeze. Worried about paint? Use plain water.

Keeping a LE wet may require a hangar, cool day, rags or whatever but
soak time really saves the elbow grease.

Now if I can just get the turbine exhaust stains off my Maule....

I have the hanger, but your idea of rags (in my case we have a bunch of old
towels) we can soak and hang over the LE sounds great.

My heavy flying starts about this time of year and the bug (moths) season
starts about the end of April. Being it can be pretty dry (compared to back
East) the bug removal process can be much more difficult if they aren't
soaked right away.


Matt Barrow wrote:

Matt
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Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO