General purpose cleaner/degreaser?

What do you use on your plane's exterior as a general purpose spray
cleaner/degreaser for quick and easy cleaning of greasy finger prints and
oil drips, drops, and spots? I don't want to use anything that will hurt
the paint, aluminum, or rubber.

Thanks again,
Jim


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Jim Burns wrote:
: What do you use on your plane's exterior as a general purpose spray
: cleaner/degreaser for quick and easy cleaning of greasy finger prints and
: oil drips, drops, and spots? I don't want to use anything that will hurt
: the paint, aluminum, or rubber.

I have been using "wash all wax all" to clean fingerprints, black acid
rain stains, exhaust stains, etc. for a long time. It seems to work well.
I just got a bottle of the "flight jacket" cleaner but I haven't tried it
out; it is supposed to work very well.
On tough stains I use 100LL.
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Aaron Coolidge

On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 08:34:30 -0500, "Jim Burns"
wrote:

What do you use on your plane's exterior as a general purpose spray
cleaner/degreaser for quick and easy cleaning of greasy finger prints and
oil drips, drops, and spots? I don't want to use anything that will hurt
the paint, aluminum, or rubber.

Thanks again,
Jim

Mineral spirits.

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In article ,
Aaron Coolidge wrote:

Jim Burns wrote:
: What do you use on your plane's exterior as a general purpose spray
: cleaner/degreaser for quick and easy cleaning of greasy finger prints and
: oil drips, drops, and spots? I don't want to use anything that will hurt
: the paint, aluminum, or rubber.

I have been using "wash all wax all" to clean fingerprints, black acid
rain stains, exhaust stains, etc. for a long time. It seems to work well.
I just got a bottle of the "flight jacket" cleaner but I haven't tried it
out; it is supposed to work very well.
On tough stains I use 100LL.


For degreasing, I use a solution of CarbonX and water, in a spray
bottle. Unlike Simple Green or 409. it is Ph neutral and will not attack
aluminum. My AI put me onto this stuff.

I also sometimes use a little bit of mineral spirits on a paper towel to
wipe away ioly spots.

I searched around and found TR1000 produced by Tomar Industries.
Specifically developed, according to Tomar, for cleaning aircraft engines
and greasy bellies.
I bought 2 gallons and price was real low, which they shipped ground.
They recommend dilution with water at 1:1.
Spray it on and leave no more that 3 or 4 minutes and wash all the grease
away.
Works really well but follow makers dilution and soak time.

Roy Page
Beloit OH 44609

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In article ,
Aaron Coolidge wrote:

Jim Burns wrote:
: What do you use on your plane's exterior as a general purpose spray
: cleaner/degreaser for quick and easy cleaning of greasy finger prints
and
: oil drips, drops, and spots? I don't want to use anything that will
hurt
: the paint, aluminum, or rubber.

I have been using "wash all wax all" to clean fingerprints, black acid
rain stains, exhaust stains, etc. for a long time. It seems to work well.
I just got a bottle of the "flight jacket" cleaner but I haven't tried it
out; it is supposed to work very well.
On tough stains I use 100LL.


For degreasing, I use a solution of CarbonX and water, in a spray
bottle. Unlike Simple Green or 409. it is Ph neutral and will not attack
aluminum. My AI put me onto this stuff.

I also sometimes use a little bit of mineral spirits on a paper towel to
wipe away ioly spots.

Jim,
De-Natured Alcohol or Naphtha. Naphtha will discolor the paint over time.
Michelle

Jim Burns wrote:

What do you use on your plane's exterior as a general purpose spray
cleaner/degreaser for quick and easy cleaning of greasy finger prints and
oil drips, drops, and spots? I don't want to use anything that will hurt
the paint, aluminum, or rubber.

Thanks again,
Jim


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"Elisabeth" a Maule M-7-235B (no two are alike)

Volunteer Pilot, Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic

Volunteer Builder, Habitat for Humanity

I don't want to use anything that will hurt
the paint, aluminum, or rubber.

Mineral spirits.

mineral spirits will eat away at plastics and rubber. I can't
say it works but isopropyl alcohol works well at work where
materials and residue are quite sensitive (linear accelerators
with exotic materials and lots of radiation). If you don't
want a residue get high grade (90% plus) but you might
have to get that at a special store as it is considered
a HazMat.

Gerald

Gerald Sylvester wrote:

If you don't
want a residue get high grade (90% plus) but you might
have to get that at a special store as it is considered
a HazMat.

http://www.medichest.com/isopropylalcohol.html

George Patterson
If a man gets into a fight 3,000 miles away from home, he *had* to have
been looking for it.

http://www.medichest.com/isopropylalcohol.html

I didn't say it was expensive just considered a haz mat and technically
shouldn't be just dumped down the sewer. Just add lots of water to
dilute it or dispose of a rag properly as it is flamable.

Gerald

I didn't say it was expensive just considered a haz mat and technically
shouldn't be just dumped down the sewer. Just add lots of water to
dilute it or dispose of a rag properly as it is flamable.


not sure if I answered myself but I've heard Fry's Electronics has it
too. For general aviation cleaning, the non-pure stuff is probably
fine. the non-ultra pure (90% or higher) leaves a fine residue.
In some cases, this residue can turn to glue.....note, these cases
are like with the equipment I work with that has tons of photon
and electron radiation that tends to cross-link most everything.
I'm not sure if that would affect aviation related parts (I'm thinking
pistons here but I can't confirm as I've never gotten that deep into an
aviation engine) but just want to cover my own hide.

Gerald