micro mesh on canopies

On Nov 13, 5:02 pm, wrote:
On Nov 13, 2:19?pm, Eric Greenwell wrote:





BB wrote:
I don't have any deep scratches, just 5 years of age in a reasonably
well cared for canopy, and it sure would be nice if it looked like
new. It sounds like the answer is that this will do a lot to restore
that brand-new clarity.

My thought is micro-mesh is overkill for a canopy like you describe. My
canopy is 13 years old, and I don't consider it worthwhile even for it.
What does restore most of the original clarity is a cleaner/polisher
like "210" (Sumner Laboratories), available from Wings&Wheels and
others. These products appear to fill in the tiny scratches and hazing
that accumulate over the years, and make it look remarkably better in 5
minutes or so. Borrow or buy a can: it's worth trying, and it will
likely be good enough.

If you still want to try Micro-mesh, get a piece from a broken canopy
(or a piece of Plexiglas) and practice on it first.

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3M Finesse-it ll, what we use to polish our wings, works wonders on
the canopy. This summer in Parowan, it was brought to my attention on
how good it works. When I remove the scribe from the PDA, I sometimes
hit the inside of the canopy with it. I had some small scratches and
this polished them right out.
No problems using it, just a soft clean rag and some of the product,
and the scratches are all gone.

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Yup. If it's just some fine scratches, I'd definitely start with a
plastic polish. I've used Meguires (#17) and it works just fine.
Micro-mesh is really for deeper scratches or serious hazing.

P3