Beware Super Clean

"Don Tuite" wrote in message
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On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 18:11:36 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

I was at an industrial conference when Castrol first introduced Super
Clean.
I specifically asked about compatibility with aluminum. They said no
way...

Man, I don't want to even think about what it could do to aluminum. It
pitted chrome!

No wonder it works so well...

Anybody else old enough to remember when Pepsi-Cola was the thing for
cleaning chrome bumpers? But you couldn't leave it on.

Don

Put a bolt in a bottle of Coke and see what happens.

Aw, come on... It tells me. "This guy must do a lot of flying". I
clean mine at least twice a year, whether it needs it or not.

EEeeewwww...

Assuming you really did fly a lot, around here you'd have a wing that
produced no lift at all in a matter of weeks. The leading edge would have
what would look like green and black ice accretions built up about two
inches thick.

In the past week we've flown 15 hours, and we were still hitting bugs at
6000 feet. They are thick as, well, flies, around here!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I use the spray bottle full of water also. Most come off with just
a rag when I wipe it down. If not, one of those plastic scrubby
things -- but remember NOT to use the industrial strength version
(dark green I think). Use the one marked "light" (I think it's pink
and white) suitable for glass and stuff.

Keeps from scratching the paint too much.

On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 00:19:10 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

Aw, come on... It tells me. "This guy must do a lot of flying". I
clean mine at least twice a year, whether it needs it or not.

EEeeewwww...

Assuming you really did fly a lot, around here you'd have a wing that
produced no lift at all in a matter of weeks. The leading edge would have

You just have to go faster to maintain lift.

what would look like green and black ice accretions built up about two
inches thick.

Nah, it wears off kinda like an ablative compound. Besides if you fly
in the rain much it protects the paint and only builds up to about a
quarter inch. It's kinda gummy and ice won't stick to it either.
Besides it has a nice side effect that people aren't bugging you to
give them a ride up to a meeting some place so they don't have to
drive. Then again, after a day in the hot sun they get kind of
aromatic. :-))


In the past week we've flown 15 hours, and we were still hitting bugs at
6000 feet. They are thick as, well, flies, around here!

I don't know what it was but I hit something at about 5,000 that left
a splot about an inch in diameter...and about 4 long right on the
windshield.

I knew there was a reason I went with a half inch thick windshield.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

On 18 Jul 2004 21:05:48 -0600, Blanche
wrote:

I use the spray bottle full of water also. Most come off with just
a rag when I wipe it down. If not, one of those plastic scrubby
things -- but remember NOT to use the industrial strength version
(dark green I think). Use the one marked "light" (I think it's pink
and white) suitable for glass and stuff.

I think they call them "Scotch brite" pads:-))
Actually I use the same kinds as Joyce used on "those difficult
dishes". I think they are called a Doby, or Dolby? It's just a
plastic mesh over a sponge. You can scrub like crazy and it won't
scratch...Depending on what the bug ate last.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com


Keeps from scratching the paint too much.

"Roger Halstead" wrote in message
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I don't know what it was but I hit something at about 5,000 that left
a splot about an inch in diameter...and about 4 long right on the
windshield.



Mrs. Bird didn't make it back to the nest, and laid her egg in midair??