Limitations of Lemon Pledge

On Mon, 03 May 2004 16:07:52 GMT, "Otis Winslow"
wrote:

I second the Wash Wax All recommendation. Have used it for
years and it works great.

Streaks for me. I've tried cutting it in various ratios with
distilled water, but still no dice.



"Henry Kisor" wrote in message
...
Jay, have you ever tried Wash Wax All? That's what I use and it seems to
work very well. It's made for airplanes, while Lemon Pledge, let's face
it,
is made for furniture.

I've used Lemon Pledge on the windows but wonder if it might also seal
dirt
in as it apparently did with your airplane fuselage. My old instructor
recommended Novus for the windows. I've used that for two years and it
also
seems to do the job fine.

Henry

P.S. How much would your son charge to do the underwings and
undertailfeathers of a 150? That wrecks my back. Might be worth a trip
out
to Iowa City.

"Jay Honeck" writes:

The Wash Wax All product is available he

http://www.washwax.com/

I've used it, and it's great. The mail order price, including s/h, is
only slightly cheaper than what the local FBO charges.

Thanks for the link, Jav. Do you use the "degreaser" version, or the
"regular" version?

I would assume the degreaser is necessary for the grimy underbelly?

I only use the regular version. I use WD40 or mineral spirits to
degrease the underbelly.

The above, and cans of Plexus, round up my airplane washing chemicals
kit.

-jav

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:29xkc.42$Ik.349647@attbi_s53...
As many of you know, I am a big proponent of using Lemon Pledge to clean
an
airplane. It can be used on the Plexiglas safely, and if you spray the
leading edges of the wings with it after each flight, the bugs just swish
right off with little effort.

So, while we'll still hit the windshield, leading edges, and nose with
Pledge after each flight, our days of using it as an "overall" cleaner are
over -- although I'd like to find something less harsh than Super Clean.
Any suggestions?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

OT - If you wear glasses with plastic lenses, you can use up the last of
your Pledge on those. When they get that scratchy haze that's bad enough to
be annoying but not bad enough to justify getting new ones, a rub of Pledge
(or Plexus) will turn them clear as new for several hours.

Kathy

a rub of Pledge
(or Plexus) will turn them clear as new for several hours.

Interesting -- thanks!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I wonder if the P products would work on scratched CDs... I have used
Meguilar's products on moto helmets (soft plexi) with wondrous results,
and on CDs as well. Just need to remember to get ALL of the stuff off
before putting the disk into the walkman.


OT - If you wear glasses with plastic lenses, you can use up the last of
your Pledge on those. When they get that scratchy haze that's bad enough to
be annoying but not bad enough to justify getting new ones, a rub of Pledge
(or Plexus) will turn them clear as new for several hours.

Kathy

If you think Pledge is good for those uses, try using Aeroshell's
Flight Jacket winscreen cleaner. Did wonders for a screen on a
second hand GPS I bought.

Paul

"Elwood Dowd" wrote in message
...
I wonder if the P products would work on scratched CDs... I have used
Meguilar's products on moto helmets (soft plexi) with wondrous results,
and on CDs as well. Just need to remember to get ALL of the stuff off
before putting the disk into the walkman.


OT - If you wear glasses with plastic lenses, you can use up the last of
your Pledge on those. When they get that scratchy haze that's bad enough
to
be annoying but not bad enough to justify getting new ones, a rub of
Pledge
(or Plexus) will turn them clear as new for several hours.

"Paul Sengupta" writes:

If you think Pledge is good for those uses, try using Aeroshell's
Flight Jacket winscreen cleaner. Did wonders for a screen on a
second hand GPS I bought.

I've been using camera lens cleaner on my GNS430 and MX20 screens. It's
very inexpensive (particularly by aviation standards).

-jav