Belly Cleaning...?

Hi,

I'm looking for ideas on how to best clean the belly of my plane.
It's a Cherokee and is pretty greasy/grimy/dirty underneath. I'm
hoping to find something I can buy from a non-aviation source (like a
supermarket or auto parts store), and it would be Great if I didn't
need any water.

TIA for any responses.

z

"zatatime" wrote in message
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Hi,

I'm looking for ideas on how to best clean the belly of my plane.
It's a Cherokee and is pretty greasy/grimy/dirty underneath. I'm
hoping to find something I can buy from a non-aviation source (like a
supermarket or auto parts store), and it would be Great if I didn't
need any water.

TIA for any responses.

z

Get an automotive creeper and a package of a dozen cotton cloths. Next, get
some nitrile gloves to protect your skin. After that, you need a solvent.
I'd recommend either mineral spirits, which is smelly, but gentile on paint,
or one of the solvents auto body shops use as a final wipe-down prior to
painting an auto. You can usually find these solvents at a good auto paint
store. A quart of the stuff lasts a long time...

Then, put on the gloves, dampen a cloth in your chosen solvent, climb on the
creeper, and have at it. Shouldn't take more than 5-10 minutes. Oh, and
wear safety glasses. If the solvent doesn't drip into your eye, you're sure
to poke an eye out with an antenna or something.

KB

On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 00:34:02 +0000, zatatime wrote:

I'm looking for ideas on how to best clean the belly of my plane.
It's a Cherokee and is pretty greasy/grimy/dirty underneath. I'm

Stoddard Solvent or Mineral Spirits and a rag.

Kyle Boatright wrote:
Get an automotive creeper and a package of a dozen cotton cloths. Next, get
some nitrile gloves to protect your skin. After that, you need a solvent.
I'd recommend either mineral spirits, which is smelly, but gentile on paint,
or one of the solvents auto body shops use as a final wipe-down prior to
painting an auto. You can usually find these solvents at a good auto paint
store. A quart of the stuff lasts a long time...

Then, put on the gloves, dampen a cloth in your chosen solvent, climb on the
creeper, and have at it. Shouldn't take more than 5-10 minutes. Oh, and
wear safety glasses. If the solvent doesn't drip into your eye, you're sure
to poke an eye out with an antenna or something.

This is similar what I do, except I often use a large terry cloth towel
that I'm willing to throw out. I wipe down large sections using paper
towels and mineral spirits, then wipe if off with the terry cloth towel.
The entire belly takes about 15 minutes.


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In article , zatatime
wrote:

Hi,

I'm looking for ideas on how to best clean the belly of my plane.
It's a Cherokee and is pretty greasy/grimy/dirty underneath. I'm
hoping to find something I can buy from a non-aviation source (like a
supermarket or auto parts store), and it would be Great if I didn't
need any water.

I've used regular car soap, with turtle wax and/or handcleaner
(that non-abrasive orange stuff) on the particularly greasy
parts.

and waxing the belly occassionaly (every 3 or 5 years) makes
cleaning the belly easier. (It helps that my airplane doesn't
have much blowby).

--
Bob Noel

"Kyle Boatright" wrote in message
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Get an automotive creeper and a package of a dozen cotton cloths. Next,
get
some nitrile gloves to protect your skin. After that, you need a solvent.
I'd recommend either mineral spirits, which is smelly, but gentile on
paint,
or one of the solvents auto body shops use as a final wipe-down prior to
painting an auto. You can usually find these solvents at a good auto
paint
store. A quart of the stuff lasts a long time...


Bah, do that if you want all that labor. Get the non pumice GoJo and a
paintbrush. Paint it on, let sit for awhile and hose it off.

http://www.sportys.com/acb/showdetl....product_id=348

Expensive, but works well and you don't need water.





"zatatime" wrote in message
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Hi,

I'm looking for ideas on how to best clean the belly of my plane.
It's a Cherokee and is pretty greasy/grimy/dirty underneath. I'm
hoping to find something I can buy from a non-aviation source (like a
supermarket or auto parts store), and it would be Great if I didn't
need any water.

TIA for any responses.

z

For future reference, I installed a M-20 Oil/Air Separator and cut down
belly grime by about 90% (my subjective guess) on my TR-182.

http://www.avweb.com/news/reviews/182522-1.html

"zatatime" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I'm looking for ideas on how to best clean the belly of my plane.
It's a Cherokee and is pretty greasy/grimy/dirty underneath. I'm
hoping to find something I can buy from a non-aviation source (like a
supermarket or auto parts store), and it would be Great if I didn't
need any water.

TIA for any responses.

z

Turtle Wax bug and tar spray.
Cheap and kills oil dead. Also works greqat on leading edges/struts -
removes all of those flattened bugs very easily.


tony

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Tony Roberts
PP-ASEL
VFR OTT
Night
Almost Instrument
Cessna 172H C-GICE

Isn't that stuff a thick delimolene solution? sorry if I butcherred the
spelling.

There are several citrus degreasers on the market, is this stuff okay to use
on aircraft auto paint?


"Newps" wrote in message
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"Kyle Boatright" wrote in message
...

Get an automotive creeper and a package of a dozen cotton cloths. Next,
get
some nitrile gloves to protect your skin. After that, you need a
solvent.
I'd recommend either mineral spirits, which is smelly, but gentile on
paint,
or one of the solvents auto body shops use as a final wipe-down prior to
painting an auto. You can usually find these solvents at a good auto
paint
store. A quart of the stuff lasts a long time...


Bah, do that if you want all that labor. Get the non pumice GoJo and a
paintbrush. Paint it on, let sit for awhile and hose it off.