Airplane detailing?

Another opinion, please:

What would you pay to have your plane "detailed"?

What, in your opinion, should be part of the "detailing"?

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

"Jay Honeck" wrote:
What would you pay to have your plane "detailed"?

Depends what it included.
I love doing the detailing myself ... for me, that's part of the fun of
owning the airplane. Some days the weather looks iffy or it's crowded up
there or ya just don't feel 100% for flying, but it's still fun going to
the airport to clean/polish/fix.

What, in your opinion, should be part of the "detailing"?

If I were going to have it done, I would think it would include washing,
waxing, vacuuming, upholstery cleaning/conditioning (if necessary), and
cleaning the panel, switches, knobs, etc. That's what *I* do when I set
out to give the airplane a thorough once over.

What do you do? or do you pay someone to do it?

Same here. That's part of what I love about owning and a great reason just
to go to the airport. I wouldn't mind if someone else washed it, but I'd
want to wax it myself. There's a certain hesitation to turning some one
else loose with all the tools to scratch the living H out of your paint and
windows.

And to have someone detail our Aztec, it would probably cost more than a
couple tanks of fuel.
Jim

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"Jay Honeck" wrote:
What would you pay to have your plane "detailed"?

Depends what it included.
I love doing the detailing myself ... for me, that's part of the fun of
owning the airplane. Some days the weather looks iffy or it's crowded up
there or ya just don't feel 100% for flying, but it's still fun going to
the airport to clean/polish/fix.

What, in your opinion, should be part of the "detailing"?

If I were going to have it done, I would think it would include washing,
waxing, vacuuming, upholstery cleaning/conditioning (if necessary), and
cleaning the panel, switches, knobs, etc. That's what *I* do when I set
out to give the airplane a thorough once over.

What do you do? or do you pay someone to do it?

I know a group at our local airport that charges $50 to wash a 150, $75 for
a 172/182, $100 for a twin etc. That's top to bottom, de-bugged, de-greased,
clean glass. So for a wax and interior clean you could probably easily
double the labor.


"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Another opinion, please:

What would you pay to have your plane "detailed"?

What, in your opinion, should be part of the "detailing"?

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

Mike W. wrote:

I know a group at our local airport that charges $50 to wash a 150, $75 for
a 172/182, $100 for a twin etc. That's top to bottom, de-bugged, de-greased,
clean glass. So for a wax and interior clean you could probably easily
double the labor.

I've seen an A&P with professional cleaning equipment wash a plane the size of a
172 in about an hour. Since the shop rate was $60/hr, $75 would not be
unreasonable at all. Waxing takes *much* longer, so I would expect probably four
times the cost if you added on a wax and interior cleaning.

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.

Mike,

I know a group at our local airport that charges $50 to wash a 150, $75 for
a 172/182, $100 for a twin etc.


How well are they insured for damage they might inflict?

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

I know a group at our local airport that charges $50 to wash a 150, $75
for
a 172/182, $100 for a twin etc.


How well are they insured for damage they might inflict?

Well, in our case this would be my 15 year old son's small business venture.

He's terribly under-insured...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay,

Well, in our case this would be my 15 year old son's small business venture.

He's terribly under-insured...


Wouldn't you as a parent be liable? And is the smiley justified in the legal
climate your son operates in, i.e. the US? Imagine a pilot crashes because
your son allegedly introduced water into the pitot-static-system...

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Thomas Borchert wrote:
Jay,


Well, in our case this would be my 15 year old son's small business venture.

He's terribly under-insured...



Wouldn't you as a parent be liable? And is the smiley justified in the legal
climate your son operates in, i.e. the US? Imagine a pilot crashes because
your son allegedly introduced water into the pitot-static-system...


Preflight.

Wouldn't you as a parent be liable? And is the smiley justified in the
legal
climate your son operates in, i.e. the US? Imagine a pilot crashes because
your son allegedly introduced water into the pitot-static-system...

Well, I suppose. But he's a pretty level headed kid, has been around planes
since birth, and never, EVER uses water to clean planes.

And, you know, if I was the type to worry about liability, I sure wouldn't
be in the business I'm in -- nor would I just toss the keys to my 6,000
pound Ford Van to any pilot who flies in.

You see, Tom, there are still parts of America where people trust each other
to do the right thing. That's why I choose to live in Iowa.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"