rcflyby

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What is the best airplane cleaner out there for cleaning th oil off your plane or helicopters. Does anyone have a good recipe for this? thanks

nedyob

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Windex (the streak fee window cleaner kind) alittle bit of rubbing alcohol and a soft cloth. Paper towels have been known to scratch untra coating. Best think would be Gerber Baby wipes. I have used just the baby wipes and it has leaves the covering pretty shinny.
NEDYOB

Blazer1

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I have found 409 to work best. I have tried other cleaners that will do a better job removing the oil from the plane, such as Mean Green, but they leave an oily residue on the plane. It is 409 to remove the oil and a follow up wipe down with Windex if I want the plane to sparkle.

rcflyby

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409 the green stuff work awesome and now I can't find it.
Thanks for the input and will try it.

DavidAgar

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I use window washer fluid. Works great, and cheap. Good Luck. Dave

pdm52956

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Like Dave says, a bottle of windshield washer fluid from WalMart is really cheap. Put a few drops of dish washing soap in it. Works great for me.

tail strike

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I use lemon pledge, side effect smell great

rcflyby

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How does the window washer cleaner cut the oil from the fuel??

ChuckW

A lot of windshield washer fluid contains methanol, the same as glow fuel so I suppose it cuts the oil.

I never made the connection until reading this thread. I need some wiper fluid for my truck anyhow so I'm going to give it a shot.

Stripes

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Anyone using Windex should remember not to use the kind with ammonia which will lift the edges of the Monokote.

cowboydfk

Someone on here said scrubbing bubbles,I got a can and seems ok to me.

OldScaleGuy

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I use just plain Windex and an old hand towel. Once in a while go over the entire plane with Top Flite Polish. I do like the windshield washer idea, got to give that a try. I do not use paper towels on them. I do believe it can scratch and the old hand towels get a washing once a week with the other towels and it saves a bit of money on paper.

rcflyby

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Going flying today and going to try the washer fluid thanks everyone for your help.

Rcpilot

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Prop Wash. Just run down to the local hobby shop and ask the old man behind the counter for a can of Prop Wash. He'll be happy to help.

Sandmann_AU

Don't use the glass cleaner that's really blue in colour - it can stain white *kote pale blue. Go on, ask me how I know. [:@]

rcflyby

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Still have got to the field to fly. It keeps snowing. I want to fly now

DavidAgar

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If you get the windshield washer solution you need to make sure that it alchol based. They do make some that is water based and it does not work well. Any one that lives in snow country will have it at the parts store. I got a spray bottle and as mentioned drop in a few drops of liquid dish soap, shake and clean. It is the best cleaner that I have ever used. Good Luck, Dave

Deadeye

Sprayway glass cleaner, and micro fiber rags.

Blade-breaker

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Dawn dish soap and water. Cheap and fast.

shiver

Baby wipes. Works like a dream and are cheap.

hdpartman

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The Windshield washer does work very well as long as it is the alcohol base fluid.
You can also make up a special sauce on your own for less money.

1 Gallon plastic bottle.
1 Pint rubbing alcohol
3 drops dish washing soap.

Fill the gallon bottle half full of water, add the additional ingredients, Shake Do not stir. Fill the rest of the bottle, shake again.................

With an old spray bottle total cost has to be under $0.50, the cheapest cleaner available.

Thanks for the recipe: Grumpy Old Guy's Secret Sauce

RC_Fanatic

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I use Simple Green instead of dish soap in the recipe above. Seems to work better.

OldScaleGuy

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I ran across this at our local Dollar Tree store. $1.00 for a 32 ounce container. So far i have mixed it at 5 to 1 with tap water and it works great on cleaning up the planes and the oil left behind after flying. I have a hunch that it could be mixed 10 to 1 with good results as well. Might want to give this one a try. It is called LA's Totally Awesome.

telejojo

brake parts cleaner..............................

DaddySam

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Last summer a guy recommended to me Glass Plus and microfiber cloths.  That combination works great for me. 
Sam