I bought a couple of the Flitz products at a local home show three years ago. The demo looked pretty kewl as the salesman shined up some beer cans.

After a season of flying, I had some junk cooked onto the muffler and some oxidation on the Jett BSE engine crankcase, and I wanted to clean them up a bit for display at Toledo. So here I am, two days before the show with this 'seasoned' engine. Having been installed in the aeroworks Edge (inside of a cowl) I rarely took note of what was happening to the engine as far as varnish and corrosion and stuff. It was ok in general, but it definately needed some cleaning to be show-worthy.

I started off with a dremel polishing wheel and compound on the muffler. It did an ok job removing some of the varnish. Kinda dulled the surface finish more than anything.

Then I tried the Flitz just using a toothbrush and rag on the engine crankcase. Boy did that shine the bar stock case !!

Then I used the Flitz on the muffler... first by hand...then with the small buffing wheel on the muffler. I applied it, and let it sit on the part for about 20 minutes. Not only did it get the small bit of remaining varnish off, it shined the daylights out of the aluminum muffler! One last final touch up with a soft cloth by hand, and it looked like a mirror.

I had the BSE-1.00 with the turbo-jett muffler on display in the Jett booth at Toledo. Most folks thought the engine was brand new. There were amazed when I told them it was engine S/N 3 and had nearly 100 flights on it.

Not only did this stuff clean the oxidation and crud off of the engine, it KEPT it that way! Seemed to provide a bit of a sealant/coating action that prevented the oxidation and varnish from coming back.

I used both the Flitz cream polish, and also the gun polish. The gun polish was a bit "thinner" and apparently has more of a wax base to it. That may be why it kept the finish for quite a while.

Bob