Cleaning Planes After Flights
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I'll give those wipes a go, as I stated above I tried the denatured and rubbing alcohol both, and found that they were causing my decals to de-adhere and since they are such a strong cleaner it stands to reason they would remove the stick from the back of the decals and sometimes even case the covering to come loose. Just plan ole Windex with paper towels worked just great with no problems. No need to hassle with mixing fluids with other fluids, keep it simple. As far as the baby wipes I'm sure thats real simple, I will get me a bottle of them.
Randy
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Watch out for paper towels, they are very abrasive and can scratch and dull iron on coverings. I use some old towels amd 409 with a little alcohol in it. If I really want the plane to sparkle, I will follow up with windex.
Mark
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I'm cheap!!! I try to find the cheapest stuff to support my hobby, but luckily in this case, the cheapest has also turned out to be the best cleaner IMHO. What I use is a very simple home brew mix. Buy a gallon jug of windshield washer fliud (usually around a buck most anywhere you can find it). Squirt two or three good squirts of dawn dishwashing liquid in it and shake it. Pour it in your favorite squirt bottle and head to the field.
The dawn does a great job of cutting the oil, and the windshield washer fliud will do a great job of shining the plane without leaving a film on it.
give it a try, it's cheap enough so that if you don't like it you're not out much money
The dawn does a great job of cutting the oil, and the windshield washer fliud will do a great job of shining the plane without leaving a film on it.
give it a try, it's cheap enough so that if you don't like it you're not out much money
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I use windex. I've tried just about everything. What I have found, is that the towels are very important. I use the Viva paper towels. They are the real soft sort of towel and they are very absorbant.
Once in a blue moon, I will clean the airplane with the Monocote polish. Great stuff. It looks like Armor-all. It even smells like Armor-all. I sort of wonder if maybe it is Armorall. I had a white model that was getting kind of tired and yellow looking. I cleaned it up with the Monocote polish and it came back like new. It brightened up and and got it's shine back. Infact I had that model for 11years before I sold it and it was in great shape. I never had to re-cover it. However, I DO keep my models very clean.
Once in a blue moon, I will clean the airplane with the Monocote polish. Great stuff. It looks like Armor-all. It even smells like Armor-all. I sort of wonder if maybe it is Armorall. I had a white model that was getting kind of tired and yellow looking. I cleaned it up with the Monocote polish and it came back like new. It brightened up and and got it's shine back. Infact I had that model for 11years before I sold it and it was in great shape. I never had to re-cover it. However, I DO keep my models very clean.



