Anyone ever use Pledge to shine your plane? A guy at my local flying field said it works great.

I've heard it works well on canopies, but never tried it personally.

I use it all the time on my planes. It gives monokote a nice shine, and leaves a little film of wax that IMHO makes it easier to clean your plane.

Ken

Makes sense to use it. I did on my ultralight to make it easier to clean. Don't know why I didn't think of using it for my RC planes.

Ken, I think regular Pledge is wax free. What version do you use?

It might be wax free, sorry if I mispoke. Maybe it's just mental and I just "think" that my planes are easier to clean!!!

Ken

never knew that... i usually just give the fuse a wipe down with a damp cloth, works for me

I hereby pledge to shine my plane ... I pledge to shine it after every flight

All the silicon furniture sprays work very well. Will make an airplane look show ready in just a few minutes. Does not last long but when you are attending an event and want that eye appeal as you are unloading then its perfect.

As said it does indeed make clean up at the end of the day easier with just rags or paper towels for whatever reason.

Years ago I worked as a corporate pilot for a large Nevada casino flying both fixed and rotor wing. The casino owner was a fixed wing pilot and part of my job description was to train him in rotors. Anyway when he seen how Pledge worked on the helicopter bubbles he had very large lots of the stuff ordered for all the aircraft and forever after that he always referred to me as the "best dam window cleaner he had ever hired"

I'll have to try the Pledge, it will give my airplanes a nice lemon scent. One thing I have tried and really like is some of the quick detailer sprays for cars. Meguires makes some good stuff that works great on Monokote and Ultacoat.

I USE ARMORAL ON MONO COAT-ULTA COAT AND ALL MY CANOPYS FOR 14 YEARS WITH VERY GOOD RESULTS.POLISH TO A SHINE WHEN IT DRYS-GOOD PLASTIC AND VYNAL PROTECTION===TONY0707===.

Ya sissies, No one can see that dirt and slime while it's flying anyway. Unless your that guy that unloads your trailer never, fuels a single plane and packs up at the end of the day with his static displays. Just play'n but my point is I just wipe em down and cleean them well when I have to do any maintenance. Ya, I guess I'm a little lazy about the show 'n shine side of the hobby.

Pledge works brilliantly! It cleaned, shined and removed small scratches on my Monokote and canopy. It even shined up my wheel pants. The plane feels faster and sleeker. Like it can just slide through the air effortlessly. It also helped smooth out the edge of the decals.

wow, I tried this stuff and my plane looks great. Although my plane has only been taxied around my yard. But still, its looking good.

Wow what next?

Air freshner in our glow fuel?

Oh, wait a second....

I bet it also decreases drag

It also makes Julian Fries too!!!!




Whatever the heck those are!!!!!

Ken

Julian fries? never heard of them, then again id never heard of twinkies before i went to florida for a couple of weeks...

anyway, RCKen was saying earlier about it leaving a waxy layer over the covering, but someone said the regular pledge is wax free... so why does pledge make it easier to clean?

its that time of night and the coffee is kicking in...

It is a micro layer of silicon that provides the shine and slippery feeling, not wax. Cheaper brands of any of the spray silicon furniture polish work just as well. Armoral also works very well but is far more expensive.

You guys are braver than I am. If my wife caught me cleaning my airplanes with furniture polish, she'd have me shining up the whole house and I'd never get to go flying!