On Saturday, November 30, 2013 8:27:23 AM UTC-8, Dan Marotta wrote:
Does that stuff have any detrimental effect on repairs?


When Larry Mansberger was at Minden, I asked him about using wax products w/ silicone and other long chain polymers. He said it was SOP to use solvent to clean surfaces before repair and he hadn't seen any issues.

Good enough for me . . . have been using Nu-Finish (rated well by Consumer Reports) on my aircraft for years.

That said, the MKIV "high tech" yaw string is silicone free and made from 100% unnatural ingredients. Even though bugs striking the clear turbulator base may be severely injured, post impact sticking has not been observed.

bumper