Silicon free polishes?

On Sep 28, 5:26*am, Martin Gregorie
wrote:
On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:34:39 -0700, Darryl Ramm wrote:
On Sep 27, 1:56*pm, Gilbert Smith wrote: [snip]
Maybe it has other brand names, but I use Carlack (or PolyLack because
it has a sailplane on the label). Easy to use and silicone free as far
as I know.

I use Mer 'Ultimate Car Polish', a UK product, on my airframe. Its MSDS
shows it to be non hazardous and doesn't list silicone, *but* their FAQ
says that their polish contains silicone and that all polishes contain it..

I also use Sparkle on my canopy. Its a US product and was apparently
developed during WW2 to clean B-29 canopies. I haven't found an MSDS but
they say the product contains only water, a mixture of glycols and a
purple tint.

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martin@ * | Martin Gregorie
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Sparkle is easy:

http://www.householdproducts.nlm.nih...a s=TblBrands

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2-Butoxyethanol (Oh what's a little
infertility to guarantee a clean canopy?)

Mer's lack of clear marketing is more a headscratcher. There are sites
claiming Mer products are silicone free. As for the Mer website
"silicon" content (note they say silicon not silicone). Who knows what
they mean to say but likely most *polishes* do contain silicon dioxide
or similar. Now whether they contain one of the silicone oils is a
different question. I let the original poster's obvious mistake on
"silicon" vs. "silicone" go by without comment but now we have a
manufacter's web site with some ambiguity.


Darryl