Belly Cleaning...?

Have a fabric Biplane and use Simple Green. Spray it on WIPE it off.

Bill OParowski
N10SX
N101SX

In article , OSKI 3
wrote:

Have a fabric Biplane and use Simple Green. Spray it on WIPE it off.

DO NOT USE SIMPLE GREEN ON AIRPLANES!!!!
That stuff etches aluminum.

EDR wrote:
In article , OSKI 3
wrote:


Have a fabric Biplane and use Simple Green. Spray it on WIPE it off.


DO NOT USE SIMPLE GREEN ON AIRPLANES!!!!
That stuff etches aluminum.

Did you miss the part about "Have a fabric Biplane..."?

In article , Dave Butler
wrote:

Have a fabric Biplane and use Simple Green. Spray it on WIPE it off.

DO NOT USE SIMPLE GREEN ON AIRPLANES!!!!
That stuff etches aluminum.

Did you miss the part about "Have a fabric Biplane..."?

If it is harsh enough to etch Al, what is it doing to the paint and
fabric?

"EDR" wrote in message
...
In article , OSKI 3
wrote:

Have a fabric Biplane and use Simple Green. Spray it on WIPE it off.

DO NOT USE SIMPLE GREEN ON AIRPLANES!!!!
That stuff etches aluminum.

Nonsense. Diluted to proper levels it is harmless. On fabric or paint it
has no effect. Used properly it is fine for aircraft use.

"EDR" wrote in message
...
In article , OSKI 3
wrote:

Have a fabric Biplane and use Simple Green. Spray it on WIPE it off.

DO NOT USE SIMPLE GREEN ON AIRPLANES!!!!
That stuff etches aluminum.

Nonsense. Diluted to proper levels it is harmless. On fabric or paint it
has no effect. Used properly it is fine for aircraft use.



The problem is it (and just about any other liquid) will leech into the
joints between panels and there it sits and does its chemical thing. Sure,
it's fine on the surface of the aluminum, but that's not where the damage
occurs.

Go ahead and use it properly, but you've been warned...

No Spam

"No Spam" wrote in message
...



"EDR" wrote in message
...
In article , OSKI 3
wrote:

Have a fabric Biplane and use Simple Green. Spray it on WIPE it off.

DO NOT USE SIMPLE GREEN ON AIRPLANES!!!!
That stuff etches aluminum.

Nonsense. Diluted to proper levels it is harmless. On fabric or paint
it
has no effect. Used properly it is fine for aircraft use.



The problem is it (and just about any other liquid) will leech into the
joints between panels and there it sits and does its chemical thing. Sure,
it's fine on the surface of the aluminum, but that's not where the damage
occurs.

Go ahead and use it properly, but you've been warned...

No Spam


If you let it leech into the joints of bare aluminum you are not using it
properly. On a properly painted surface there should be no chance of it
leeching into bare aluminum.

"No Spam" wrote in message
...



"EDR" wrote in message
...
In article , OSKI 3
wrote:

Have a fabric Biplane and use Simple Green. Spray it on WIPE it off.

DO NOT USE SIMPLE GREEN ON AIRPLANES!!!!
That stuff etches aluminum.

Nonsense. Diluted to proper levels it is harmless. On fabric or paint
it
has no effect. Used properly it is fine for aircraft use.



The problem is it (and just about any other liquid) will leech into the
joints between panels and there it sits and does its chemical thing. Sure,
it's fine on the surface of the aluminum, but that's not where the damage
occurs.

Go ahead and use it properly, but you've been warned...

No Spam


If you let it leech into the joints of bare aluminum you are not using it
properly. On a properly painted surface there should be no chance of it
leeching into bare aluminum.





It's not a matter of letting it - it will do it. Inspection panels may be
properly painted, but it will get between the surfaces.

Like I said, you've been warned.

No Spam

No,

couldn't agree more. The idea of washing an aircraft and being able to
keep fluid from creeping into seams and slits is preposterous.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

From the Naval Safety Center's website:

Dear Editor:

The cleaning liquid, Simple Green, should not be used to clean
aluminum equipment or parts because it is highly corrosive.

According to an article at avweb, a 3.5 gram aluminum alloy sample was
immersed into a container of Simple Green. After one week, the sample
was 295 milligrams lighter. The article further states that the Air
Force issued a statement not to use Simple Green on Air Force
equipment containing aluminum.

Thought you Navy folks would like to have this information.

MSgt. Larry Stulz
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

We appreciate your information about Simple Green. Lt. David Mims,
head of the Occupational and Environmental Health Division here at the
Safety Center, researched the Simple Green situation. He found that
the Naval Air Warfare Center (NavAir) disapproved of the use of Simple
Green for naval aviation in 1993. They have a documented incident of
crazing of an F-18 canopy following the unauthorized use of Simple
Green. According to an official at NAVAIR, they have tested the
product at least three times since 1989. Simple Green fails sandwich
corrosion and total immersion-corrosion tests for aluminum. That
official also said that NAVAIR recommended that commands remove Simple
Green from their spaces. It's just too easy for someone who's told to
clean something to grab a bottle of Simple Green off the shelf and use
it on an airplane or equipment made of aluminum.-Ed.



Like I said, you've been warned.

No Spam