Wings have lots of surface area!

On Tue, 28 Sep 1999 14:41:07 -0500, "Honeck"
wrote:

.. It's funny how beautiful
"just" a Warrior can be, when she's all yours!

well said, indeed!

If you plan to have your airplane painted in the future,
don't use a wax with silicone in it. It's hard to get off and even the
tiniest trace of silicone will repel the paint, resulting in "fisheye"
and making the job much more difficult, as well as heavier and more
expensive because of the extra refinishing to cover it. Been there,
done that.
Hand cleaner without the abrasive works well for getting
bugs off the leading edges. We use Fast Orange; smear it on and wipe
it off a minute or two later with wet rags. DON'T use it on older
paints; the citrus in it will damage the finish. There are now paint
strippers based on citrus oils; slow, but without the environmental
disposal hassles. We use a stripper that's based on hydrogen peroxide
and some sort of acid; rather benign and easy to use, no bad odors.
Napier Technologies make it.

Dan

wrote:
If you plan to have your airplane painted in the future,
don't use a wax with silicone in it. It's hard to get off and even the
tiniest trace of silicone will repel the paint, resulting in "fisheye"
and making the job much more difficult, as well as heavier and more
expensive because of the extra refinishing to cover it. Been there,
done that.

Any good professional painter will add "fisheye preventer" to the paint
before spraying these days, as the finish with no silicone is rare.
Silicone is present in a lot more than wax, like vinyl protectants,
rubber preservatives, and so on... so it's almost guaranteed to be there.

Anti-fisheye, anti-cratering, "flow out", whatever a finish manufacturer
calls it... additives simply make the surface one giant fisheye, add no
weight, and don't cost much. The only downside is that once the spray
gear is contaminated, you need to always use the stuff.