Canopy Care

if you want to yellow the canopy and add static to pick up dust and dirt
you'll wipe off later while scratching the canopy then go ahead and pledge
your canopy.....but please don't do mine!
tim

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What about Pledge?

Guy

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On Mar 24, 4:18*am, Dave Nadler wrote:
On Mar 24, 12:00*am, Guy wrote:

What about Pledge?

Guy

Pledge has solvents in it that promote crazing.

Don't use it.

May need to specify which Pledge product. A few years ago a version
of Pledge, claimed to be formulated for transparent plastics, was
marketed. I used it for a while and then it became unavailable.

How you prep the canopy may depend on the conditions you operate in.
Arizona is very dusty and keeping the canopy static free is
important. I now use Plexus inside and out before almost every flight
(after removing any dust, grit and gravel).

Andy (GY)

On Mar 24, 4:18*am, Dave Nadler wrote:
On Mar 24, 12:00*am, Guy wrote:

What about Pledge?

Guy

Pledge has solvents in it that promote crazing...

I dunno, that sounds like urban legendry to me, but I'll believe it if
you can provide a cite.

I used Pledge on my HP-11 canopy for about a dozen years, and it
looked about the same before and after. Which is to say, far from
optically perfect but workmanlike and usable.

I also used Pledge on the acrylic HP-11 forward canopy section that
was supplied by Schreder, replaced by me and used as an oil drip tray
under my sports car, and then restored to service when it's Lexan
replacement was so brown I couldn't see the runway on final. Maybe the
Pledge and motor oil cancelled each other out.

Thanks, Bob K.

Thanks, Bob K.

On Mar 24, 12:14*pm, Andy wrote:
On Mar 24, 4:18*am, Dave Nadler wrote:

On Mar 24, 12:00*am, Guy wrote:

What about Pledge?

Guy

Pledge has solvents in it that promote crazing.

Don't use it.

May need to specify which Pledge product. *A few years ago a version
of Pledge, claimed to be formulated for transparent plastics, was
marketed. *I used it for a while and then it became unavailable.

Sorry, IIRC this was aerosol lemon-freshened Pledge.
The canopy destruction incident was circa 1985.
Who knows if the formulation is the same these days.
I prefer not to find out the hard way...

Best Regards, Dave

On Mar 24, 12:20*pm, Bob Kuykendall wrote:
On Mar 24, 4:18*am, Dave Nadler wrote:
Pledge has solvents in it that promote crazing...

I dunno, that sounds like urban legendry to me, but I'll believe it if
you can provide a cite.

I could send you a photo of the crazed fragment I saved...

See ya, Dave

I agree with Bob... Pledge works well. I operate my Cessna 170 in a
dusty environment (construction dust and glacial silt) and have used
Pledge continuously nearly every weekend since 1997 on the same canopy
which still looks great.

I apply it after having throughly rinsed the canopy with lots of water
using only my fingertips to work off particles that do not wash off.
Lemon Pledge works great with never any of that dreaded yellow waxy
buildup. It's also popular with many commercial operators here.


Bob Kuykendall wrote:
On Mar 24, 4:18 am, Dave Nadler wrote:

What about Pledge?

Pledge has solvents in it that promote crazing...

I dunno, that sounds like urban legendry to me, but I'll believe it if
you can provide a cite.

I used Pledge on my HP-11 canopy for about a dozen years, and it
looked about the same before and after. Which is to say, far from
optically perfect but workmanlike and usable.


Thanks, Bob K.


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