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I got this reply regarding cleaning canopies, you may be interested
Phil Matheson.
Phil,
Eucalyptus oil also works well for removing the "goop" from the
insulation tape. Then use ordinary detergent in water for removing any oily
eucalyptus residue. Recommend you keep a canopy only cleaning kit in a sealed
container. Use heaps of water out of an old 2L milk/juice container or similar
poured liberally all over to wash any excess dust/grit from the canopy. Keep
pouring water on while you GENTLY run over it with a clean cloth. Then hold a
chamois so it hangs down and let the bottom edge of it run lightly along the
canopy - this removes nearly all water that remains. The rest will dry very
quickly. At that stage you can polish it if you wish. In the gliding movement
a lot of us use "Mr Sheen" - spray it on then GENTLY rub with a soft cloth. It
is felt that this helps reduce the amount of dust collected due to its anti
static properties. Use it inside too to remove grubby finger marks etc..
The important points are cloths must be SOFT (old singlets , jocks work great)
and CLEAN (Wash them out after every couple of uses or use new ones) The same
goes for the chamois - MUST be clean. Never be tempted to use it on any other
part of the aircraft no matter how small or clean it is. Use only the MINIMUM
of pressure with cloths .
Any grit at all on canopy or cloths will scratch - this is bound to happen even
when careful as above. Provided you have not rubbed too hard, these scratches
will only be superficial, and can be removed by lots of elbow grease with a
soft clean rag rubbing the marks with "Brasso".
Hope this helps Phil,
Regards,
Colin
Phil Matheson
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