JHW
En-Route
I like Nu-Finish especially on the windscreen. Great vis in rain on the ground. Fly into a cloud and all the bugs just slide off.
airplane wax
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JHW
En-Route
the bugs you already have slide off in the cloud
kgruber
Final Approach
You are working too hard if you are rubbing anything on the belly.
Spray it on
Hose it off.
Harmless to paint and aluminum. Actually leaves a waxy residue.
Spray it on
Hose it off.
Harmless to paint and aluminum. Actually leaves a waxy residue.
jkgoblue
Pre-takeoff checklist
Bought a bottle of LoPresti Speed Coat a few years back from Mr. LoPresti himself at Airventure. Supposed to give you a few extra knots. Worked fine but expensive. Anyone else try it? They say it's standard wax finish on all new Cirrus.
Version 2 out
http://www.loprestiaviation.com/#!speedcoat-2-/chjn
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/cspages/speedcoat209-04066.php
Version 2 out
http://www.loprestiaviation.com/#!speedcoat-2-/chjn
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/cspages/speedcoat209-04066.php
JHW
En-Route
It doesn't, I've used it for years for exactly that reason. Makes the windows crystal clear and everything just slides off.
Anybody who says a paint coating is going to buy you a few knots is hawking snake oil.
kyleb
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From LoPresti's website:
SpeedCoat2 is an environmentally safe, high-performance proective coaing designed to outerform and outlast traditional waxes, polishes, and pint sealants in ody's harsh enironment.
Regardless of its other properties, what other product can provide the same benefits? I mean, it is a "proective coaing" which "outerforms", seals "pints", and does all of these things in "ody's enironment". ;-)
SpeedCoat2 is an environmentally safe, high-performance proective coaing designed to outerform and outlast traditional waxes, polishes, and pint sealants in ody's harsh enironment.
Regardless of its other properties, what other product can provide the same benefits? I mean, it is a "proective coaing" which "outerforms", seals "pints", and does all of these things in "ody's enironment". ;-)
Back when I was in the volunteer fire department someone commented on how we were always out washing and polishing the equipment. I told them it decreased air resistance when we were driving at high speed.
So 'bored ****less' isn't the the public answer?
Hey, we took pride in our appearance. The aerodynamic argument was just amusing seeing how streamlined this 9 ton monster was (the front was a giant flat plate). Oddly enough I've seen the thing get up to 100 MPH on I-95 (I wasn't driving), the ambulance could barely do 90.
NoHeat
En-Route
To answer my own question, I bought one can of NuFinish. It polished almost half of my four-seater. So about 2.5 cans would be needed to finish the job.
That's fewer cans than for carnauba wax. I'm actually finishing the job with carnauba wax, to compare how the two products last, and in doing this I found the NuFinish spreads more easily, so I don't waste as much.
Seriously? How much crap you put on? Two of us did this boat in less than 3 days and had leftovers in 2 bottles of Collenite 845.
