"Peter Clark" <Invalidi@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:36:47 GMT, "Mike" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>"Peter Clark" <Invalidi@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:07:08 GMT, "Mike" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>>>"Peter Clark" <Invalidi@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>> On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:55:22 GMT, "Mike" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>
>>>>>>"Jon Woellhaf" <jonwoellhaf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>>> After a short 1.5 hour sightseeing flight today I tried using 100%
>>>>>>> DHMO
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> clean the bugs off the leading edges. It worked surprisingly well.
>>>>>>> Despite
>>>>>>> my precautions, I got a little in my eyes and a lot on my hands
and
>>>>>>> arms,
>>>>>>> but I haven't noticed any adverse effects yet.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I wouldn't use any cleaner on my plane unless I knew the reactive
>>>>>>effects
>>>>>>of
>>>>>>it with paint and alluminum. Even so-called "green" cleaners may
not
>>>>>>be
>>>>>>safe for your plane.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Personally I just spray all the leading edges down with water, allow
>>>>>>the
>>>>>>bugs to reconstitute for about 5-10 minutes and they wipe right off
>>>>>>with
>>>>>>little effort. The microfiber towels you can get at Costco or Sams
>>>>>>work
>>>>>>great. For the windows I use sprayway glass cleaner available at
>>>>>>Wal-mart
>>>>>>for $2 per can. It works great, is not prone to streaking, and it's
>>>>>>completely safe for plexiglass.
>>>>>
>>>>> Um, DHMO... dihydrogen monoxide.... I guess the <whoosh> was not
>>>>> reading closely enough?
>>>>
>>>>I guess so. You got a MSDS for that?
>>>
>>> Dihydroden monoxide - H20....
>>
>>I got that part.
>>
>>I'm just following up sarcasm with a bit more sarcasm.
>
> Sorry, wasn't trying to be sarcastic, my meter's busted right now and
> thought your reply was being serious. Anyway. Should add 8hrs from
> bottle to keyboard I guess.
The first one was. I had no idea what DHMO was. Expanding it made a bit
more sense.
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