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Washing and Polishing: DIY The Right Way

Even the best professional aircraft detailers or products wont be able to resurrect some neglected paint finishes. Thats why its important to preserve the paint finish early with regular cleaning and polishing. Far from a mindless chore, there's more to do-it-yourself cleaning jobs that you might think, including protecting expensive accessories like antennas, de-ice boots and propellers. Like any other job you might tackle yourself, there's a right and wrong approach to cleaning the aircraft. Heres how we would do it.

It’s crummy work, but keeping the belly clean of blowby oil and grease preserves the life and performance of antennas. A coat of polish makes it easy to maintain.

Even the best professional aircraft detailers or products won’t be able to resurrect some neglected paint finishes. That’s why it’s important to preserve the paint finish early with regular cleaning and polishing.

Far from a mindless chore, there’s more to do-it-yourself cleaning jobs than you might think, including protecting expensive accessories like antennas, de-ice boots and propellers. Like any other job you might tackle yourself, there’s a right and wrong approach to cleaning the aircraft. Here’s how we would do it.