Aircraft Polish

william halford · Post by **william halford** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 7:49 am

I look for anything that will make our job easy in polishing our aircraft. I have tred just about everythig under the sun and i have came to the conclusion that there is no such thing the will replace the ELBOW.. But i was told about a polish called WENOL.. has anyone out ther tried it on there aircraft....Gary

jrenwick · Post by **jrenwick** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 12:51 pm

The gold standard these days is Nuvite. All about it at http://www.perfectpolish.com

Happy polishing!

John

Post by **GAHorn** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 1:58 pm

My favorite is Rolite. It sits in a can on one of the purlins in my hangar. It takes no effort at all. It just sits there and the inside of the can-lid is very very shiney.

Bill Hart · Post by **Bill Hart** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:31 pm

The airplane on the cover of the latest 170 news is AWESOME! Iâ€™d like to know what polish he uses. That photo had my wife wanting me to polish my 170.

N2865C · Post by **N2865C** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:43 pm

Bill Hart wrote:That photo had my wife wanting me to polish my 170.

The real trick is getting your wife to polish it

iowa · Post by **iowa** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:43 pm

all this talk about polishing
makes me that much more
aware that i need to do mine.
george, do you really like rolite?
or were you kidding?
is nuvite really the gold std?
thanks
iowa

Post by **GAHorn** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 2:40 am

I do indeed like Rolite. It is not as likely as some products to damage plexiglas if you accidentally touch it/run wide with polishing. It also keeps it's shine for a longer than average time due to it's base oils.
Nuvite is also good stuff, and has gotten a lot of attention due to promotion by a group of Swift Assoc'n members who co-produced a video using it.

3958v · Post by **3958v** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 1:55 pm

The big secret about polishing seems to be there are no secrets just hard work. So if you mind working hard get someone to paint. I have tried various products and have ended up using Nuvite. I try to polish often for shorter periods of time. My plane never looks perfect but thats fine it still has the basic look it had from the factory and thats what I want. Bill K

Boiler Bill · Post by **Boiler Bill** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 6:11 pm

I like to shine things up and have tried about everything out there. This is what I found to be the fastest and best polish yet.

The swift airplane group uses the Dual Head Cyclo polisher. Its availabe for $212.00 if you shop on the net for it and thats new and will last a couple life times. Then use the correct polishing system that the Swift club uses on there web site. With Nuvit polish. I would recomend buying there movie on how to polish as well its very helpful. No its not easy at first, but they show how to make it glow and not that hard to do.

Bill

N2865C · Post by **N2865C** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 8:16 pm

Bill Hart wrote:The airplane on the cover of the latest 170 news is AWESOME! Iâ€™d like to know what polish he uses. That photo had my wife wanting me to polish my 170.

I just got my copy............ Hey, that's me!

I use Nuvite. Do a search for Nuvite on this site and you will find alot of info.

jrenwick · Post by **jrenwick** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:03 am

Member Dennis Hoffman's 170 is the July '07 calendar picture. He polishes once a year with Nuvite "S" grade polish, and keeps it cleaned up with NuImage (another Nuvite product). He uses a cyclo polisher.

Dennis has experimented with a lot of ways to bring old, scratched parts up to this level of polish. This may shock some people, but he uses 3M 600-grit paper on an electric rotary sanding disc, followed by the Cyclo polisher using first Nuvite G7 and then S. I've done this on my Swift in one spot, and it really works well.

Charlie Hoover has the hangar next door to me at Lake Elmo, MN (21D), with a Swift and a Thorp, both polished airplanes. He does all his polishing by hand with Nuvite "S" -- says the Cyclo polisher leaves swirl marks. He's a fanatic, but I've never seen a better polish job than he has on both his airplanes.

Best Regards,

John

Bill Hart · Post by **Bill Hart** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 12:55 pm

N2865C wrote:
Bill Hart wrote:The airplane on the cover of the latest 170 news is AWESOME! Iâ€™d like to know what polish he uses. That photo had my wife wanting me to polish my 170.
I just got my copy............ Hey, that's me! I use Nuvite. Do a search for Nuvite on this site and you will find alot of info.

B-E-utiful!

doug8082a · Post by **doug8082a** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 12:24 am

N2865C wrote:
Bill Hart wrote:The airplane on the cover of the latest 170 news is AWESOME! Iâ€™d like to know what polish he uses. That photo had my wife wanting me to polish my 170.
I just got my copy............ Hey, that's me! I use Nuvite. Do a search for Nuvite on this site and you will find alot of info.

Also the Feb. '07 Calendar photo.

simmonslarry · Post by **simmonslarry** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 12:58 am

5 years ago I stripped my 140 and used Nuvite, and the dual head polisher for the finish. You will need a standard low rpm buffer on the first 2 of the 3 part applications. It is a lot of work and if your not fit. you will need to find a young man to help out. When completed it was absolutely stunning. The good part was that it held up for over a year without going back over it with the finish product again (but it was hangered). I started to do the same again this year to my 170 but after stripping it I realized that I was 5 years older and my shoulders were screaming at me. So I sent it to Brandis and had it painted. I still appreciate a sharp polished airplane, But I am very happy with a painted one. N2219D 52'

bradbrady · Post by **bradbrady** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 3:24 am

jrenwick wrote:Member Dennis Hoffman's 170 is the July '07 calendar picture. He polishes once a year with Nuvite "S" grade polish, and keeps it cleaned up with NuImage (another Nuvite product). He uses a cyclo polisher.

Dennis has experimented with a lot of ways to bring old, scratched parts up to this level of polish. This may shock some people, but he uses 3M 600-grit paper on an electric rotary sanding disc, followed by the Cyclo polisher using first Nuvite G7 and then S. I've done this on my Swift in one spot, and it really works well.

Charlie Hoover has the hangar next door to me at Lake Elmo, MN (21D), with a Swift and a Thorp, both polished airplanes. He does all his polishing by hand with Nuvite "S" -- says the Cyclo polisher leaves swirl marks. He's a fanatic, but I've never seen a better polish job than he has on both his airplanes.

Best Regards,

John

John,
With all due respect I have an isue with any one using sand paper on any aircraft! The Aclad can be taken off with the aformentioned (very good products)

If your going eventualy take an aircraft through its alclad you need to paint!!!

: There is no other way to keep the skin in good shape

just my humble opinoin! let's see what others have to say.
brad