>From: "Dan Heath" <da...@alltel.net> > >3M makes a product, that I keep as if it were another tool. It is made >specifically for removing gummy stuff. I have used it on everything, >including canopy bubbles and it is perfectly safe.
One word of caution here, I visited the manufacturer of Van's canopies. During the course of my visit a discussion of cleaning canopies came up. They recommend not using off the shelf products such as Windex, 409 and the such. Their advice is to avoid using anything which might, in it's chemical combination, craze or blemish the canopy. For canopies, they recommend kerosine rinsed off afterwards with a combination of Dawn diswashing liquid, then straight water. I know this doesn't apply to removing adhesive from plywood, I just thought I'd throw it out as a thought. The nuts and bolts of their arguement is you have no idea what the chemical makeup is of off the shelf products. That big ol bubble is too costly, too man hour intensive, too nice looking to ruin for the sake of brevity. A case in point about using products around your canopies. The front windscreen of the RV canopy is drilled then attached to the roll bar with screws. Several years ago, people decided they needed to improve on the instructions and Loctite the screws. Guess what, everybody ended up with spider webs around each hole which just so happen to be two inches apart..........a lot a crazing. Now, everyone is using a product called Vibratite which is proven not to craze the Van's canopy. Be careful what you use around canopies it could come back to haunt you a couple years down the road. I put some loctite around a drilled hole (trying to get it to penetrate an edge) in a scrap piece. So far no crazing, but it will here in a couple months. Dana Overall 1999 & 2000 National KR Gathering host Richmond, KY RV-7 slider, Imron black, "Black Magic" Finish kit Buying Instruments. Hangar flying my Dynon. http://rvflying.tripod.com do not archive _________________________________________________________________ online games and music with a high-speed Internet connection! Prices start at less than $1 a day average. https://broadband.msn.com (Prices may vary by service area.)
