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Cleaning off windshield protection after 2 years sitting

 
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Geoff Heap



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 4:34 am    Post subject: Cleaning off windshield protection after 2 years sitting Reply with quote
My windshield has been sitting on my open porch for over 2 years. I'll be installing it soon. After that I have to clean off the 2 year old protection on it. it looks opaque nasty and hardened. any suggestion on what to use. My 1st thought was sandpaper. Really, I'm kidding....Geoff 701

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 5:43 am    Post subject: Cleaning off windshield protection after 2 years sitting Reply with quote
Geoff.

My canopy bubble stayed wrapped up for about six months. I unwrapped it to do the initial canopy fitting. It sat under my fuselage on a sheet of that "sponge paper" ZAC uses for packing for about a year. I had it on and off the canopy frame at least a dozen times. I peeled off strips at the screw holes to do the clecoeing and fastening. I scored the sheet where I wanted to peel the strips. Don't do that ! I got barely visible scratches in the acrylic from that scoring. That protective sheet was really looking groady by this time. When it came time to peel it, it came off with no problem. It was really neat to see that crystal clear plastic after looking at that dirty, opaque protective sheet for so long. I don't think you will have any problem.

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My windshield has been sitting on my open porch for over 2 years. I'll be
installing it soon. After that I have to clean off the 2 year old protection on
it. it looks opaque nasty and hardened. any suggestion on what to use. My 1st
thought was sandpaper. Really, I'm kidding....Geoff 701

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:39 am    Post subject: Re: Cleaning off windshield protection after 2 years sitting Reply with quote
Thanks Jay. I hope it comes off as you say but my porch is enclosed only with screen. Its unprotected from the weather, hot and cold. I can visualize unwrapping it to see that pristine clarity. Otherwise I'll have to use the emery cloth or maybe a disc grinder....Geoff
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:48 am    Post subject: Cleaning off windshield protection after 2 years sitting Reply with quote
Isopropyl alcohol dry gas melts the film, harmless to the canopy.

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:43 pm    Post subject: Cleaning off windshield protection after 2 years sitting Reply with quote
<?xml:namespace prefix="v" /><?xml:namespace prefix="o" /><![endif]--> Geoff, hand sanding takes too long. A sandblaster will remove the protective coating much quicker. Heck, you're IFR qualified anyway, right?

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