Yeah that sounds like the same stuff, I don't recall Meguiars The googs
show that meguiars make it now, maybe it was the same back then. Still
spendy.
My memory resolution is not good enough to make out the manufacturer!
--R
On 3/28/17 4:31 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote:
I was thinking the can was red and white with a curved sunburst sort
of graphic with the mirrorGlaze in an oval over the sunburst.
Is that how you remember it? I do remember it was very expensive.
Maybe $5 or $8 a can back in the 60s. We did not dilute it.
On 3/28/17 4:54 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote:
I went to a gliding club openhouse once many years back. A friend was
one of the tow pilots and I remember him cleaning the windshield on
the tow plane with something like that. It was a sort of a cream color
and quite thick. He poured it on and rubbed it around with a cloth and
the dead bugs came off and left the windshield very nice. Lots of bugs
when one is doing take offs and landings on a grass strip in a farm
field at certain times of the year. I think the product was a Meguiars
brand but was not sure.
RB
On 28/03/2017 3:25 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote:
No idea, it was so long ago I don't remember. It came in a metal
rectangular can and apparently was quite pricey as the bean counters
made us dilute it like 10:1 with water in a spray bottle, which might
have been how it was supposed to be used anyway, I never paid
attention to the instructions! Occasionally if the windscreens were
particularly nasty we would use it directly. It was also drilled
into us not to use shop rags but paper towels as the shop rags
sometimes had metal shavings in them. OK on the glass but not on the
plexi.
The stuff was a kinda beige thick liquid. It cleaned pretty well but
it also took some scrubbing. I think it had a solvent base of some
sort as it had that aroma.
Funny thinking about this I can actually see the can in my mind right
now, it has been like 40 years since I last used the stuff!
--R
On 3/28/17 3:58 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote:
was that (or is that) a Meguiars product?
RB
On 28/03/2017 9:27 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote:
Ages ago when I was a ramp rat the local FBO we used some stuff
called "MirrorGlaze" on the plexi windows on airplanes. It cleaned
and polished (and was a dessert topping too!) at the same time.
Left a bit of a waxy sort of coating that made it easier to get
bugs off. It smelled vaguely like Pledge (original formula).
--R
On 3/27/17 9:03 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
I use Pledge to clean the bugs off the propeller and wing leading
edges on
the Cessna, and the inside of the windows/windshield. Water and a
special
UV barrier cleaner get used on the outside of the windows and
windshield
(all Plexiglas).
On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 3:38 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
I always used Pledge to clean the visor on my helmet and the
windshield on
my motorcycle.
Softened and removed the bugs without scratching the plastic.
Smelled good too as a bonus.
RB
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OK Don
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