Cessna 182 1978 - Preventive Maintenance; Cleaning Windshield and Windows; Waxing; Materials Required

MODEL 182
& T182
SERIES SERVICE
MANUAL
2-33. CLEANING
WINDSHIELD
AND WINDOWS.
2-33A.
MATERIALS
REQUIRED.
NAME
MANUFACTURER
USE
Mild
soap
or detergent
Commercially
available.
Cleaning
windshields
and
(hand dishwashing
type
windows.
without abrasives).
Aliphatic
naphtha
Type II
Commercially
available.
Removing
deposits
which
conforming to
Federal
cannot be
removed with
mild
Specification
TT-N-95.
soap solution
on acryllic
windshields
and
windows.
*Polishing wax.
Waxing
acrylic windshields
and windows
Turtle Wax
(paste).
Turtle Wax, Inc.
Chicago, IL. 60638
Great
Reflections
E.I. duPont de Nemours
Paste Wax
and Co. (Inc.)
Wilmington,
DE 19898
Slip-Stream
Wax
Classic Chemical
(paste)
Grand
Prairie, TX
75050
Acrylic polish
conforming
to
Cleaning and
polishing
acrylic
Federal
Specification
windshields
and windows.
P-P-560 such as:
.
Permatex
plastic
cleaner
Permatex
Company,
Inc.
No. 403D
Kansas
City, KS 66115
Cotton
flannel or
cotton
Commercially
available.
terry cloth material.
These are
the only polishing
waxes tested and approved
for use by Cessna
Aircraft Company.
denatured alcohol,
gasoline, benzene,
xylene,
Windshields and windows
are easily damaged MEK,
acetone, carbon tetrachloride, lacquer
by improper handling and cleaning techniques. thinners, commercial or household window
cleaning sprays.
a. Place airplane inside hangar or in shaded area
and allow to cool
from heat of sun's
direct rays.
2-33B.
WAXING.
b.
Using
clean
(preferably
running)
water,
flood
a.
Hand
polishing
wax
should
be
applied
to acrylic
surface.
Use bare
hands
with
no jewelry
to feel
and
surfaces.
(The wax
has an
index
of refraction
nearly
dislodge
any dirt
or abrasive
materials.
the
same as
transparent
acrylic
and tend
to
mask any
c.
Using
a mild
soap
or detergent
(such
as
dish-
shallow
scratches
on
windshield
surface).
washing
liquid)
in
water,
wash
surface.
Again
use
b.
Acrylic
surfaces
may
be polished
using
a polish
only bare
hands
to provide
rubbing
force.
(A
clean
meeting
Federal
Specification
P-P-560
applied
per
cloth
may be
used to transfer
soap
solution
to surface,
manufacturer's
instructions.
but extreme
care must
be exercised
to
prevent
scratching surface.)
d. On acrylic windshields and windows only, if
soils
which cannot
be
removed
by a
mild detergent
re-
DO
NOT
use rain
repellent
on
acrylic
sur-
main,
Type
II aliphatic
naphtha
applied
with
a soft
faces.
clean cloth may be used as a cleaning solvent. Be sure
to frequently refold cloth to avoid redepositing soil NOTE
and/or scratching
windshield
with any abrasive
part-
When applying
and
removing
wax and
icles.
polish,
use a
clean soft
cloth.
e. Rinse surface
thoroughly with
clean fresh water
and
dry with
a clean cloth.
2-33C.
PREVENTIVE
MAINTENANCE.
DO NOT
use any of the following
on or for
Utilization
of the following techniques
will
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