The International Cessna 170 Association

http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/data/500/medium/000_number_fille.jpg noticed while polishing that the numbers '6' n '8' would not polish out shiny then i noticed that there is a plastic film over these areas, and it is really adhered to the aluminum beneath. the picture makes it look white but it i...

http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/data/500/medium/20190922_100016.jpg here's what it looks like on my wing took less than an hour to mask on will polish the top of this wing tomorrow afternoon when it's sunshining BTW, does anyone use these 20" numbers anymore? and, does a fully painted fabric w...

http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/data/500/medium/N_letters_plastic.jpg ended up buying 1/32 HDPE polyethylene 24 x 36" sheets which i purchased from McMaster-Carr two 'N" numbers out each one so about $13 a sheet = about $6 per letter they are incredible strong and durable they did cut nic...

i traced out the 'N' numbers today on tracing paper plan to cut them back 3/8" so a single piece of masking tape will secure them down for future polishing. i'm still trying to figure out what would be the best material to use plexiglass is too brittle to cut so am thinking about using a piece ...

would installing new seat belts
fall under
Aircraft Preventive Maintenance
and s.t. that the pilot could do
with a log entry?
dave
'iowa'

does anyone know who's plane this is
that looks like mine?
dave

could someone post pictures of
what they consider the best
polished aluminum cessna 170 they ever seen?
thanks
dave

http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/data/500/medium/2019_08_30_06_taping_N_numbers_polish.jpg i masked off the 'N' numbers before I polished i'd like to make a template out of a thin rigid plastic or other material so i could simply place it over the N number and just tape the out'r edges what would be...

Polishing is going well
Just using Nuvite F7
Dave

hi ralph young
you say you use the finest polish
is this Nuvite 'S'
could you describe in detail how you buff your plane...
ie what kind of buffer and how you apply the polish etc.
thanks
dave

my cyclo-polisher has the two rubber rotary 'pods'
to these a rubber cap is stretched over the pods that have velcro on the other side
then all the accessory polishing pads can quickly attached to the pod
what is the part number for this rubber cap with the velcro on it?
thanks
dave

http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/data/500/medium/32_maria_nontouched_180e.jpg these are my favorite planes at Oshkosh the completely'untouched' ones this one was on the very last row in the south forty one could see the green primer in places where the paint had been worn away very cool if i had my ...

a comment about buying airplane screw kits
i am not a believer in this either
but i do tend to overstock hardware which tend to fall off my plane
when i lost my 1st wing nut off the cowl
i bought 2 dozen of them!!
dave
'iowa

http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/data/500/medium/c170_polish_comparisone.jpg been slowly polishing my 170 been using Nuvite G7 and then had planned to use C then S but...have found that using just G7 gives the plane a nice shine and that cool old 'patina' look so may just use G7 only! a mirror shine...

wow
don't think i need all this!
i ordered a few countersunk washers
i'll remove the fairing and check out all the hardware
thanks
dave
'iowa'