Log onto my website: baamproducts.com: My product is much easier to use then Rejex and does much more. Look at all the testimonials from COPA members.
My product is great and easy to use. It's safe when used on your TKS strips, windscreen and rubber boots. Bugs and dirt just will not stick on like glue sticks to wood. Plus mystuff is non toxic and Rejex is very toxic.
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Norm
SR22 Owner Plane #405 with TKS
Norman Levine: Log onto my website: baamproducts.com: My product is much easier to use then Rejex and does much more. Look at all the testimonials from COPA members. My product is great and easy to use. It's safe when used on your TKS strips, windscreen and rubber boots. Bugs and dirt just will not stick on like glue sticks to wood. Plus mystuff is non toxic and Rejex is very toxic.
You know Rejex is very toxic how?
What "more" does your product do then Rejex?
It is impossible to imagine a product easier to use than Rejex.
I am not sure about the toxicity of Rejex or BAAM, but I use both. I have not used Speedcoat. I can't imagine paying the price Lopresti wants for the product. BAAM is priced much better.
I wax my plane with Rejex 2-3 times per year. I also use Rejex on my vehicles. I believe that it is the best wax type of product that I have used.
I use BAAM after every flight. BAAM does a great job of taking bugs off and keeping the plane clean between washes.
It seems that the BAAM and Rejex have different uses. Both are great products. I highly recommend both products.
I have NO affiliation with any of the above products other than a consumer.
Tony
BAAM has NO toxicity.
Brian SR22 Turbo #2135
Tony L. Pfaff: BAAM does a great job of taking bugs off and keeping the plane clean between washes. It seems that the BAAM and Rejex have different uses. Both are great products. I highly recommend both products.
While i am trying to gain more knowledge on the subject, I have the same understanding about both these products as Tony does. That is, Rejex is a hard finish, a sealer or wax (yes i know it's not truly wax) but goes on like wax to give a hard slick, finish.
BAAM, on the other hand, i do use and find it to be a very good cleaner for removing bugs etc. I have no knowledge that it will leave a hard or slick coat behind. Or if it does, it may not be on the durability level of some other finishes, Rejex being one of them.
BTW, Scrubbing Bubbles is the very best for removing Oily Belly, IMHO. It doesn't do much with bugs, BAAM does much better there.
Any thoughts?
><> phil
Phil ><> "Who are these that fly along like Clouds..." Isaiah 60:8
BAAM is water souluble and therefore leaves very little residue or finish at all except on glass surfaces. When you done cleaning with BAAM rinse with water and it is gone. Rejex is totally different and acts as a finish and lasts for "X" period of time. BAAM immediately washes off.
Interest about the use of BAAM. Thus, if I use it to remove buggs the residue remains ontil it rains. This material was promoted at something that reduces the surface tension and, thus, reduces the bugs sticking to the surface. In addition, it was my understanding that the more you apply it the better it keeps the surface clean. However, if it is soluable in water, the first rain will wash it all off. This may be OK for those hangering a plane but with guys like me who use a tiedown its affectiveness appears to be significantly reduced.
Instead of using Rejex I use WX Block that I suspect is a very similar product but much cheaper. I find this material holds up well in the weather. Typically I apply twice a year with the exposed horizontal surfaces redone in January during the "indian summer" we usually have.
Emil
This is likely heresy for the BAAM fans, but quite frankly I've found a spray bottle of water does just as good.
I've tried Rejex and BAAM. Rejex works OK, but doesn't hold up as well as Aerogloss. However, Rejex is easier to use. I've also tried BAAM, using it several times to see if a "coat" is built up and the bugs become easier to remove. Not that I could tell.
My solution works just as well as BAAM, IMHO. I take a spray bottle of water and walk around the entire airplane, wetting the wing leading edges, cowling, wheel pants, etc.--anywhere bugs have splattered. Then I wet a microfiber and go around again and wipe off the bugs. The interval between spraying and wiping is long enough for the bugs to soften. They come right off. If you wait a few days for bug removal, then spray more water and wait a bit longer to wipe them off. If a purist, go around a final time and dry off any residual water.
But for the BAAM enthusiasts, whatever floats your boat; use what works and you're comfortable with.
Bob -- #568 @ KUOX
Bob Bowen: I've found a spray bottle of water does just as good.
For the occasional extra-stubborn residue, I (sparingly) use Wash Wax All.
-Sanjay (doing his damnedest to fill in the two remaining white boxes.)
Let's see if I can clear this up. LoPresti has two products both of which are SEALANTS.
The premium product is kNotWax, because it's NOT WAX. It's an ATCG
(The acronym for Ambiant temperature cured glass). It applies in two parts and
catalyzes at room temperature to a 5-10 micron coating of GLASS. That's it.
Some fancy chemistry but basicly it's a molecular bond to the treated surface
so the aircraft is encased in a glass UV filter. It's unique and there is no other
chemistry like it on the GA market, although NASA uses it. We license it.
The other product is SpeedCoat, (about $39) and it's a modified formula that
applies in one step. Similar technology but not as robust. It only lasts about six
months. (Of course that's about 20 times better than wax but not
as iron clad as kNotWax. That's it in a nutshell. Cheers guys!
Rj Siegel VP Ops/LoPresti
cloprest: Let's see if I can clear this up. LoPresti has two products both of which are SEALANTS. The premium product is kNotWax, because it's NOT WAX. It's an ATCG (The acronym for Ambiant temperature cured glass). It applies in two parts and catalyzes at room temperature to a 5-10 micron coating of GLASS. That's it. Some fancy chemistry but basicly it's a molecular bond to the treated surface so the aircraft is encased in a glass UV filter. It's unique and there is no other chemistry like it on the GA market, although NASA uses it. We license it. The other product is SpeedCoat, (about $39) and it's a modified formula that applies in one step. Similar technology but not as robust. It only lasts about six months. (Of course that's about 20 times better than wax but not as iron clad as kNotWax. That's it in a nutshell. Cheers guys! Rj Siegel VP Ops/LoPresti
OK, then what IS the Life Expectancy of Knot Wax? Also, does it add any extra weight, or is the coat so thin that any weight is negligible.
BTW, i used some of the SpeedCoat sample i received with a new 3X headlamp. If i had known it was $39 a bottle, i would have been more sparing with it, Altho i haven't got the entire plane coated yet, mostly the upper side of wings, nose cowling, and landing gear, it was remarkably quicker at getting up to cruise speed. Wish i had some actual data, but that's my first perception.
Hi Phil
kNotWax lasts about a year.Corkey Fornof has been flying the LoPresti Fury around the country, which was treated twice in the last two years and he says that's just about right. As far as weight, you are correct, any application does add weight but kNotWax negligible and less than wax.
Cheers
Rj
Very interesting material. I use WX Block that sounds like the same material. Check this site for more details;
http://www.wingsandwheels.com/
Just so everyone knows
Today only (Halloween) is two for one day at LoPresti for SpeedCoat
$39.95 1-800-859-4757
Is there a difference between the Rejex in the purple bottle and the Rejex that comes in the 12oz size in the checkered flag bottle?