What a cool vintage 182, I say vintage out of respect. Really, a very nice example of this model, you've got it polished to a high gloss. Nothing beats these planes for value and performance. Cool deal.
That's just stupid-cool! What a gorgeous classic. As the owner of a polished aircraft I can say the effort is definitely worth it. Once you get it to this level it is not hard to maintain it. I can quick-polish my Zenith 601 XLB is less than 30 minutes and it looks like it's a brand new complete polish. To be fair, I don't polish the underside of my low wing plane. Nicely done video!
It looks fantastic ❤!! I see you remembered to take your rings off!! I can’t believe the year of that plane!! With the new glass Garmin nav, better than new! Your a real worker!! ❤️❤️❤️
Fairly recently discovered your channel. Enjoyed it so far! We just bought a 1959 Piper Comanche 250 and realize... i don't know how to clean/polish an airplane! This video is a great start. Wish you had included a "shopping list" in the description. But I'll figure it out. 😉
Good stuff. With those skills, you can do your car as well. I like the Milwaukee cordless random orbital polisher. Excellent balance of quality and reasonable price.
Mindy, I've been wondering why we haven't seen you in a while. I'm so glad you sold you're other plane and bought a classic Cessna 182. Good job, it looks awesome! Looking forward to more videos of you and MoJo.
MINDY, so glad to see you back, missed you. Congrats on the new plane. Looking forward to you posting more videos flying it. You are a pro now Minday, wow what a difference. I'll bring my RV down to you to polish and ceramic coat.
It's great to see you back Mindy. It's been a while. Loving the new Cessna. Amazing what a polish can do. I have to agree with the others when they say it looks stunning. Can't wait to see you and partner up in the air together.
Awesome video! Very rewarding and informative! My favorite part is when you are showing Kevin how to increase the speed on the polisher and he gives you the side eye! 🤣 Just like the song by The Doors…Mr Mojo is Rising! I will be watching
Congrats on your new plane!!! and WOW what a nice job you did on that polish!!! I was wondering how to do it on my classic c170. Seems like lots of work but it really worth it! I also was in doubt how to deal with the color paint and the polish. great video!
I'm just finding this video, wow what a transformation. Great work!! Side note, I think watching this just encouraged me to never buy a plane with a polished aluminum finish LOL.
Cool videos Mam Mindy, we missed your aircraft review and flight demo with Ms. Sarah, hope you can soon make a plane walkaround and flight demo of the latest model Cessna Skyhawk. Thank you very much... More power.. God Bless.
I mindy jack of all trades hope all is well. Your plane looks awesome now it is finished.nice to see our mindy getting her hands dirty. have you planned your next flight out yet now it is finished.nice to see you looking well happy flying to you and Kevin hope you are well buddy. Phil.
Mindy, have you found that the STRAIGHT TAIL has a better slip than the new slanted fins? I have flown both and it seemed to me that the straight tail seemed to fly a heading hands off easier than the slant.
Beautiful. My wife and I were partners in a '58 182 but it never looked like that. Paint was oxidized and dimpled from a hailstorm but what a plane! Jump door so you could take great pictures from the right seat and flour bombing was very easy. Sadly finances forced us and our partner to sell it and the next owner failed to tie it down one time and a storm came and picked it up and wrapped it around a power pole. Sad ending for a great old plane. Do you still get to se 625CC every now and then? jack
Awesome job looks absolutely beautiful. I can see you worked hard your knuckles were slightly black. You should get another couple of mile per hour out of the plane 🙃
Not instantly. It takes awhile for it to lose its shine. Aviana is testing some clear coats (kind of how we coated the paint) but as of right now, there isn't a great option. Fingers crossed there will be!
Now that we did a good first go at it, we just need to maintain it as need be! I'd guess we need to hit it at 1-2 times a year, but we'll likely do it in sections versus the whole thing at once again.
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What a cool vintage 182, I say vintage out of respect. Really, a very nice example of this model, you've got it polished to a high gloss. Nothing beats these planes for value and performance. Cool deal.
My gosh it's beautiful ! What a classic. I Bet you get comments all the time how great it looks.
That's just stupid-cool! What a gorgeous classic.
As the owner of a polished aircraft I can say the effort is definitely worth it. Once you get it to this level it is not hard to maintain it. I can quick-polish my Zenith 601 XLB is less than 30 minutes and it looks like it's a brand new complete polish. To be fair, I don't polish the underside of my low wing plane.
Nicely done video!
It looks fantastic ❤!! I see you remembered to take your rings off!! I can’t believe the year of that plane!! With the new glass Garmin nav, better than new! Your a real worker!! ❤️❤️❤️
Awesome, Yay….Finally a RUclips video from Captain Mindy 🇺🇸
So glad you’ve started videos again! Congrats on the plane
Lol😂😂😂 the way Kevin looked at you at 9:39 was priceless. Great video! I enjoyed the content.
WOW! That looks great!
Fairly recently discovered your channel. Enjoyed it so far! We just bought a 1959 Piper Comanche 250 and realize... i don't know how to clean/polish an airplane! This video is a great start. Wish you had included a "shopping list" in the description. But I'll figure it out. 😉
Good stuff. With those skills, you can do your car as well. I like the Milwaukee cordless random orbital polisher. Excellent balance of quality and reasonable price.
Great job! Looks like brand new!
Beautiful aircraft, Mindy!!! That shine is awesome!!! Great job! Need more videos from you guys!
We’re on it!!! Thank you!
Excellent work
Fantastic-looking, better than new Aero-plane. Elbow grease properly and lovingly applied!
Thank you!!
Wow the plane looks Mint, what a wonderful investment!
Wow that looks amazing 🤩
Awesome job !! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Looking good!
Wow your plane looks fantastic ! When the sun hits that beauty everyone better have sunglasses on .
Thank you! Haha, watch out everybody!!
Mindy, I've been wondering why we haven't seen you in a while. I'm so glad you sold you're other plane and bought a classic Cessna 182. Good job, it looks awesome! Looking forward to more videos of you and MoJo.
Been very busy but will be posting more! We're happy with the change, too, it's great. thank you
you have a real prize there! enjoy and please take care
Wow!! Mojo really looks amazing 🤩 Good job, Mindy and Kevin 👏🏻👏🏻
MINDY, so glad to see you back, missed you. Congrats on the new plane. Looking forward to you posting more videos flying it. You are a pro now Minday, wow what a difference. I'll bring my RV down to you to polish and ceramic coat.
haha, good try!!! But I am tapped out on my polishing services. Lol
Very impressive!
Great vid, nice to see the other side of aviation. Thanks.
Good tunes!!! Super Shine 🌞
Great job, Mindy! What a difference. Nothing vintage about that 182.
Thank you!! Still vintage in the best ways!
love this!!! and the "Start you son of *****" key tag lol
It's great to see you back Mindy. It's been a while. Loving the new Cessna. Amazing what a polish can do. I have to agree with the others when they say it looks stunning. Can't wait to see you and partner up in the air together.
Thank you sooo much!!
Beautiful!
Wow looks fantastic!!!!
Nice to see you back on RUclips.
Very nice Mindy, you will be slippin and sliden through the air now. Very cool 182 also.....
Beautiful airplane!
Enjoying the channel. I’m an A&P in Alabama. Found your channel through your IG. Looking forward to the Annual video. Thanks for the content.
Thanks very much!
Awesome video! Very rewarding and informative! My favorite part is when you are showing Kevin how to increase the speed on the polisher and he gives you the side eye! 🤣 Just like the song by The Doors…Mr Mojo is Rising! I will be watching
hahaha see what I have to deal with!!!
Good Show. Always cute, Mindy.
The student becomes the teacher…well done guys, looks amazing!
Missed you! So glad to see you back again! Beautiful plane!
Thanks for hanging around!
Looks awesome. I want to see you flying it!
Congrats on your new plane!!! and WOW what a nice job you did on that polish!!! I was wondering how to do it on my classic c170. Seems like lots of work but it really worth it! I also was in doubt how to deal with the color paint and the polish. great video!
Polishing is a love hate relationship, looks amazing!
Yes, I love to hate it. 😂🤣
Welcome back!
Quite a shock to see Mehrdad with a mustache !!
Congratulations on a great job! I am polishing my Swift right now. I am using wool bonnets. Which type of bonnets are you guys using??? Thanks.
Mojo looks ready to come to Florida!!!
Soon enough 😄
Looks so good! Great job!
I love your plane it’s so classy and beautiful! 😍
WOW... Increadable Polish Job and Transformation! Well Done ';-)
Fantastic results! I bet you've increased the value of the plane as well.
I sure hope so!!
Mojo and Mindy jo show!!!
Looks so Good!
Wow wow wow. That’s a lot of hard work but it paid off. Your plane is going to blind people in full sunlight! 😎
I'm just finding this video, wow what a transformation. Great work!! Side note, I think watching this just encouraged me to never buy a plane with a polished aluminum finish LOL.
MAGNIFISANT ! Mindy, How long will the ceramic coating and wax on the polished Aluminum keep it from dulling ?
SWEET!!
Beautiful 😍
A ton of work, but one of those jobs that once you're done, you walk away and think "hell yeah!". Nice work y'all:)
That is beautiful!
Thanks for sharing 🍸
Mindy you are the best...
Cool videos Mam Mindy, we missed your aircraft review and flight demo
with Ms. Sarah, hope you can soon make a plane walkaround and flight demo
of the latest model Cessna Skyhawk. Thank you very much... More power..
God Bless.
Excellent job. How many knots will that add to your airspeed? 😀
I mindy jack of all trades hope all is well. Your plane looks awesome now it is finished.nice to see our mindy getting her hands dirty. have you planned your next flight out yet now it is finished.nice to see you looking well happy flying to you and Kevin hope you are well buddy. Phil.
Poor Kevin - no respect LOL. Seriously though - plane looks AMAZING! Hope we get to see it at Sun N Fun at some point!
Hahaha I have to give him a hard time. Lol
WOW that is a ton of work, looks great though! What I want to know is whether it is 5 knots faster now? 🛩
Mannnnn it better be. 😂😂
Happy New Year Mindy !!
You guys should POLISH the gear legs and front strut fork.
Mindy, have you found that the STRAIGHT TAIL has a better slip than the new slanted fins? I have flown both and it seemed to me that the straight tail seemed to fly a heading hands off easier than the slant.
Wow 🤩
Looks great. Must have to be careful with formation flights. Could be like looking at the sun! :)
Haha! So true 🤣
Beautiful. My wife and I were partners in a '58 182 but it never looked like that. Paint was oxidized and dimpled from a hailstorm but what a plane! Jump door so you could take great pictures from the right seat and flour bombing was very easy. Sadly finances forced us and our partner to sell it and the next owner failed to tie it down one time and a storm came and picked it up and wrapped it around a power pole. Sad ending for a great old plane.
Do you still get to se 625CC every now and then?
jack
Oh no, glad it reminded you of your old bird! Sorry it ended that way. I haven’t gotten to see 5CC since we sold her. She was a good one!!
Awesome job looks absolutely beautiful. I can see you worked hard your knuckles were slightly black. You should get another couple of mile per hour out of the plane 🙃
Now that would be great! lol
Can you advise which grades of compounds you used?
Years ago, many years ago, I hand polished an aluminum Ercoupe😅
Your are lucky you didn't buy a AA airliner with their aluminum livery :) Nice work and mustache looks great on you :D
Doesn't alu instantly dull again? it needs a coating to stay shiny.
Not instantly. It takes awhile for it to lose its shine. Aviana is testing some clear coats (kind of how we coated the paint) but as of right now, there isn't a great option. Fingers crossed there will be!
Can I convince you to share the list of stuff you used?
where would you be withouth Kevin? He really did a great job polishing this airplane
Looks amazing, only a year older than me but I look way older🤣
Hahaha
Shiny!
How often does this need to be done or is this a one-time thing (assuming you maintain it from here on in)?
Now that we did a good first go at it, we just need to maintain it as need be! I'd guess we need to hit it at 1-2 times a year, but we'll likely do it in sections versus the whole thing at once again.
@@Schmiiindy …it looks amazing! You guys did a great job, hard to believe it’s as old as it is!
Are you not selling aicraft anymore?
I know I look like I am a total polishing professional and totally do it for a living....but no, I still have my same job. lol
I have a 31' Airstream, and it almost kills me to polish that guy.
Where’s Whiskey the wonder cat?
Whiskey was re-homed to be an indoor cat - she was getting into too much trouble as a hangar cat!
Your volume is all ver the place, makes it very difficult to watch!
Note to self, don't buy a bare aluminum plane.
Boring
Weirdo people who polish old Cessnas. Yup.
Mustache = Schmaaario.
Hahahaha a necessary character change
That is one beautiful airplane!