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    Sun Baked Leather

    The top part of my leather steering wheel is rough and the sheen is gone from the sun. Is there any way to smooth out the texture. Could I touchup with SEM leather flex coat to restore the finish? Other suggestions?
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    Removing Fuel Dye from Paint

    I have fairly new pant on my Piper airplane. After a trip to Wisconsin, both fuel drains starting leaking gas onto my wheel pants. The fuel (100LL) has a blue dye dissolved in the fuel so you can visually tell when the wrong fuel type has been pumped into the fuel tanks. As the fuel has...
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    Polishing an Airplane Prop

    I recently had my Piper Warrior repainted and the paint shop polished my propeller to a mirror finish. I would like to keep it that way. I have been using Flitz metal polish applied with an elecric drill and a polishing pad but would like to use my Porter Cable instead. Would this be the...
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