Aircraft Exterior Detailing at KVNY

What Van Nuys does to an airframe

The San Fernando Valley runs hot and dry most of the year, and Van Nuys sits in the worst of it. Summer ramp temperatures make daytime exterior work genuinely hard on both the crew and the products, since anything applied to a hot surface flashes before it can be worked properly. That is the practical reason so much detailing here happens after dark, and it is why Joel works nights.

More on the field itself, the based fleet, and access is on the KVNY Van Nuys Airport page.

What aircraft exterior detailing means at KVNY

Wash, wax, belly degrease, and bug and exhaust removal.

Hand wash top down, decontamination, bug and exhaust removal, belly degrease, and leading edges.

Washing in the heat here is how streaks happen, because cleaner dries on hot paint before it can be rinsed. That is the practical reason this work runs at night.

The single most damaging thing anyone does at a dusty field is wipe a dry airframe with a dry rag. That is where swirl comes from.

High utilization means exhaust soot streaking aft and down the belly, which is oily and carbon loaded and does not respond to soap.

How a job at KVNY runs

Water access is the first question, because it varies between hangars and FBOs and some fields restrict wash water outright. Tell Joel what your hangar has and what the FBO allows, and the job gets planned around it before anything is scheduled.

Call or text with the aircraft type and where it sits on the field. Free estimate, usually the same day, and one price for the work discussed. Joel does not pack up until you or your crew have walked it.