What I Kept Seeing at the Airport

The cockpits I flew in and around at KBJC told the same story: cracked plastic panels, UV-bleached instrument bezels, vinyl seats dried out and worn thin. These weren't neglected aircraft — the engines were signed off, the avionics were current, the logbooks were immaculate. The owners cared. But the interiors were deteriorating and nothing was stopping it.

A GA cockpit takes more UV punishment in a single flight than most car dashboards see in a week. Above 10,000 feet, radiation exposure accelerates every kind of surface damage — cracking, fading, micro-fractures in plastic trim. The instrument panels and bezels in a Cessna or Cirrus are especially vulnerable, and there's no shade and no escape.

I tried everything I could find. Auto detailers left a greasy film and attracted more dust than they cleaned. Generic interior sprays worked for 48 hours and then the surface looked worse than before. There was nothing purpose-built for what was actually happening inside these aircraft.

That gap — that complete absence of a product built for pilots who care — is what started AirSuds.

A Year in Development

I started working with a chemistry lab in the US to develop something purpose-built for GA aircraft interiors. The requirements were strict:

• SiO2 ceramic bonding — real molecular-level protection, not a surface coating that wipes off
• UV absorbers rated for above-FL100 exposure, not just ground-level automotive use
• Anti-static polymer barrier to actively repel dust between applications
• Non-toxic, low-VOC formula safe for enclosed cockpit use with no ventilation required
• pH-balanced so it conditions leather and vinyl without drying or cracking
• One formula across every surface — plastic, leather, vinyl, carbon fiber, painted trim

After testing on a range of aircraft across Colorado, Wyoming, and Texas — AirSuds was ready.

Beyond the Hangar

We expected pilots to love AirSuds. What we didn't expect was how quickly it spread to garages.

Before the official launch, car enthusiasts in my network — detailers, sports car owners, people with Porsches and Range Rovers they actually cared about — started borrowing test bottles. The feedback was the same every time: nothing they'd used held up like this.

It makes sense. The SiO2 ceramic matrix that bonds to cockpit plastic bonds equally well to automotive leather, vinyl, and interior trim. The anti-static barrier that keeps a cockpit dust-free between flights does the same inside a car. The streak-free finish that works on a cockpit panel works on any dashboard. UV protection engineered for 10,000 feet of altitude exposure is more than sufficient for anything on the ground.

AirSuds was built by a pilot, for pilots. The chemistry never knew the difference. One formula. Any interior worth protecting.

Who It's For

AirSuds was built for private pilots who own or operate general aviation aircraft — and who want an interior that looks and holds up the way the rest of their aircraft does.

Made in the USA

AirSuds is formulated and bottled at a certified domestic lab. Every batch is quality-controlled before it ships. The SiO2 concentration, UV absorbers, and carrier solution are all sourced from US suppliers — the same suppliers used in commercial aviation surface treatments.

AirSuds was built from the ground up — by a pilot, for pilots. The same US-sourced chemistry that meets aviation standards works equally well in any interior worth protecting, on the ground or at altitude.