Washing your RV on the road? - RV-Dreams Community Forum

Old Snipe · RV-Dreams Family Member

Washing your RV on the road?

Luvglass · RV-Dreams Family Member

Hi,

We bought a telescoping brush at an RV rally and wash the rig with that - does a nice job with auto detergent. Biggest problem is that a lot of campgrounds wont permit washing.
I do the front cap more often since that accumulates bugs rather quickly, especially in summer.

We went to a truck wash once in Ohio, they did a great job, including the truck for about $45. The roof is rinsed, but not washed. They scrub the rest of it by hand with about 4-5 guys. Problem with truck washes is that they are hard to find on the routes we've been traveling so far.

Fred

bjoyce · RV-Dreams Family Member

When campgrounds say no washing they mean with a hose. When we need to get some dirt off we grab a microfiber towel and a small bucket and wipe it off and rinse the towel in the bucket. You will be amazed at how much you can get done with just a little water and no campground has ever told us to stop. It will not be as clean as a good wash job, but will look better and will make the good wash job go easier.

You need high quality microfiber towels, like Miracle Cloth, ours came in a big package from Costco. The ones from dollar stores are not worth the money.

We only used a truck wash once, they took our wax off with the strong pressure and soap.

Join Escapees, most Escapees parks will let you wash your rig.

Darrell and Judy · RV-Dreams Family Member

I use a bucket of water with Lestoil then wipe it down with a "waffle" cloth. Then apply Nu-finish wax which both cleans and waxes. Leaves a nice finish. When we can use a hose, I use Blue Coral wash and wax. They say that you don't need to rinse it, but it does leave water spots on the rig. Lestoil is getting hard to find, but you can find Nu-finish and Blue Coral at Wal-mart.