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Post Info TOPIC: Washing your RV on the road?


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Washing your RV on the road?


I was up on the roof doing my quarterly...okay, semi-annual wash (where did all that dirt come from?) and got to wondering, how do you wash your RV on the road?


I see the Dry Wash system is a quick way to do an in between wash, but for the really heavy, after the rain (or, heaven forbid, snow) storm, what do you do?  Have you used a truck wash?  Do they damage any of the roof stuff, TV antenna, sat dome, vent covers, etc.  or do they even wash the roof?


I like to keep my MH clean and shiney, but I can see being on the road so long, getting it so dirty, some campgrounds might exclude me thinking my 3 year old MH is over 10!


Best Regards!



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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

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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.



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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.

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