Caravan Cleaning ????????

[Toolbox]

What does every one use to clean the outside of their caravans?

Ours has turned to a mucky shade of green after being left outside for several months, it’s now in a shed but needs a good clean and wondered if there is any miracle cleaning stuff out there that would cut down on the elbow grease, bearing in mind our van is now 18 years old and has the dimpled aluminium panels (not smooth ones )

[Deleted Member S]

I can't remember what my Dad use's but he gives it a good polish once/twice a year & the muck etc seems to not stick to it :roll: It's now a 8 year old van but looks brand new 8O

Hi toolbox,i to have a very old van with the dimpled metal,quite a pig when it gets dirty. :?
I got a stiff brush and some car wash and went over the whole van when i got it.. : not under any trees so doesn't get the green on it..just give it a wash with a brush every know and then!! :

hi there tow sure do some good cleaners but the best stuff is truck wash but you have to water it down or it would take the dimples off aswell as the paint :?

[BigG]

Hello toolbox, i sold my van last easter but i used wash and wax and a drop of BLEACH in the bucket, it brought mine up a treat.
Gordon.

[rustic]

When we had a caravan, we used a product called "Silky" it is a white paste in a small tub, available from a caravan shop. Worked great on painted aluminium.

For fibreglass (Boat) I now use a teflon based wax from Towsure, it really brings back the gelcoat on oxidised surfaces. Especially pigmented Gelcoat.
Since most caravans now use fibreglass might be worth a try.
Hope this helps.
best regards, Rustic

Hi Toolbox, I use Auto Glym shampoo & body conditioner, their motorhome cleaner is good for getting black streaks off.

[Bibio]

Hi Toolbox,I use a Karcher power washer on mine ,but you have to be careful that you keep away from the panel joints, then i go over the van with Silky caravan cleaner. (not too much elbow grease)

John

Toolbox I have noticed that my motor details are not at the bottom,
any ideas ?.

[dinky]

I use turtle wax car shampoo with a brush ,then silky to polish it twice a year,but wash it every time we use it.

[mully]

Only cleaned mine on Sunday i used Auto Glym caravan/motorhome cleaner,this removed all the green bits and black streaks without any effort.

[Rincewind]

Last year I bougt a bottle of "Muckoff" form the local caravan centre. Although very expensive I found it worked very well on getting both the green off the roof and also the black streaks from below the windows etc. (The usual effects of uncovered winter storage)

It also worked brilliantly on both my T2 and my wife's Peugeot for getting a summer's worth of dead bugs of the bumpers grill and bonnet. Better than any of these specialist bug removers.

Used the last of it up on cleaning several years worth of green of the conservatory roof a couple of weeks ago, again worked very well.

At £25 for a 5 liter bottle its a bit pricy, but based on perfromance I will certainly be getting another bottle this year (if they still have it), and I am sure I can be a lot more spareing with it this time, now I know how well it works.

Cheers
Ricncewind

[robobone]

so no tenting it at the rally this year toolbox. :

for the verdigrease around the joints and windows i have been reccomended to use a diluted bleach to kill the moss
i also used a caravan cleaner in the summer to get the tree bits off which i got from towsure.
when i get home i will try and dig it out to give you the name you dilute it and i got a hand pump spray bottle sprayed it on and hosed it off using a soft broom came up quite a treat.

[wildbri]

Since I cut down the pine trees under which our caravan was sited it hardly gets dirty.......In fact I can see it being washed by the elements as I write this : Our caravan gets a lot of use and I have been using the Flash car cleaning system on both the caravan and T2. Poundstretcher or what ever they are calling themselves (have changed their name) are selling them for a fiver. Personally I thing a power wash is to sever for caravan seals.......bri

[chumba]

this is good stuff and money back if you dont like it,works for me

http://www.caravan.caravanning4u.co....0ff431816db68d

[robobone]

Originally Posted by chumba

this is good stuff and money back if you dont like it,works for me

http://www.caravan.caravanning4u.co....0ff431816db68d

i wet to one of there rallies last year and was given a bottle not tried it yet