How often do you wash your caravan?

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  • jeffcc
    jeffcc Forum Participant Posts: 430
    edited April 2016 #32

    A car wash local to us has a stepped gantry with extending brush just for this purpose now thats what i call service

  • HarleyDave
    HarleyDave Forum Participant Posts: 150
    edited April 2016 #33

    Clean ours thouroughly end of winter (has winter ended? Lol)park it a metre away from side of house and up ladder to clean/inspect roof,roof is strong enough to take my weight but don't risk it I use pressure washer with caravan cleaner all over body then
    Autoglym glass cleaner both sides of windows.Always give it a quick clean before every trip though so it looks "nice".

  • IamtheGaitor
    IamtheGaitor Forum Participant Posts: 529
    edited April 2016 #34

    Wash and winter wax before putting away for winter, wash when we first use in spring. Wipe the bird plop off the back if needed (storage pitch is right under a tree Sad) but thats about it.  Life is too short for washing cars or caravans.

  • hitchglitch
    hitchglitch Forum Participant Posts: 3,007
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    edited April 2016 #35

    Definitely washed it before selling it.  Apart from that; as infrequently as I could bear.

  • wye
    wye Forum Participant Posts: 241
    edited April 2016 #36

    When it needs it .....

  • surburban2000
    surburban2000 Forum Participant Posts: 84
    edited April 2016 #37

    I some times use a coinop selfserve truckwash this year ill use a red carduster used for dusting off cars to save water the roof is rubber so when its time to clean it I have Campingworld in Kaysvile clean and inspect it for nicks and tares so no mor falling
    off latters HappyCoolKissJ&I

  • JVB66
    JVB66 Forum Participant Posts: 22,892
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    edited April 2016 #38

    Depends if they are filming COTY and The Chairman is on site with his White GlovesWinkInnocentEmbarassed

  • hitchglitch
    hitchglitch Forum Participant Posts: 3,007
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    edited April 2016 #39

    Before we went on our recent trip, we washed the van - except for the roof.  When we were on the boat watching the other vehicles loading, we saw another Romahome - and it's roof was filthy too!

    Question is, how do you wash the roof - assuming that you can't actually stand on it?

    If you find out, let me know. I haven't washed mine yet. I have a pressure washer with a rotary brush attachment but it is rather unwieldy if held at arms length. Got to wash the solar panel though or I won't get many amps in the winter.

  • Bakers2
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    edited April 2016 #40

    Before we went on our recent trip, we washed the van - except for the roof.  When we were on the boat watching the other vehicles loading, we saw another Romahome - and it's roof was filthy too!

    Question is, how do you wash the roof - assuming that you can't actually stand on it?

    If you find out, let me know. I haven't washed mine yet. I have a pressure washer with a rotary brush attachment but it is rather unwieldy if held at arms length. Got to wash the solar panel though or I won't get many amps in the winter.

    We have a ladder on the back of our motorhome and the vast majority if the roof can be walked on. We wash with a long handled brush that used to attach to the hosepipe (fitting broke ) *** that's quite 'easy' can even do the overhead cab. However washing
    the underside of the overhead cab is very difficult, always a bit where it joins the windscreen that isn't completely clean. If anyone has any tips for that area, we do use a short set of steps for this area.  That said we are not car or motorhome washers
    once a season is sufficient unless its got really bad.  *** that's why the long handled brush hasn't been replaced

  • cody
    cody Forum Participant Posts: 123
    edited April 2016 #41

    Wash and winter wax before putting away for winter, wash when we first use in spring. Wipe the bird plop off the back if needed (storage pitch is right under a tree Sad) but thats about it.  Life is too short for washing cars or caravans.

    or chatting about it Laughing sorry I couldn't resist

  • Greygit
    Greygit Forum Participant Posts: 167
    edited May 2016 #42

    One of the nice things about changing from a motorhome to a caravan is the caravan is so easy and quick to wash.

  • jennyc
    jennyc Forum Participant Posts: 957
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    edited May 2016 #43

    A local car wash, staffed with very energetic and hardworking East Europeans washes our caravan twice a year for £55 including hand waxing. Which means one less hated chore for us. In between times we just rectify obvious splatters and rinse down with water
    and Bobby Dazzler. I've always been impressed with the way most members keep their vans clean. In the old days to took two of us two days over Easter to clean up properly - and we have a pressure washer with a rotating brush. Thank goodness for today's convenience.

  • Hakinbush
    Hakinbush Forum Participant Posts: 286
    edited May 2016 #44

    Only had this one four years so I hav'nt actualy got round to washing it yet, but it is on my things to do list..

  • petertr
    petertr Forum Participant Posts: 199
    edited May 2016 #45

    I can't get my caravan anywhere near my house.  So I'm going to have to get into a routing of cleaning the dead flies off the front when I'm actually away, so that it doesn't build up into an un-washable mess.

  • Merve
    Merve Forum Participant Posts: 2,333
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    edited May 2016 #46

    I never wash my caravan. I wipe it down with a clean cloth including the roof and then set about waxing it with Autoglyms High Definition Wax. Brilliant stuff that keeps black streaks at bay for weeks and the gloss finish is amazing. I take as few chance
    as possible- water and British Caravans should be kept apart as much as possible!! 

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