T Cut on caravan
Hi All, looking for some advise, I have some stains on my roof which I believe are from when I had it sited under some Ash trees. I have spent lots of time and money on various products such as black stain remover, sugar soap etc, what I want to know is:-
Can I T Cut the areas on my roof?
Will WD40 clean the stains and what effect this may have?
Can someone suggest alternative if there are any out there?
Many thanks, Ade and Nicky
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Ade & Nicky
On a personal note, I use Fenwick's Cleaners
and Bobby Dazzler on my m/van. it seems to do a
good job particularly on the roof, which unlike a lot
of caravans has ridges running front to back, and some
of them are blocked by the roof vents, causing puddles
where the gunge can get quite 'ingrained'
It seems to take care of most of it with no heavy
rubbing or scrubbing to damage the surface, doubtless
there are others that folk will tell you about quite soon
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There appear to be many ideas on how to get this off but speed appears to be important (although this is difficult on the roof ?)
Google has loads of ideas.
Only thing I can say is to be very careful with T-Cut (worth a gentle attempt?) as I believe the paint on caravans is much thinner than on cars?
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I think that most people regard t cut as being a bit too harsh and abrasive for the thinly applied paint on most caravans. I guess it depends on the age of the van and what is the roof made of? Have you tried a decent quality polish like Autoglym super resin polish.This has always achieved good results for me.
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Have you tried SILKY caravan cleaner it is none abrasive cleaner along with a good wash like Fenwicks and a little black streak remover not forgetting elbow grease should come up a treat. Good luck
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Have you tried SILKY caravan cleaner it is none abrasive cleaner along with a good wash like Fenwicks and a little black streak remover not forgetting elbow grease should come up a treat. Good luck
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I used Maguires clean and polish last year to clean up the somewhat dingey paint work and GRP it worked really well especially on the awning rails which were particularly dingey.
The rest of the time fenwicks is my usual product to clean and polish the van.
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You could try T-CUT LIGHT as it is not as harsh .
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Don't know about T-cut light, but the paint on caravans tend not to be very thick, from what I've been told, so I'd go easy. On our last caravan there were a couple of spots where you could see the aluminium - the paint had worn away. I don't think it does any harm, just doesn't look too good. Mind you I doubt if many were going to inspect the roof of a caravan that closely....
David
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An old "bodyshop" remedy was to use an 1/8 th bottle of 't cut' to approx 1/4 bucket of warm water. Stir thoroughly and apply to affected parts- plus usual elbow grease - Always works for me with no damage to paintwork - but always wax afterwards.
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I wouldn't use t-cut on a caravan, ive seen the damage its done to cars with tougher paint jobs than vans, depending how old the van is try using autoglm with a damp cloth, or Wilkos do a thing called "colour back" which is not as heavy as t-cut but still use a damp cloth putting it on, you'll see the "bloom" coming off on your rag/duster then use what ever polish you fancy..H
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Sorry Nicade
I forgot your comment about WD40.I'd be careful using that -- first point is that should a
film of the ORIGINAL WD40 be left on plastic surfaces
it can cause them to soften-- so ensure it is very
thoroughly washed off afterwards.
Second point is that there are several versions of
WD out now -- Original and one with PTFE and another
with SILICONE so don't buy in a rush -- take time to
read the info on the can !!
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I expect the OP has solved the problem during the last 3.5 years🤣🤣🤣
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Hope OP has solved his problem by now! I suggested hand sanitizer with high alcohol content for removing the sap stains, worked for me. Always understood that T Cut was a no no on caravans. Over the past couple of years the paint on my caravan had oxidized in places so I spent a few fruitful hours this week using Bullet 375, it worked well although it was hard work!
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