Reaching the middle of the roof
I feel sure that if I looked in a book on "How to polish your caravan roof" it wouldn't suggest my technique of this afternoon of keeping one foot on the ladder, hooking the ribcage over the edge of the roof, and sort of swimming out over it so I can use both hands, between polish bottle and cloth. (It's not the usual sort of roof, it's flat, fibreglass, and in dropped down position is only 2m off the ground)
But I can't think how else to reach the middle.
So how do you manage it? (And most of you will have a higher roof to contend with, too, I realise)
I suppose one could use some device on a stick, but that wouldn't make for enough polishing action, and be quite clumsy to use, I reckon, while perched on my stepladder. And I'm not for buying a machine.
Suggestions, either serious or otherwise, please?
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Get your local mobile valeter in - he will probably have the kit and the energy.
You might also consider taking it to nearest "hand car wash centre" - I do and get the whole van done for about £30.
These guys are over it like a bad suit and get it done in minutes whereas it can take me nearly all day.
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Having seen a man paralysed from the waist down, sitting in a wheelchair cutting in to a ceiling, with a paintbrush tied to a long stick, I really can’t believe that anyone genuinely needs advice on how to polish a flat roofed trailer 2m high. But just in case I’m wrong, buy an electric car polisher mounted on a long handle.
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Not sure why you would polish a caravan. In 30 years of ownership it never occurred to me.
I used to stand on the roof of our Bailey caravan to wash it. With the motorhome I reverse up to our flat roof garage and step on. I take great care though to work away from my body and don’t step on to the wet or soapy part.
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I too have never 'polished' the roof of my caravan. I have a long handled soft brush and a couple of times a year I wash the roof with Fenwicks Caravan Cleaner leaving it on for a couple of minutes for it to do its magic. I find that I can reach easily standing on a step ladder. Not sure I would feel confident to stand on the roof of my Bailey!
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No problem with standing on the roof of a Bailey if it has the Alu-Tech construction. I have not personally done it because I worry about my own safety from slipping. The guy that fitted our satellite dish just whipped up the ladder and onto the roof with no issues but he was younger and fitter than me
To clean my roof I use an extending handled brush which reaches all parts. Most caravan cleaners have an element of polish in them so you may be able to avoid a complete polish. There are specialist companies out there, the most well known is probably Tourershine. I am sure they do an excellent job but they are not cheap.
David
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I tend to have the step ladder inside the caravan, and reach out from the skylight.
So do I but find great difficulty in reaching that part of the roof behind the skylight and just beyond.
Do you remove the skylight or like me shrug your shoulders and hope the missus doesn't get up there for a close inspection?
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Difficult in our case, since there's no skylight! It's like a sort of shoebox lid which raises and lowers.
Thanks all. It wasn't, as I said, an entirely solemn enquiry
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Wash with a caravan cleaner, such as Fenwick's, and a long handled brush standing at the top of a set of steps. Then rinse off with Fenwick's Bobby Dazzler using a towelling mop on a holder with an expanding handle.
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Whilst in Spain last year the guy opposite me had a new type telescopic ladder which made easy work of cleaning up there; I can’t say he polished it though. On return I bought one from screw fix and it works well. I am pretty crippled and my legs and back don’t like ladders but this works for me and it’s easy to store, at home. I think it is too heavy to take to Spain! I use a Go Outdoors extending soft brush £24.99 and Turtle Wax from Halfords. The van had a good spring clean a couple of weeks ago after a spell under a tree at Ferry Meadows in May/June. What a mess it was.
BillC
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