Caravan cleanliness

We intermittently stop at a car handwash facility to have our caravan cleaned. It costs around £50, which for a job finished to a high standard in around 30 minutes seems like good value to me. Between times we use our own pressure washer, proprietary caravan cleaner and rotating brush head, all via the washer, at home. It too takes about half an hour, without the thouroughness of a paid for car wash. I’m unconvinced by the cost effectiveness/ frequency of use which is likely on CC or other commercial sites.

Our dealer charges around £20 the principal benefit of which is they clean the roof. However back to theOP, and irrespective of the shear impracticality of an ill conceived business model, I am trying to think how often I see dirty caravans on club sites and to be honest I cannot recall any. Nevertheless I do ocassionally see members washing their vans (and cars) some on an almost daily basis. We just think How sad they have nothing better to do with their lives when on holiday. 

In my view those members who are so stressed by a supposedly dirty Caravan or car should use waterless systems and not contaminate the pitch with soapy, dirty, greasy water and chemicals. 

I had my van Ceramic paint sealed a couple of years ago, and it does seem very much easier to get cleaned. A heavy shower works wonders, and if its really dirty on the front after towing, a quick wash down with plain water and a long handled soft brush does the trick.  No black streaks after the winter layover either!

It did cost a bit, and for a long time I wondered if I'd made a mistake, but as time goes on I am really seeing the advantage.

TF

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I always left home with a clean caravan, I never washed my caravan when away on holiday, too busy enjoying myself   ----- No reason why Caravanners cannot wash their vans when they return from holiday.----- If they keep their van on the drive it's easy, but if it is in storage it's not impossible, just stop at your house and wash down the van before taking it back to the storage yard. Simples !!!

K . 

Ours is washed as part of its annual service and they make a very good job of it too.  All that's needed then is a quick rinse, if we've been towing in mucky conditions, either at home or back at the storage site.

As far as having facilities on site are concerned I think there are a number of factors against it. Who wants to unhook their van having arrived on site and got set up and town it to a designated wash point? Where would that wash point be? Certainly not near actual van pitches which would inconvenience others staying on site on those pitches? At the entrance/exit to the site? We already have MH owners campaigning for service points in those areas! Would it be cost effective? Well it would certainly cost a lot to provide And I suspect would get relatively little use so even charging for it would be unlikely to recoup the costs involved - I'd much rather that investment went into improving or providing extra pitches on site.

So, taking all that into account, I'd say it's a no from me!

I suspect that many newer supermarket car parks do have an interceptor and meet standards for car wash. 

Who want to spend time washing a motorhome/caravan while they're away anyway? 😞