LaunchnRetrieve
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Hi All,
Just decided to keep our travel trailer at the lake for storage. That will be 3.5 hours from home.
I expect it will need plenty of exterior cleaning, even covered, but we won't have the convenience of our home at hand for tools, supplies, water, ...
How do you keep your exterior clean when you're away from home for long periods?
Thanks,
Bryan
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danoren
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While on the road I keep cleaning products,soft extended brush,bucket in the storage compartment.
When I decide to wash the whole 5W including the roof I would get permission from the C.G and do it.
Sometimes after a traveling only the low part of the 5W gets dirty and I clean that just with a cloth and water before the dirt sticks to the surface.
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rockhillmanor
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Not having all your cleaning tools with you is not going to be the problem. Most CG's do NOT allow washing of RV's. Others will require an additional fee$ each time you wash your RV. You will need to ask the CG host what their policy is.
We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned,
so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
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Old-Biscuit
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Well, if you have water source.......bucket/brush/soap & wash it.
If you don't have a water source......call out a mobile wash company, have them wash it......$$
No water source.........no mobile wash company.......wash it next time you have it home or take it to a 'truck wash'
Other wise.......hand wipe or hope for heavy rain.
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dalehelman
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This is my method. Two buckets of water and some yellow micro fiber towels from Costco. One bucket to wash and one to rinse. Then dry with another micro fiber towel. No hose needed. I use a long handled brush to hold the micro fiber towels for the high areas. I find if I dust it off regularly it does not requiring washing as often.
Dale & Sandi
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the bear II
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I also use the two bucket system if the CG doesn't allow use of a hose or provide a wash area.
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LaunchnRetrieve
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Thanks. It looks like I'll have to look for a truck wash, don't know if the self wash places have enough clearance or turning clearance. I'll keep an eye on that; might find a nearby option. Otherwise it looks like the two bucket system.
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cherrykiss3
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I also have found that right after it rains if you take a damp cloth you can clean the black streaks right off with no problem. Takes less than 10 min. to walk around the rig cleaning them off. No elbow grease needed.
Cherry
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Gene&Ginny
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A rainy day, a soft sponge and a spray bottle of soap works for me on a long trip.
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naturist
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Some campgrounds forbid washing campers, some charge an extra fee to allow it, some will want you to hire a mobile washing service, and finally, there's always the nearest big-truck washing place. Ask the folks at the campground office, they'll tell you what to do.
For what it's worth, I once limped into a campground sporting a TV with a freshly blown oil line and a TT covered in diesel oil (ie, black as tar and guaranteed to etch the fiberglass if left on there). Since the TV was clearly not up to dragging the TT to the truck washer up the road, let alone dragging it back without re-oiling it, I asked the campground office for special permission to wash my rig. They granted that permission, although they asked for an extra $5 for the water I was going to have to use. I'm sure they would have insisted I visit the truck washer had my case been normal. CG owners have always been both flexible and cooperative whenever I've had a problem. (I'm sure there's a grump out there somewhere -- hope to never meet 'em.)
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