So I have a question on awning cleaning/washing. Old RV had manual one so I could angle that down and wash w/ Tilex, roll up, wait 20 minutes, rinse off and wholla-----nice and clean.Now with the new coach and most new RV's I presume all have electric awnings which are more/less straight out from sidewall with little to no angle to them (unless you loosen knobs up and angle that way). So how are folks cleaning these types of awnings using Tilex?How do you go about washing slide toppers as well? Do you/can you use Tilex in same fashion?

My last 2 power awnings were designed to tilt with no problems and cleaning them is easy

Our electric awning goes straight out. It has an automatic water dump feature, so it must be able to tilt, but we haven't figured that out. So, we wash a section at a time using a ladder and long handled scrub brush. As for the slide-out awnnings, we was them off when we do our roof which is a couple of times a year. We just lean out using the same scrub brush with the roof soap and conditioner, then rinse it off.

ACZL wrote:Now with the new coach and most new RV's I presume all have electric awnings which are more/less straight out from sidewall with little to no angle to them (unless you loosen knobs up and angle that way). So how are folks cleaning these types of awnings using Tilex?Besides the chance of damage in all but excellent weather conditions, that is just one more reason that I don't use the useless awning.

I have an electric awning that comes straight out and you clean it just like the old one you did. Put the awning out, spray it down with the hose, bump the awning a few times to get the big drips off, spray it with tiles and roll it up. Wait 20-30 minutes and unroll it and spray it off - done. If you have some stubborn stains just spray those and roll it back up and wait then unroll and spray.Comes out looking brand new. I have never scrubbed an awning.

Get up on the ladder and check the arms of the awning. I thought the same thing that my awning went straight out until I noticed the small holes on the arm. You should be able to change the angle

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austinjenna
Explorer
Apr 08, 2019
I have an electric awning that comes straight out and you clean it just like the old one you did. Put the awning out, spray it down with the hose, bump the awning a few times to get the big drips off, spray it with tiles and roll it up. Wait 20-30 minutes and unroll it and spray it off - done. If you have some stubborn stains just spray those and roll it back up and wait then unroll and spray.

Comes out looking brand new. I have never scrubbed an awning.
Lynnmor
Explorer
Apr 07, 2019
ACZL wrote:

Now with the new coach and most new RV's I presume all have electric awnings which are more/less straight out from sidewall with little to no angle to them (unless you loosen knobs up and angle that way). So how are folks cleaning these types of awnings using Tilex?

Besides the chance of damage in all but excellent weather conditions, that is just one more reason that I don't use the useless awning.
ReneeG
Explorer
Apr 07, 2019
Our electric awning goes straight out. It has an automatic water dump feature, so it must be able to tilt, but we haven't figured that out. So, we wash a section at a time using a ladder and long handled scrub brush. As for the slide-out awnnings, we was them off when we do our roof which is a couple of times a year. We just lean out using the same scrub brush with the roof soap and conditioner, then rinse it off.
cpaulsen
Explorer
Apr 07, 2019
My last 2 power awnings were designed to tilt with no problems and cleaning them is easy

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