Wash and wax
How do you wash and wax these big beasts? I have always washed and waxed our campers at least once a year. We have never had anything near this size before. 36 ft long and 12 ft high.
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- I have done mine for the last five years but it is getting to hard for me to handle anymore. I have a local guy here in Florida that charges about $250 to wash and hand wax our 40' DP. It includes dressing the tires and polishing the wheels too.
AUwing2 wrote:
A bucket of soapy water, a brush on an extendable pole a garden hose and a ladder O, and a FULL day. So far as waxing, I use a small amount of liquid wax on a foam pad and orbital buffer polisher.
Exactly what I do, but I can wash it in a couple of hours. Waxing- with Meguiars- takes me 3 days, which I do in the spring and fall. And the front cap once during the summer.- You can always pay someone to do it for you.
- About $10/foot by whatever mobile detailing company the campground has cards for.
- A bucket of soapy water, a brush on an extendable pole a garden hose and a ladder O, and a FULL day. So far as waxing, I use a small amount of liquid wax on a foam pad and orbital buffer polisher.
amxpress wrote:
I take my 37’ fiver to a Blue Beacon truck wash where for $35, it gets a thorough washing. For a few dollars more they treat it with Rain-X. They’re a national chain found at truck stops.
As for waxing, up until this year, I did one side a time using a Maguire’s product and my 8’ step ladder. I spread it out over a two week period.
This year I hired a mobile car Detailer to hand wax it for me. It was worth it.
That's what we started doing.- I take my 37’ fiver to a Blue Beacon truck wash where for $35, it gets a thorough washing. For a few dollars more they treat it with Rain-X. They’re a national chain found at truck stops.
As for waxing, up until this year, I did one side a time using a Maguire’s product and my 8’ step ladder. I spread it out over a two week period.
This year I hired a mobile car Detailer to hand wax it for me. It was worth it. - Last summer I clay barred the entire rig. I use a water activated spray on hydrophobic sealer, works great. I have done this yearly since new and it takes a few hours, but the finish lasts all year long.
- In sides or sections as my ambition directs me.
- With our 26', I would do one side a day.
Now that we have a 34' and I've not gotten any younger, I'm thinking of doing half a side in a day.
