cleaning the top of your class c

tessa25 wrote:
When cleaning the top of your class c, do you only aim the hose down? Or is it ok to aim it sideways or up? Does the a/c need to be avoided?

I got a ladder, went on top with a bucket, brush on a stick and hose and worked from the front to the rear.I sprayed anything and everything. I figure that

some of the rainstorms encountered going down the road at 50 mph are far worse than a hose bath. The air conditioner is sealed and the dirt in the coil

needs to be washed out anyway. I wouldn't use a direct intense spray on anything . The ladder on the rear is a joke, I wouldn't use that to climb on top.

I use the ladder to climb on top, and have scrubbed it by hand but we also have a great RV/truck space at a local car wash with a platform on each side to get above the roof and I have sprayed it all over with detergent and rinse with no problems. Not sure how much I could reach from underneath--maybe just enough to get off some dust? Have not tried that.

Thank you very much! Very helpful responses.

EMD360 wrote:
I use the ladder to climb on top, and have scrubbed it by hand but we also have a great RV/truck space at a local car wash with a platform on each side to get above the roof and I have sprayed it all over with detergent and rinse with no problems. Not sure how much I could reach from underneath--maybe just enough to get off some dust? Have not tried that.

After my roof was cleaned of the grime I use a self serve car wash in town that has side elevated walkways that I can use to spray off any debris or dirt accumulation.

I camp at the beach and salty ocean spray concerns me.

I wonder where water goes when you're driving down the highway in a rain storm?

I'll bet it just about goes sideways around air vent covers, around refrigerator vent covers, and around air conditioner covers. :h

pnichols wrote:
I wonder where water goes when you're driving down the highway in a rain storm?

I'll bet it just about goes sideways around air vent covers, around refrigerator vent covers, and around air conditioner covers. :h

The water coming out of a hose is at a much higher pressure. And last I checked rainwater doesn't tend to go up. Get it?

tessa25 wrote:

pnichols wrote:
I wonder where water goes when you're driving down the highway in a rain storm?

I'll bet it just about goes sideways around air vent covers, around refrigerator vent covers, and around air conditioner covers. :h

The water coming out of a hose is at a much higher pressure. And last I checked rainwater doesn't tend to go up. Get it?

At 60 mph going down the road rain pretty much goes everywhere.... including up with considerable force as it bounces off the roof and everything on it. I sincerely doubt any garden hose produces a 60 mph stream.

:S

I have been using my power washer once a year. It is gas and very powerful, use the 15° tip. Have never had a leak. Added note fiberglass roof with eternabond seams.

Dittos on washing the dirt from the AC coils. I remove the AC cover at least once a year and give it a good rinse. Our home AC man told us to do basically the same on the house and that it would extend the life of our coils.

I have yet to see any local car wash with any kind of elevated walkways ?

That would be a nice thing to have !

But yes did the climb up on top with bucket of carwash soap, a brush with handle scrubbed it from front to back parked on a slopped driveway that way it rinsed off the back. Then sprayed the top down with some Rubber Roof Cleaner/Conditioner I got at CW worked that abit then called it good.