Waxing the TT

Tvov wrote:

JimK-NY wrote:
Last year I worked on mine. I had to strip off all the old wax and then I rubbed down the entire RV with Barkeepers Friend. Then 4 coats of wax.

After that I took a long trip with lots of bad weather, dust, rain and bugs. Usually I would stop at a wash station at least once. I never had the opportunity or time so I returned with the RV caked with dead bugs just as winter started. After months of snow and rain, most of the dead bugs were gone. I still stripped off the old wax and reapplied wax to the nose of the RV. The rest of the RV looked like it had just been waxed even before I washed it. There were no typical black streaks. The surface shined and the dirt just rinsed off. If I had washed off the dead bugs before they baked on for months, I suspect the entire RV would have still looked like freshly waxed even a year later.

I should not have to tell you what wax I used. There have been numerous forum threads about this wax.

4, four, coats of wax?!?!? Holy crikey. More power to you!

Apparently my post was not clear. No way did I put on 4 coats of Mcquires. In fact I tried two coats that took the better part of the day to apply. I did not like the looks. I did not want to do that amount of work again.

I stripped the Mcquires which took a couple more hours. I then applied 4 coats of ZEP. That was absolutely a minimal amount of work and involved just wiping with a cloth dampened in ZEP. After another year of use and sitting in the elements, I merely washed off the RV. It looked like it was freshly waxed. Except for the nose of the RV. That had been heavily splattered by bugs. They cooked on and then I just left the RV over the winter without washing it. Since it was a small area, I just stripped off the old finish and reapplied. I was just amazed at the rest of the RV. I did not have black streaks to contend with. After a year without even washing it, the RV needed little more than just a spray from the hose.

I spent all of about 20 minutes applying another coat of ZEP even though there was no reason. I am not sure how many years the ZEP will last. Eventually I guess it will yellow, or get dirty or just wear off. I have ZEP stripper or just dilute ammonia works well. All I need to do is wipe or spray on the solution. Let is work for a couple of minutes and then rinse and repeat if needed.