ZEP wet look...need UV protection?
I am doing the ZEP wet look treatment on our old class C...I doubt it has any UV protection in it, and wondering if it is needed. If so, what do you guys use?
Forum Discussion
I just reapplied liquid floor wax to my truck camper for the second time. The first time was in about April, 2011 according to the forum search function. That was long enough back that the product I used was the original Red Max Pro. I still have about a half gallon left after doing it a second time. Apparently I bought a lifetime supply. :W I have no personal experience with the current ZEP product.
My intention this time was to just redo the nose of the cabover, because bug guts had removed a lot of the wax. But, once I started I just couldn’t stop. I washed the entire camper first with ammonia, car wash soap and water. I didn’t feel it was necessary to strip off all the old wax. Everywhere except the nose the wax was still there, although it didn’t shine like it used to. It never yellowed, or peeled off. The filon on my camper was never bright white. It has always been a light almond color, and the parts that get the most sun still match the underside of the cabover, the sides of the slide, and the edge trim.
About three years ago I replaced the skirt panels (the area behind the truck rear bumper) with replacements I bought from Lance. Apparently the almond filon isn’t available any longer, because the filon they provided IS bright white. It doesn’t really matter to me, I just wanted to point that out because it’s noticeable in the pictures.
Keep in mind, this is an 18 year old TC (manufactured in April, 2000) and I’ve owned it since 2003. It gets taken off paved roads frequently. Close examination will reveal numerous scrapes and scratches where limbs have drug on it, plus the repairs I’ve made to it over the years. It has aluminum on the roof rather than whatever flexible membrane they are using today, which is one of the biggest reasons I’m hanging on to it.
To the best of my recollection, since first applying the floor wax, I’ve never waxed it with any type of paste wax or UV protection because to be honest that’s just more work than I want to put into a TC. I might have waxed it a few times when it was newer to me, but I don’t remember doing it. I’ve slept a few times since then. :B I wash it when it’s dirty, and I’m not averse to putting things like beach or ammonia in the wash water if it’s needed.
Here’s a few pics to show how it turned out.
:):)
My intention this time was to just redo the nose of the cabover, because bug guts had removed a lot of the wax. But, once I started I just couldn’t stop. I washed the entire camper first with ammonia, car wash soap and water. I didn’t feel it was necessary to strip off all the old wax. Everywhere except the nose the wax was still there, although it didn’t shine like it used to. It never yellowed, or peeled off. The filon on my camper was never bright white. It has always been a light almond color, and the parts that get the most sun still match the underside of the cabover, the sides of the slide, and the edge trim.
About three years ago I replaced the skirt panels (the area behind the truck rear bumper) with replacements I bought from Lance. Apparently the almond filon isn’t available any longer, because the filon they provided IS bright white. It doesn’t really matter to me, I just wanted to point that out because it’s noticeable in the pictures.
Keep in mind, this is an 18 year old TC (manufactured in April, 2000) and I’ve owned it since 2003. It gets taken off paved roads frequently. Close examination will reveal numerous scrapes and scratches where limbs have drug on it, plus the repairs I’ve made to it over the years. It has aluminum on the roof rather than whatever flexible membrane they are using today, which is one of the biggest reasons I’m hanging on to it.
To the best of my recollection, since first applying the floor wax, I’ve never waxed it with any type of paste wax or UV protection because to be honest that’s just more work than I want to put into a TC. I might have waxed it a few times when it was newer to me, but I don’t remember doing it. I’ve slept a few times since then. :B I wash it when it’s dirty, and I’m not averse to putting things like beach or ammonia in the wash water if it’s needed.
Here’s a few pics to show how it turned out.
:):)
