Frequency & Intensity Of Awning Cleaning?
Gave up on my last awning, too far gone to make it look good again. My new awning was shiny white until my first trip, it now has those telltale brown dirt lines where the material rolls up on itself....
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About once a year, coming out of winter storage. Dish soap and bleach, sprayed, wait, brush, rinse. When I do this, I try to wear the bleach-damaged clothing I wore the last time I did the job.
The awnings draw in moisture during storage, and are usually rolled up dirty enough to feed the fungi. You can wash it before you roll it up, but if you wait for it to be dry, it will be dirty again.
It is a personal tolerance thing. If you want it to be clean when you are camping, then you need to clean it coming out of storage, before each trip. There is not much point cleaning it at the end of a trip, after a month or more of storage (unless in climate controlled conditions) it will be dirty when you bring it out.
I've tried very hard to make my RV experience low intensity. This means learning to tolerate things like mildew on the awning, squashed bugs on the front, black streaks from dirt on the roof, muddy tires. The experience is what you make of it.
The awnings draw in moisture during storage, and are usually rolled up dirty enough to feed the fungi. You can wash it before you roll it up, but if you wait for it to be dry, it will be dirty again.
It is a personal tolerance thing. If you want it to be clean when you are camping, then you need to clean it coming out of storage, before each trip. There is not much point cleaning it at the end of a trip, after a month or more of storage (unless in climate controlled conditions) it will be dirty when you bring it out.
I've tried very hard to make my RV experience low intensity. This means learning to tolerate things like mildew on the awning, squashed bugs on the front, black streaks from dirt on the roof, muddy tires. The experience is what you make of it.
