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Toy Hauler Cleaning Tips

Strabo
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I have been cleaning our hauler this weekend, ours is aluminum sides, with aluminum diamond plate skirts, including rock panel in the front. I bought Diamond Brite polish at Lowe's, and buffed it out with my orbital buffer, easy and came out great.

Second TIP. We all have plastic pieces, like the moulding around the door window and spot light buckets, they turn yellow. Easy to fix. Magic eraser pads soaked in plain water turns them white again and it's easy.

There, two easy tips to keep your investment looking new.
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07' Rhino 686 SS106-ITP-AFE-BRP-T4-CDI-KIBBLEBWHITE-CVT-TSTICH-Ridgid LED LightBar-HID Conversion Kit-LIVEWIRE
04' Honda 250 Sportstrac quad
05' Honda 400 Ranchers quad

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dedmiston
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Strabo wrote:
dedmiston wrote:
Blue Beacon Truck Wash charged me $27 to wash the Taj Mahauler and another $9 for Rainex. What a bargain.


After I said I'd do it for free, so you wouldn't hurt or injure yourself. I cried myself to sleep with my cuddle pillow. :W


I can't afford free stuff from my friends. It always ends up costing more in the end.

2014 RAM 3500 Diesel 4x4 Dually long bed. B&W RVK3600 hitch โ€ข 2015 Crossroads Elevation Homestead Toy Hauler ("The Taj Mahauler") โ€ข <\br >Toys:

  • 18 Can Am Maverick x3
  • 05 Yamaha WR450
  • 07 Honda CRF250X
  • 05 Honda CRF230
  • 06 Honda CRF230

Strabo
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dedmiston wrote:
Blue Beacon Truck Wash charged me $27 to wash the Taj Mahauler and another $9 for Rainex. What a bargain.


After I said I'd do it for free, so you wouldn't hurt or injure yourself. I cried myself to sleep with my cuddle pillow. :W
04' F350 PSD TB SC FX4 XLT, TH-04' 32' Sandpiper Sport Fifthwheel WB Dual Axle
07' Rhino 686 SS106-ITP-AFE-BRP-T4-CDI-KIBBLEBWHITE-CVT-TSTICH-Ridgid LED LightBar-HID Conversion Kit-LIVEWIRE
04' Honda 250 Sportstrac quad
05' Honda 400 Ranchers quad

Frankandbeans
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Used dryer sheets and a water hose are still the best thing ever for cleaning off bugs off the front of your RV.

dedmiston
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Blue Beacon Truck Wash charged me $27 to wash the Taj Mahauler and another $9 for Rainex. What a bargain.

2014 RAM 3500 Diesel 4x4 Dually long bed. B&W RVK3600 hitch โ€ข 2015 Crossroads Elevation Homestead Toy Hauler ("The Taj Mahauler") โ€ข <\br >Toys:

  • 18 Can Am Maverick x3
  • 05 Yamaha WR450
  • 07 Honda CRF250X
  • 05 Honda CRF230
  • 06 Honda CRF230

deltabravo
Nomad
Nomad
Strabo wrote:
Second TIP. We all have plastic pieces, like the moulding around the door window and spot light buckets, they turn yellow. Easy to fix. Magic eraser pads soaked in plain water turns them white again and it's easy.


It will probably turn yellow again in time.

My permanent solution was to remove the trim pieces and paint them with Krylon Fusion white spray paint.
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LowRyter
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I use a telescopic brush, wash and wax solution from the box store, my hose and nozzle, flip flops and swim trunks.

Sometimes I get on the roof and use the brush with some roof cleaner.
John L
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Strabo
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N-Trouble wrote:
The white plastic is only temporary and will probably turn yellow again within one summer. Only permanent solition is to paint.


It does, we are in the desert. The magic eraser is a simple fix outside of painting. The sun eats everything up here, it ruined the awning after 11 years, we just replaced it. Tires must be covered too.
04' F350 PSD TB SC FX4 XLT, TH-04' 32' Sandpiper Sport Fifthwheel WB Dual Axle
07' Rhino 686 SS106-ITP-AFE-BRP-T4-CDI-KIBBLEBWHITE-CVT-TSTICH-Ridgid LED LightBar-HID Conversion Kit-LIVEWIRE
04' Honda 250 Sportstrac quad
05' Honda 400 Ranchers quad

N-Trouble
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The white plastic is only temporary and will probably turn yellow again within one summer. Only permanent solition is to paint.
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Strabo
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Another tip,

Unlike most of our friends, our hauler is aluminum sided, not gel coat. Aluminum sided haulers are painted surface. They don't oxidize as much as gel coat smooth sided haulers. To clean ours I use Dawn Ultra, and it works great, bright white afterwards, easy on the decals too. Safe enough to use on oil soaked wild life.

Easy on me washing it, keeps it's suds up too.
04' F350 PSD TB SC FX4 XLT, TH-04' 32' Sandpiper Sport Fifthwheel WB Dual Axle
07' Rhino 686 SS106-ITP-AFE-BRP-T4-CDI-KIBBLEBWHITE-CVT-TSTICH-Ridgid LED LightBar-HID Conversion Kit-LIVEWIRE
04' Honda 250 Sportstrac quad
05' Honda 400 Ranchers quad

Strabo
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dedmiston wrote:
You have the butler do that or was it all you?


I'm not as young as I use to be, wore me out. I feel it today.
04' F350 PSD TB SC FX4 XLT, TH-04' 32' Sandpiper Sport Fifthwheel WB Dual Axle
07' Rhino 686 SS106-ITP-AFE-BRP-T4-CDI-KIBBLEBWHITE-CVT-TSTICH-Ridgid LED LightBar-HID Conversion Kit-LIVEWIRE
04' Honda 250 Sportstrac quad
05' Honda 400 Ranchers quad

Strabo
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RideSlow wrote:
I will take a look at the Diamond Brite. Do you have decals? What, if anything, did you use on those?


No, the diamond plate has no decals.
04' F350 PSD TB SC FX4 XLT, TH-04' 32' Sandpiper Sport Fifthwheel WB Dual Axle
07' Rhino 686 SS106-ITP-AFE-BRP-T4-CDI-KIBBLEBWHITE-CVT-TSTICH-Ridgid LED LightBar-HID Conversion Kit-LIVEWIRE
04' Honda 250 Sportstrac quad
05' Honda 400 Ranchers quad

dedmiston
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You have the butler do that or was it all you?

2014 RAM 3500 Diesel 4x4 Dually long bed. B&W RVK3600 hitch โ€ข 2015 Crossroads Elevation Homestead Toy Hauler ("The Taj Mahauler") โ€ข <\br >Toys:

  • 18 Can Am Maverick x3
  • 05 Yamaha WR450
  • 07 Honda CRF250X
  • 05 Honda CRF230
  • 06 Honda CRF230

RideSlow
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I will take a look at the Diamond Brite. Do you have decals? What, if anything, did you use on those?
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