stevekk wrote:
What kind of wax do you use on your fiberglass roof?
My Ladder is the same way.
I can over load it OK.
steveKK,
If you're addressing me on my roof pics and would like to know what wax I use. Well, it's not so much the wax as it primarily is the fact that the roof was machine "rubbed out" with a Dewalt buffer and a foam pad. I used 3M Rubbing compound (heavy liquid). Last year when I did it the first time, it took me about 2.5 days, on and off, lots of break times due to the hard work and fairly high temps I was working in at the time.
And, as stated, the roof had NEVER had any maintenance done on it since it was new. We purchased the rig with 7 years on it, even though it had been covered for its life up to that point. There were lots of places on the roof where the workers dropped silicone from install of certain items. And, there were also a zillion mold spots that had to be really worked on to get them off.
But, that was last year. This year, about 3-4 hours on the buffer with a few breaks, and about 3 hours of hand waxing and, you see it in the condition it's in.
Now, as far as the wax is concerned, I used multiple brands and kinds of wax. I've used Kit, Flash (A detailers liquid wax), McGuires Cleaner/Wax, and others. I'm not sure just which one did any better. The surface was ultra shiny due to the rubbing out. The wax almost didn't make it any shinyier. It just protects the work I did with the buffer. Hope this helps some. Yes, it's a bit of work but, I don't mind and, like stated, I get to inspect all of it.
Scott
KampingKris,
First off, the ladder on the back of about 99.9% of these coaches will tolerate the "over weight" (if I may for sake of conversation) for short periods of time. They (the builders of the coaches) know that not every one that purchases a coach is not tiny. What they don't want is someone "hanging" a ton of stuff, i.e. Spare tire and wheel, tool box, and a few million other things that people WILL DO unless there is some sort of "limit" placed in/on it.
I too am 240 and regularly climb on ours to get up there and do maintenance. Now, ours is fiberglass too and, I'm one of those that really keeps the roof nice. Why, because I like to and, I get to keep an eye on all the seals, caulking, vent caps, vent covers etc. that can get damaged or, start to deteriorate and, because they're up and out of sight, many don't know it 'till it's too late.
I just finished my annual machine buffing and coat of wax on it. Yep, it does get slippery, especially when wet. I did it last August and it was a pain due to the fact that, the roof had never seen any maintenance prior to our purchase of the rig. But, this time, it was a breeze. Between the machine buffing and a hand coat of wax, about 8 hours. Now, it's good for a year, and I keep it under a drive-under cover. It only sees the sun when we're using it.
As for washing it, I do it two different ways. One, the cover is too low for me to stand up and wash it so, I stand on a nice, sturdy ladder and use a long handled brush with regular soap an water. Then rinse with the hose. The other way, when we get back from a trip, prior to parking it in it's "garage" (pole and tarp cover), I climb up there and do a quick hose down, wash, rinse and it's done.
Not many folks maintenance their roofs on these expensive rolling gymnasiums and it's nice that you are concerned about getting it done. So, in your dilemma, your husband, may be a bit over the "labeled" weight limit of the ladder, I doubt that ladder will "tear" off the back of the coach for the brief time he's on it to climb up and down for some "once a season" type of maintenance.
But, if you're not comfortable with that, then maybe you could check around for some RV detailers in your area and see what they might charge. It's usually by the foot but, not always. When I was growing up, there was always kids around wanting to earn money and many of them washed your car/truck etc. But, they're all playing NINTENDO NOW, so that idea's out. Good luck.
Scott
First off, the ladder on the back of about 99.9% of these coaches will tolerate the "over weight" (if I may for sake of conversation) for short periods of time. They (the builders of the coaches) know that not every one that purchases a coach is not tiny. What they don't want is someone "hanging" a ton of stuff, i.e. Spare tire and wheel, tool box, and a few million other things that people WILL DO unless there is some sort of "limit" placed in/on it.
I too am 240 and regularly climb on ours to get up there and do maintenance. Now, ours is fiberglass too and, I'm one of those that really keeps the roof nice. Why, because I like to and, I get to keep an eye on all the seals, caulking, vent caps, vent covers etc. that can get damaged or, start to deteriorate and, because they're up and out of sight, many don't know it 'till it's too late.
I just finished my annual machine buffing and coat of wax on it. Yep, it does get slippery, especially when wet. I did it last August and it was a pain due to the fact that, the roof had never seen any maintenance prior to our purchase of the rig. But, this time, it was a breeze. Between the machine buffing and a hand coat of wax, about 8 hours. Now, it's good for a year, and I keep it under a drive-under cover. It only sees the sun when we're using it.
As for washing it, I do it two different ways. One, the cover is too low for me to stand up and wash it so, I stand on a nice, sturdy ladder and use a long handled brush with regular soap an water. Then rinse with the hose. The other way, when we get back from a trip, prior to parking it in it's "garage" (pole and tarp cover), I climb up there and do a quick hose down, wash, rinse and it's done.
Not many folks maintenance their roofs on these expensive rolling gymnasiums and it's nice that you are concerned about getting it done. So, in your dilemma, your husband, may be a bit over the "labeled" weight limit of the ladder, I doubt that ladder will "tear" off the back of the coach for the brief time he's on it to climb up and down for some "once a season" type of maintenance.
But, if you're not comfortable with that, then maybe you could check around for some RV detailers in your area and see what they might charge. It's usually by the foot but, not always. When I was growing up, there was always kids around wanting to earn money and many of them washed your car/truck etc. But, they're all playing NINTENDO NOW, so that idea's out. Good luck.
Scott
