When your in a park that won't let you wash

Sully2 wrote:

lfeather wrote:
I give it a sponge bath with pure water. I use a large sponge, a bucket for water, several microfiber rags and a ladder. I do small sections at a time by wetting/wiping with the wet sponge, then dry with microfiber. When bucket water starts getting dirty, I replenish with clean water.

I just hire mine done by one of the washing services that the CG allows in to do such things. They even bring their own water.

I sit in a comfy chair and watch them...going from the Alcoa wheels to the roof top...when finished to my satisifaction I pay them.....give them a top....and since its summer time a "coldie" right from the fridge

The "life of Riley" for you Sully! What a deal!

Right on Creeper, you do it your way and I'll do it mine.

My coach is lived in and used a lot. There are scratches from brushes with trees and dings from rocks thrown up from the road. that makes a loved, lived in used coach, not a show room princess. There are swirls in the paint and marks from repainting.

When I go to my son's house up two miles of mountain dirt road it gets dirty and the last turn has some bushes I must get around, somehow they leave their mark, oh well I then get to spend weeks with my son, d-i-l and grandsons. That is the reward for abusing the coaches paint job a bit. We go places we enjoy and we clean the coach as best we can.

Wash/Wax All works fine for us, I suggest you avoid it like the plague you believe it to be. Thanks be there is room for all of us on this forum, not to mention this world.

Travel safely and in good health!

lfeather wrote:
I give it a sponge bath with pure water. I use a large sponge, a bucket for water, several microfiber rags and a ladder. I do small sections at a time by wetting/wiping with the wet sponge, then dry with microfiber. When bucket water starts getting dirty, I replenish with clean water.

I just hire mine done by one of the washing services that the CG allows in to do such things. They even bring their own water.

I sit in a comfy chair and watch them...going from the Alcoa wheels to the roof top...when finished to my satisifaction I pay them.....give them a top....and since its summer time a "coldie" right from the fridge

conmoto wrote:
We have been using WWA for a long time on 3 different RVs and using the correct cloths and technique it has provided very good results without damage or swirls to paint.

Not possible. Anytime you rub anything on paint your are adding swirl marks. Doing it correctly any properly will lessen the amount of swirl marks greatly, thus it takes much longer to accumulate enough to require correcting the paint.

Lessening those swirls marks starts with a good quality wax and/or paint sealant. Not some gimmicky product.

Take a flashlight and point it at your paint and you'll see the swirl marks.

lfeather wrote:
I give it a sponge bath with pure water. I use a large sponge, a bucket for water, several microfiber rags and a ladder. I do small sections at a time by wetting/wiping with the wet sponge, then dry with microfiber. When bucket water starts getting dirty, I replenish with clean water.

I suggest you change out your sponge (sponges retain particles in their crevices) for a lambs wool pad and use two buckets. One for soap and one with clear water to clean the pad. Your soap bucket should never get dirty or in your case if your water is getting "dirty" then you're brining that dirt from the bucket to the paint. If you use only water ( i know some people who swear by this) then use two buckets of water.

The 2 bucket cleaning method has been the standard to lessen paint damage for a very long time.

I give it a sponge bath with pure water. I use a large sponge, a bucket for water, several microfiber rags and a ladder. I do small sections at a time by wetting/wiping with the wet sponge, then dry with microfiber. When bucket water starts getting dirty, I replenish with clean water.

rgatijnet1 wrote:

Cecilt wrote:
^so you must never use a QD to get rid of light dust/pollen. I don't think anyone is talking about using a waterless product like WAshWaxAll or ProtectAll to wash a coach that has not had a bath in 6 months. But in between washes when all you might have is some dust and rain splatter these products will be fine. Just be liberal in the application of the spray.

Light dust and rain splatter is dirt and solid particles and it produces scratches in the paint when you rub it around with a dirty rag. You can use all of the spray that you want but you are still just picking up the dirt and rubbing it around. You are not washing the dirt off like you would with a hose and running water.

I agree about the "dirty rag"

I do not use a dirty rag I have large towels and changes sections of towel quite often, I use several for each cleaning depending on how dirty the coach is. That is merely following the instructions for use that come with W/WX/All.

Cecilt wrote:
^so you must never use a QD to get rid of light dust/pollen. I don't think anyone is talking about using a waterless product like WAshWaxAll or ProtectAll to wash a coach that has not had a bath in 6 months. But in between washes when all you might have is some dust and rain splatter these products will be fine. Just be liberal in the application of the spray.

Light dust and rain splatter is dirt and solid particles and it produces scratches in the paint when you rub it around with a dirty rag. You can use all of the spray that you want but you are still just picking up the dirt and rubbing it around. You are not washing the dirt off like you would with a hose and running water.

We have been using WWA for a long time on 3 different RVs and using the correct cloths and technique it has provided very good results without damage or swirls to paint.

^so you must never use a QD to get rid of light dust/pollen. I don't think anyone is talking about using a waterless product like WAshWaxAll or ProtectAll to wash a coach that has not had a bath in 6 months. But in between washes when all you might have is some dust and rain splatter these products will be fine. Just be liberal in the application of the spray.