where do you wash and detail your rig?

[late_bloomer]

I have stored my tt (and starting tomorrow our new to us mh) at a relative's house. Usually I wash it before I go camping, but sometimes it would be nice to take a few days and just do a thorough job of spiffing her up. Do campgrounds get upset if you start washing a rig there?

[DSDP_Don]

One person said he's never seen a campground that allows washing....he must only camp at one campground. For 40 years we've camped all over the west, with a couple of trips back east. Some campgrounds allow washing, some don't and some will after paying a fee. You'll find very few in California because of the water shortage, but states with lots of water don't have an issue. As a matter of fact, I can't think of any campgrounds in really wet states that prohibit it.

We keep ours at home and it's washed before every trip. If we're out for more than a week and the coach gets dirty, I usually wash it. When it's allowed, I try to do it without being obvious and ruining it for others.

No matter what the rules say, I always use a hose and brush to wash off the front of the coach. They don't usually have an issue when it comes to the safety of having a clean windshield.

[3oaks]

In the rain. :B

No detailing necessary.

[CavemanCharlie]

To answer the OP's question I wash it at home. I don't detail my TT I live on a gravel road, it's 20 years old, and it's a camper not a car. I just use the garden hose and rinse it off. I do use a brush to scrub the bugs off of the front though.

[drae0814]

we are full time in a high end RV Park and they dont allow any washing of car's or RV I have to use there approved vender list and the rates are really highnot a happy camper right now

[Jim_Shoe]

I own the building where I store mine and have all the equipment there. I also have friends that have a couple of daughters that would wash it for $20 each. Unfortunately, they're both in college now. One in California and the other in Chicago. But lucky for me, the place where I bought my 'C' has the facilities and will wash it for me. And if I take it in for service, a free wash is included.

[Desert_Captain]

The fastest way I know to get thrown out of an RV Park/CG is to start washing your rig at your site. Never saw an RV Park or campground that permits washing the rig on site. To me it makes no sense to do so in the first place, it is just going to get dirty on the drive home. :S

I usually wash ours out in front of the house when we return from a trip, which creates no problems with the HOA. This last trip it was so dirty (we had not been out for a month), I broke down and washed/waxed it before we left and yes it got very dirty on the trip but it was still looking pretty good when we pulled into Quartzite. :B

If the bug collection on the front/cabover, which on a Class C can be huge gets too large (as in museums bidding on it), I let the high school kids wash the rig at one of their perpetual Saturday morning car washes. For $15 they are as happy to wash it as I am to just stand and watch.

:C

[RckyMtnVia]

Since most rv parks do not allow you to wash the rv, I try to find a car wash with a truck bay before we arrive and give the rig a good wash. When at the park, I then spray on Lucas Slick Mist or Turtle 1 Step Wax & Dry, and dry off with a towel. Most parks will allow you to detail the outside with a spray bottle. You can buy both at Walmart for about $5 to $7.

[mpfireman]

2oldman wrote:
Car wash with a high ceiling.

Just don't do what one RV owner did when they were in a self wash facility. THEY DUMPED THERE BLACK TANK. in the sewer that recycles the wash water. I think it was in California, a year or two back. Somebody will know the facts.

[rk911]

late bloomer wrote:
I have stored my tt (and starting tomorrow our new to us mh) at a relative's house. Usually I wash it before I go camping, but sometimes it would be nice to take a few days and just do a thorough job of spiffing her up. Do campgrounds get upset if you start washing a rig there?

some do, some don't. you need to ask first. some will charge $X for permission to use their water. we always have a wash service do it.

[2oldman]

Car wash with a high ceiling.

[the_bear_II]

Most campgrounds have rules about doing any kind of work on your RV. Majority won't allow you to use the water for washing your RV. Most will allow you to use waterless cleaners, wax and wipe down your RV. The idea is to limit their liability and water use.

I will wash mine at home and then do the waxing & detailing at the campground.
Lately though we have been hiring a detailer to do the work. Cost can be $80 to $300 depending on just wash or level of detailing. The RV Resort has three detailers they allow to come into the park and work. All of them use pressure washers with a water tank and generator so they don't use the parks water or electricity.

[mpfireman]

A lot of campgrounds have a no wash rule, as this might make your camp site muddy for the next user. Cleaning the inside of your unit, or your outside compartments is usually OK.

[Iraqvet05]

The county CG we normally stay at prohibits you from washing your rig at your site but offers a wash spot for an additional fee.

[JAXFL]

One that I saw has a detailer that lives there and he does it as a business. Most say something about it in the paper they give out when you check in and most say NO!. I so mine in the front yard, no HOA to follow so I do as I like. I even leave it there a day of 2 if need be.