Waxed the camper this weekend. Any tips/tricks for future?
I picked up my Radiance last year and washed it a couple times. It stayed indoors over winter. Picked up some Meguires marine/rv wax last weekend knowing I had to wax this weekend. I started to apply with with my 6" orbiter but I felt like it wasn't applying that well with it. Tried with by hand and felt it was going on better, so I did the entire thing by hand and then used the orbiter to remove it.
I didn't time it, but I would say it took about 4-5 hours to wash and wax the whole thing. I noticed the passenger side was a lot dirtier, even after washing it. I applied the wax and saw dirt coming off. I was not impressed with the wax job as it appeared streaky so I am going to apply another coat this week.
Then it dawned on me, my exhaust exits out the passenger side. My dad was telling me how he was cleaning his soot on the boat this weekend. Does anyone find that their diesel truck coats the side of their camper with soot? It's a new truck so it's running properly. That's the only thing I could think of as the driver side washed easy and waxed fine. My dad needs to wash his boat after every trip because of the diesel soot.
I am debating stripping the wax and soot (dawn) and starting from scratch now that I know the problem, or just adding another coat of wax. Does anyone have any tips/tricks to speed the process up though? The worst part is moving the ladder every 4'. I did the whole top half (roof to bottom of windows) and then doubled back doing from the bottom of the window to the bottom of the trim. Doing it that way ensured I didn't mess any areas. I was thinking of making a scaffold out of some ladders and 12' planks of lumber or engineered beams. Then I could just work my way across.
What does everyone use on the window frames and trims? I will probably wait on cleaning the roof until after my music fest in July again. It gets so dusty there and coats the camper. Luckily I can walk out of the upstairs windows right onto the roof :)
2016-04-19_10-43-46 by RoyBelluomini, on Flickr
What find cleaning these things are :D
I didn't time it, but I would say it took about 4-5 hours to wash and wax the whole thing. I noticed the passenger side was a lot dirtier, even after washing it. I applied the wax and saw dirt coming off. I was not impressed with the wax job as it appeared streaky so I am going to apply another coat this week.
Then it dawned on me, my exhaust exits out the passenger side. My dad was telling me how he was cleaning his soot on the boat this weekend. Does anyone find that their diesel truck coats the side of their camper with soot? It's a new truck so it's running properly. That's the only thing I could think of as the driver side washed easy and waxed fine. My dad needs to wash his boat after every trip because of the diesel soot.
I am debating stripping the wax and soot (dawn) and starting from scratch now that I know the problem, or just adding another coat of wax. Does anyone have any tips/tricks to speed the process up though? The worst part is moving the ladder every 4'. I did the whole top half (roof to bottom of windows) and then doubled back doing from the bottom of the window to the bottom of the trim. Doing it that way ensured I didn't mess any areas. I was thinking of making a scaffold out of some ladders and 12' planks of lumber or engineered beams. Then I could just work my way across.
What does everyone use on the window frames and trims? I will probably wait on cleaning the roof until after my music fest in July again. It gets so dusty there and coats the camper. Luckily I can walk out of the upstairs windows right onto the roof :)
2016-04-19_10-43-46 by RoyBelluomini, on FlickrWhat find cleaning these things are :D
