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[/p][p]Just got back from Chaco Canyon in NM - it features an outrageously bad 20 mile dirt road to get to it. Bad enough dry but it poured like the devil and so I had to pull out in some of the thickest, nastiest mud I've ever seen, nearly slid the entire rig sideways at one point. But now that I'm home, I've got a thick coat of mud all over the trailer - wondering how other folks get this stuff off? Any recommendations on a good power washer that'll take mud off? Oh yeah the TV's just as bad![/p][p]
[/p][p]Looking forward to any good recommendations[/p]
[font size="3"]Never done it, but I've read of people taking their rigs to a drive through car/truck washing place. Take $500 in quarters and a tall step ladder and plan to make an afternoon of it. Let us know how it works, with pix.
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i use one of those extendable brushes that hooks to the hose...does a fair enough job. the aluminum tggreadplate is a complete pain to clean though. especially where the wheels of the tv kick mud and dirt up on it.
http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/item/adjust-a-brush-with-water-flo-thru/11052
With its large slab sides, I found our 21BHS very easy to clean with a sponge and a Dobie Pad (for the bugs) and a step ladder.
I used some sort of car wash liquid - Blue Coral I think because it was cheap at WalMart.
While at WalMart I also bought some Camco Streak Remover. It performed horribly, really doing nothing at all. I returned it for a refund. I ended up using some purple degreaser stuff I had around - much better but still not perfect. Those streaks are resilient!
Finished up with some spray wax - I'll have to check the brand. All told maybe about 3 hours work.
BTW, I do own a pressure washer, but don't think it's the best tool for this particular job. Maybe OK for a quick spray down, but I'd worry too much about decals and seals and bearings and stuff.
fasteddieb is correct, pressure washers cause more problems than cleaning the crud off of your Trailer.
I just use the garden hose 1st with the nozzle to get the thick crap off/then down to the Car Wash place in the RV Bay. This way you already got most of the thick mud off of the trailer at your home and not making a mess at the car wash place and you end up using less quarters too.
I then rewash at the home using the wash suds (Meguiar's Gel Wash) made for RV's/followed up with a wax once a year.
A wash brush as mentioned by thudd3r works perfect on our LL Trailers.
X 2 here. I do find the automotive paint on the CL does scratch easily so I am extra cautious to remove any grit before rubbing with the brush...
anyone have any tricks to get the stains off the silver "swoosh" decals?
You've heard of the Genius Of The Lamp ? Well, that's me!
Whenever our rig gets too many bugs and stuff on the front, I just schedule some cheap/free service thing at the dealer, like "hey, the tires feel wobbly, can you rotate them please or check and torque all the nuts ? Thanks!"
(They wash every rig they work on. w00t!)
[font size="3"]Nmken, We had reservations to stay in Chaco Canyon last week(!), but cancelled due to the rain. We read too many warnings about taking an RV in there when the road is wet. I'm glad you made it in and out okay.[/font]
WOW, the road into Chaco Canyon is no better than it was 20 years ago?
I never went back because of the rough pot-hole ridden terrible road and I see no reason yet to return.
Glad I got the power washer - imagine the underside of your camplite packed with mud - in between the aluminum floor fins...probably took out 50 pounds of muck - dont think a hose or any other approach would have taken all that stuff out. Definitely a downside of that exposed aluminum flooring. For washing it I'll be using a very broad (40 deg) tip to soften the force from the washer - I noted it is certainly not as forceful as the drive through car wash.