Rich Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 Did this on Saturday and took me 5 hours in total! I cleaned the whole van with Bilt Hamber Surfex, which is a degreaser, using a sponge mop. Just as I finished this decided to break so had to switch to a large extendible brush (no I wasn't bothered about swirls! ) and used ONR (Optimum No Rinse) shampoo to wash it. I then dried the whole caravan using waffle weave towels. There was no way I wanted to polish this so decided to protect it and add some gloss using some Optimum Optiseal, which I bought to use on the van as you simply Wipe On and Walk Away (WOWA). I'm steering towards products that are quick and easy to use so I will be keeping it for the car as well. Here are the photos, click to enlarge to full size Before Optiseal After Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorps Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 You detailed a caravan .....now that is sad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 You detailed a caravan .....now that is sad The best thing I can say about it is that it seems to be permanently parked so it aint clogging the roads, but if you do anything like that again ER I'd rather you kept it to yourself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted September 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 You detailed a caravan .....now that is sad Why? Caravans ain't cheap just like cars so what's wrong with keeping it clean and looking fresh. Certainly put some of the others to shame once I had finished Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMARTLY Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 That's a good job you done there, look like new now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted September 20, 2010 Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 You know how to have a riveting holiday don't you....... Nice work nevertheless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liner33 Posted September 20, 2010 Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 Nice job , i used to use Fenwicks cleaner when i had my caravan , its great at getting rid of the green stuff and leaves it looking clean and shiny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted September 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 That's a good job you done there, look like new now Cheers, my parents have had the van at least 15 years and I think it's getting on for 20 now so looking good for it's age You know how to have a riveting holiday don't you....... Nice work nevertheless 5 hours out of a week isn't much, besides I did a BBQ after and the beer was flowing Nice job , i used to use Fenwicks cleaner when i had my caravan , its great at getting rid of the green stuff and leaves it looking clean and shiny There is a company that goes around doing it, not sure how much they charge but I preferred to do it myself. This is the first time in 12 years as usually my dad cleans it but he's getting abit old for doing that now, plus has alot on ATM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorps Posted September 22, 2010 Report Share Posted September 22, 2010 It dont matter what you do to it its still a caravan and wont win any show n shine trophys will it!..............and most sites will tell you to change it within 20yrs anyway no matter how clean it is its still gonna be a CARAVAN............. You go there to relax not clean the bloody thing.....you really know how to live ER, what next a step by step how to clean your cooker!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted September 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2010 It dont matter what you do to it its still a caravan and wont win any show n shine trophys will it!..............and most sites will tell you to change it within 20yrs anyway no matter how clean it is its still gonna be a CARAVAN............. You go there to relax not clean the bloody thing.....you really know how to live ER, what next a step by step how to clean your cooker!! I don't want it to win a show n shine trophy but there is nothing wrong with taking pride in things that you own. A caravan may be for relaxing in but a car just gets you from A to B, does that mean you never clean yours then!! As for the cooker I leave that to the missus but I might do the kitchen sink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorps Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 but a car just gets you from A to B, does that mean you never clean yours then!! A caravan dont even get you "B" I've always said im not cleaning the truck, local pols do it for me stuff all the detailing crap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted September 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 Just finished cleaning it again, never got around to it last year. 5 hours later all done, time for a beer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted September 13, 2012 Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 Nice one...... You have been lucky with the weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vipercar93 Posted September 13, 2012 Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 That's an understatement! The weather here is like playing Russian Roulette... with a fully loaded gun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liner33 Posted September 14, 2012 Report Share Posted September 14, 2012 Wow that looks good , met another detailer last week and he introduced me to some all in one polish and wax i'm really looking forward to using , so easy to use Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted September 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 Wow that looks good , met another detailer last week and he introduced me to some all in one polish and wax i'm really looking forward to using , so easy to use What AIO is that? I didn't use Optiseal as ran out of time, just washed it with ONR and used G101 to remove the green. I'm going to do it again early next year so might try a polish. The only thing I'm not keen on is buffing it off, WOWA is so much easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted July 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2017 I never did clean it the year after so 5 years later we have this! Most of it wasn't too bad but the top was green and filthy! It looks like my Dad took the long handled brush home so I ended up using a small hand sized one. This was probably better anyway as I could get in the gaps. All I used was ONR in a bucket with the brush and a mitt. 50/50 - Front end already done. Used opti-seal again once I had dried it. Took me abit longer to do than before so I won't leave it as long next time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted July 25, 2017 Report Share Posted July 25, 2017 Can definitely see the difference and to be fair it faired well given five years and near the coast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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