Lazy-Ferret
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I have been servicing the caravan, full on job, as I realised that somehow I missed doing it last year.
Wheels and hubs off, Brakes all cleaned, dusted, lubricated in the right places, and adjusted.
Wheels all masked up and re-sprayed.
All steadies have had the stiff thick dirty grease removed, and then once all clean a thin layer of marine grease re-applied
Gas system all checked for leaks, and made sure all the pipes were OK.
All 49 hinges, 16 latches, 10 door knobs, 16 stays, and goodness knows how many other bits lubricated and tightened.
Roof lights remove, taken apart and cleaned between the layers.
Window seals all siliconed, and latches tightened.
All windows cleaned inside and outside
Lights checked
Electrics checked
Cleaned and polished all the wood work.
Gas stove deep cleaned.
I then set to work trying to clean the roof...
Now in the past I have used a polish called Mur, which you can use wet, and with a lot of scrubbing the roof comes up nicely, and lasts the year pretty well, but then takes a bit of work to get it clean again the next year..
This time though, I decided to try something else... bearing in mind we never got round to cleaning the roof last year, I was not looking forward to it. I got up the ladder, and set to work with the Mer... Slow progress was being made.
Then I had an idea.... last year we got some "Wet & Forget" Moss Mould Lichen and Algae Remover to treat a bit of the drive that is in the shade all day and gets very slippery when the algae builds up. Now don't get me wrong, it's not cheap, but luckily Costco had it on special offer, so we got some, and it worked well.
So I put some neat in a spray bottle, sprayed the roof, then used a soft broom I keep for brushing the snow off the cars (It's not seen a lot of action the last few years!), to agitate the wet patch... The dirt just lifted off.... I mean it really could not have been easier, I wet a patch of the roof, brushed it with the broom, and it went disgusting brown, then when I had done the whole roof, I washed it off, with a bit more sweeping to remove any that had dried. Even better I did it all from one side of the van, by using the length of the broom to reach right across, which was a real result as normally I have to move the van away from the fence to do the other side.
I then went round and did all those bits where algae builds like round the rear lights, and along the tops of the windows, all came off with just a little agitation from a paint brush.
For those with tin tents, I highly recommend this stuff...
Wheels and hubs off, Brakes all cleaned, dusted, lubricated in the right places, and adjusted.
Wheels all masked up and re-sprayed.
All steadies have had the stiff thick dirty grease removed, and then once all clean a thin layer of marine grease re-applied
Gas system all checked for leaks, and made sure all the pipes were OK.
All 49 hinges, 16 latches, 10 door knobs, 16 stays, and goodness knows how many other bits lubricated and tightened.
Roof lights remove, taken apart and cleaned between the layers.
Window seals all siliconed, and latches tightened.
All windows cleaned inside and outside
Lights checked
Electrics checked
Cleaned and polished all the wood work.
Gas stove deep cleaned.
I then set to work trying to clean the roof...
Now in the past I have used a polish called Mur, which you can use wet, and with a lot of scrubbing the roof comes up nicely, and lasts the year pretty well, but then takes a bit of work to get it clean again the next year..
This time though, I decided to try something else... bearing in mind we never got round to cleaning the roof last year, I was not looking forward to it. I got up the ladder, and set to work with the Mer... Slow progress was being made.
Then I had an idea.... last year we got some "Wet & Forget" Moss Mould Lichen and Algae Remover to treat a bit of the drive that is in the shade all day and gets very slippery when the algae builds up. Now don't get me wrong, it's not cheap, but luckily Costco had it on special offer, so we got some, and it worked well.
So I put some neat in a spray bottle, sprayed the roof, then used a soft broom I keep for brushing the snow off the cars (It's not seen a lot of action the last few years!), to agitate the wet patch... The dirt just lifted off.... I mean it really could not have been easier, I wet a patch of the roof, brushed it with the broom, and it went disgusting brown, then when I had done the whole roof, I washed it off, with a bit more sweeping to remove any that had dried. Even better I did it all from one side of the van, by using the length of the broom to reach right across, which was a real result as normally I have to move the van away from the fence to do the other side.
I then went round and did all those bits where algae builds like round the rear lights, and along the tops of the windows, all came off with just a little agitation from a paint brush.
For those with tin tents, I highly recommend this stuff...
