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kate13

Hi Smick
Does anyone with a Hymer Polish the sides. I intented Polishing Roof, Front, Back?
Useing Fenwick to wash it?
Regards Julie

centrefire

If have smooth sides and not dimples t-cut and polish it will come up like new,

RichardnGill

I polished ours with MER and it made it much easier to keep clean. I use Fenwicks to wash it and it is now easy to get the black streaks of.

I have not polished the roof yet but it is on the jobs to do, but with ours being a C class with a luton how to you polish that?

Richard...

beagle

Polished ours with Mer too, to make it easier to clean. I don't risk standing on the roof. Bought a ladder specially for this purpose and fixed a board securely across the top of it, this was covered in old carpet. This means the ladder can lean against the side of the van without scratching and it's wide so it spreads the load.

Obviously you need to take care that the ladder is firmly planted on the ground. I get Sandra to hold it (and if I did fall she could soften the impact!) I only use the ladder for the roof - the rest is washed with an extendable brush attached to a hose - the sort you can buy for cleaning windows.

This does a good job except for stubborn insect remains, but wrapping a pair of tights round the brush gets them.

I also find that parking the van on ramps so it is slightly up at the front means it sheds rainwater from the roof more quickly which takes a lot of muck with it and keeps it cleaner.

smick

In response to Dave, who said the tights were Mrs Smick's ? Rolling Eyes

Auchmill

I bought a