MH Cleaning Etiquette

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Timotei,

Apart from the cleaning the wind screen you must never ever wash the MH on site.

A
It sets a bad example, weeks ends away are for relaxation not spending precious hours washing vans

BE
If it rains on the way home you will have completely wasted your time as what the rain will not have washed off it will at least have soften up.

Les :wink: :wink:

Hi Timotei!

Careful now! :roll: :wink: Later this week, I shall give Our Coral her final all-over wash and polish. Then she'll be on the road for five days before arriving at Amboise for the Brass Bands.

I know she'll be covered in the blood and g*ts of many rapidly retired flying insects. I know she'll look a mess...

... but only at the front, on the bonnet and windscreen, and the overcab pod and the side shoulders.

I can't do a lot about any mess high up but a bowl of water and some elbow grease used discreetly will remove the mess that folk might see. I say discreetly because many folk would not wish to find themselves parked-up next to a giant car wash!! :roll: Yes, I shall keep the windscreen clean for safety's sake!

I'm going to be on holiday, for six weeks, so there are certain chores that will be ignored, neglected, forgotten about... I certainly won't be taking a motorhome cleaning kit or jet power washer! I'll clean what I have to - discreetly. Anything else will come second to the bottle of wine that will be waiting for me!! :roll: :wink: :lol:

Having re-read my original post, I realise how badly I have explained my question....fortunately this is due to the fine bottle of Aussie red i have been exploring, something that happens FAR more regularly than MH cleaning!

I have never felt the need to wash / clean while away, but we are heading to the continent for much longer than usual this summer......still have no intention of doing so on site, but do most of you wait until you return home to clean (plus the fly management as you go!), do you risk a jet wash "en route", or do you have any other secrets I should know about?

rest assured, there are plenty more bottles of wine to be investigated, and as we intend to use the France Passion as much as possible while there, I fully expect to have a homegrown exo-skeleton on the luton before long! So don't worry, if you do bump into us soon you won't be spending the night "at the carwash".

Timotei.

I find the sight of a man with a bucket and a sponge washing down his van each evening rather sad. Dangerous too; my other half knocked off the "i" of our "Multijet" logo when removing dead flies. I told him it wasn't a good idea but they were several centimetres thick on the bodywork and beginning to affect the fuel consumption.

If- and a big if- we find van washing facilities on a site then we have been known ( well, twice ) to wash the van as we have no way of doing it at home. Other than that it is a case of clean windscreen, mirrors and lights. There was a tip on here some time ago which suggested that covering the vulnerable bits of the van with cling film made getting flies of easy !

There is a smashing area attrezziata in Modena ( CamperClub Mutina) which has the full monty; dedicated space, hoses, brushes, moveable platform and it is all free. There is also a proper van motorhome wash at the supermarket close to Camping les Sabots at Azay le Rideau. Could we resist ?

G