Does anyone use this and recommend it?
If so, which sort (there seems to be a wide range of makes and prices)?
How do you use it on a caravan roof?
We're thinking it might be easier to use to clean the caravan we have in storage in France, where our only option for washing is while we are on a campsite.
Never used one at all, but assuming most of these products are aimed at cars rather than specifically caravans, concern being caravan paint is incredibly thin compared to car paint, relatively easy to abrade through it if any gritty type muck on the van.
If your roof looks anything like mine, then every kind of muck imaginable to be found!
Plenty of bird droppings which can be full of quite large grit (birds ingest grit with their food and on purpose to aid digestion, and it passes into their droppings!), they generally need soaking with water to soften and then flush off rather than rub off to avoid risk of scratches.
I also have areas where lying water accumulates, that tends to be full of coarse dust/debris as well.
Can't say never use, as I've never tried them, but I'd be cautious and may consider only suitable for lightly soiled areas, that may rather defeat your objective!
Then there is using the product, many caravan roofs are not capable of taking your weight, so how do you reach into the middle? Standing on a ladder, I use a long handled wash brush and hose when washing my van, that seems hard enough task to reach all the roof, no chance of doing so by hand without virtually climbing on the roof, and mine is a relatively 'narrow' by modern van standards, 7ft3in wide van!
Have been using Meguiars Waterless for years with absolutely no ill effects.
After the van has been washed before setting off once at site just give it a going over with the spray cleaner, ends up looking like new.
Don't use it on the roof though, just wash & wax shampoo and long brush and sponge.
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we used the car one on the caravan whilst on a rally, well all i can say is wow wow wow what a shine! it came up incredible only down side was all the dirty cloths to wash afterwards
I came across a couple of brands on the CMC website while ordering a TyrePal monitor (Dry Sparkle and Wow) that are specifically for caravans, so presumably they should be okay.
Also we have indoor storage so are fortunate that the roof does not get as dirty as if stored outside. At the moment we use a lightweight stepladder (that stays in France with the caravan) and a long
handled brush with the usual shampoo, then
rinsed off with watering can-fulls of water.
Thought the Waterless system would be a lot easier, unless we still need to wash the roof in the usual way, in which case we might as well do it all with shampoo and water.
I would take the 'specifically for caravans' with a large helping of salt!
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Topic: Waterless caravan cleaner
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