Anyone come across this ? I decided to wash my van today and climbed up a ladder to do the roof first. I noticed very small black spots/ specs all over the roof, concentrated more in certain areas. Tried washing with caravan cleaner and they just seem to fade a bit and not come off??
Any ideas what to use to get them off ? ( whaever they are van isn't under any trees etc )
I had this on my old van, I used some Tcut then some car polish after a good scrub but I didn't get it all off to be honest. I've no idea what it is but it's hard work trying to get it off.
I think white spirit is worth trying too, I seem to remember it removing some of those black spots when I was cleaning off excess sealant after resealing the centre roof strip.
I've not got as far as cleaning the roof on my current van but I bet that is the same.
Had the same on mine, also had a spray can of Autoglym Caravan cleaner handy, removed the spots with ease, to easy really ended up cleaning the whole roof cos the cleaned area looked so much better
Mines the same, makes the roof surface rough to the touch. I clean my roof regularly so its not green but I don't run my fingers on my roof and can't be seen unless up close so I don't worry about it.
just a thought,if your van is parked/stored near a railway line tiny particals of metal are blown on the wind.these tiny bits go very black after a time.as a rule the spots are all on one side of the caravan facing the line.
Post last edited on 21/03/2012 23:46:53
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