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Subject Topic: small black spots on roof
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20/3/2012 at 9:09pm
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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 )

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20/3/2012 at 9:22pm
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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.



20/3/2012 at 9:48pm
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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


21/3/2012 at 9:23pm
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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.

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21/3/2012 at 9:57pm
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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.

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