Podmods, Maintenance, Tips and Tricks: Washing and Waxing

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Washing and Waxing

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Topic: Washing and Waxing

Posted By: Wepod
Subject: Washing and Waxing
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2017 at 2:13pm

If the snow ever stops here in Pa. I will need to wash and wax my Pod it needs a serious cleaning after returning from Fla. on Saturday.

So I was wondering what other Podders were using for the exteriors of their campers to clean them up and make them shine?

Also what should I use on the seals for the slides?

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Posted By: lostagain
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2017 at 2:19pm

.... and if anyone has any suggestions on getting the old loopy stickers and glue off. Heat seems to work if they're relatively intact, but when they've been cooked for years by the sun, they fall apart as you try to peal them off. And they leave a glue residue that is really hard to get rid of.

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Never leave footprints behind.
Fred & Maria Kearney
Sonoma 167RB
Our Pod 172
2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost

Posted By: jimandclare
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2017 at 2:24pm

Goo Gone will clean off the adhesive residue

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Jim & Clare
2016 R-pod 178
2014 Ford Edge

Posted By: rda54
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2017 at 2:37pm

I use Insulator Wax Collinite No. 845. It goes on really easy and keep the shine for a year. I use it on my boat and no more hard water spots. Just be careful on the top so you don't slide off.

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Ronald & Lonna
2014 178
2016 Chevy 1500

Posted By: David49
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2017 at 2:50pm

Goo Gone works great, but does it damage the fiberglass clear coat?

Posted By: jato
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2017 at 3:33pm

For 6 years now we have used MeGuiar's Ultimate liquid wax, leaves the pod's surface smooth as a baby's butt. As for the decals we use ProtectAll. Even after 6 years the decals pretty much are all in pristine condition. One application every spring is all we do for each product.

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God's pod
'11 model 177
'17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost
Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake
"...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free."

Posted By: lostagain
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2017 at 5:00pm

I had used another brand of glue remover and it didn't work so well. Got some Goo Gone and it does a nice job of getting the glue residue off. Thanks for the suggestion. Now I just have to get the stickers off that are sun damaged and fall apart so badly that you can't pull them off. Some, held up well enough to pull off either with heating them up with a heat gun or letting them sit in the warm desert sun. But some are so brittle and dry, they come off in little flakes. Soon, I will have a naked pod.

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Never leave footprints behind.
Fred & Maria Kearney
Sonoma 167RB
Our Pod 172
2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost

Posted By: ron_whitt
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2017 at 5:59pm

I use Nufinish in the spring when I get the pod out of storage, use it only once each year. When I spray down the pod before washing it, the pod beads up from last years waxing. Easy to use and lasts for a full year. This will be year # 6 this spring. Once or twice though out the camping year I will use a regular wash and wax on the pod. Usually turtle wash and wax, but what ever I have on hand. Nufinish stands up really well.

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Ron & Shirley
2020 Tacoma
2012 177 rpod

Posted By: fonseca179
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2017 at 9:00am

I use Klasse AIO which is a cleaner polish/wax. It works well at cleaning oxidation and stains. Goes on and wipes off very easily. I usually apply a layer of Collinite 845 over it on the roof for extra protection and durability.