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Old 08-03-2015, 01:48 PM   #1
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Best way to dry coach after washing it?

Does anyone have a good method for drying your coach?
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Old 08-03-2015, 01:53 PM   #2
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Does anyone have a good method for drying your coach?

I know of only one best way to dry any vehicle. A large chamois


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Old 08-03-2015, 02:02 PM   #3
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Rinse it with deionized water and then you let Mr. Sun dry it!

I use CR Spotless and it's great!
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drying coach

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Old 08-03-2015, 02:27 PM   #5
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Check out this thread. I copied Chuck's design and use it to rinse the coach. Works great and keeps your feet on the ground.

http://www.irv2.com/forums/f278/good...ct-237841.html
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Check out this thread. I copied Chuck's design and use it to rinse the coach. Works great and keeps your feet on the ground.

http://www.irv2.com/forums/f278/good...ct-237841.html

Jb4545, thanks for posting this.. I reviewed the entire thread you referred to and I can't pick off where I can get the design/parts list/instruction.
I'd like to make one of these. Where can I find more info? Google has nothing which is surprising.


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Jb4545, thanks for posting this.. I reviewed the entire thread you referred to and I can't pick off where I can get the design/parts list/instruction.
I'd like to make one of these. Where can I find more info? Google has nothing which is surprising.
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There was a detailed material list with photos in that post for others that had the same questions. Here is that link. Feel free to change anything that you think might work better. The principal is the same and coach will dry spot free.

http://www.irv2.com/forums/f278/good...ml#post2471658
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I use one of these: The Original California Dry Blade, Clear - Walmart.com
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Thanks chuck, I guess I just missed it. Looking forward to the project.. Thanks again!


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Old 08-05-2015, 09:01 PM   #10
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I just purchased a product called Wash/Wax and it is waterless and does not leave spots. They say it even replaces other kinds of wax.
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Drive real fast......

Seriously, as mentioned, use demineralized water (Reverse Osmosis, RO) or spot free rinse water in car wash (softened water). The mobile RV wash in our winter park carries demin water on his trailer.

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One of the classes at the NW Regional FMCA rally gave out hints on that. She said the use a 1 gallon garden sprayer with about 1 oz of Jet Dry in it. Use it to wet the rig in small areas, then use a chamois or miracle cloth to dry. Comes out spotless although you might have to add some more of the Jet Dry if the water is hard.
They just started constructing a bunch of house in the field next to us so the MH is getting really dusty but they just got the sewer/water and curbs in so lots more dust to go.
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After trying a number of different methods, here is what I have been doing with pretty good success. I bought a AR Blue 118 pressure washer on Amazon for less than $90. Added the AR Foam Cannon for about another $50. I fill the foam gun with a relatively strong mixture of car wash - I like Mr. Pink fron Chemical Guys detailing. I spray sections of the coach with the foam cannon. It virtually turns the coach white with foam. I use a long handled extension with a very soft wash pad - got one at Walmart $10 - and scrub the area I foamed. Rinse with the power washer. After I finish washing and rinsing about 1/2 the coach, I hook my homemade deionizer - see previous threads - into the water line. Turning the pressure washer to off, I spray down the areas I washed with deionized water at city pressure using the pressure washer set to a fine spray. Repeat process for second half and sit back with a cold frosty beverage and watch it dry spot free. Whole process takes about an hour and I never have to climb a ladder unless I want to do the top of the front cap.
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For those that continue to email me wanting instruction..... they are posted here in a link on post #7. I made a special trip to Lowe's took photos of the items needed and posted current prices. Connect the pieces as shown in the photos and you have a spot free rinse unit. It's not that hard. Some made some pretty elaborate units, but simple is better when making a deionize unit. All you need to do is slow water flow over deionize resin beads and be able to spray it out at the other end.

In addition we are traveling and I do not have the file with me to email until Nov.
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