StarkNaked
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What is your secret trick for cleaning/waxing your front cap?
It's always difficult to reach the front cap when washing a Class C RV.
I've tried the ladder next to the front wheels, but it's a long reach to get to the center of the front cap.
What do you do to make access easier?
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MDKMDK
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Wait for a forecast of heavy rain. Take it out on the freeway, trying to head into the rain, at freeway speeds for at least 20 minutes to half an hour. Works well. Also, try not to drive it in temps above 50F. Bugs like warm weather.
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mbutts
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One of these: Ladder
I made sure it was tall enough to clear the hood of the E-450 when in the scaffold position. The one I bought came with aluminum "planks" to stand on.
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bobndot
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1-Open engine hood and stand on the support above the grill.
2-Telescoping heavy duty painters pole with a brush head. Wrap a towel around the brush , secure it using string or fishing line.
3- stilts, like professional spacklers wear.
4- fabricate hand trucks without wheels.
Have a welder make you two identical pieces that resemble a hand-truck. Place the blade under each front tire of the rv to hold them in place securely. Build them tall enough to clear the fenders, approx 5-6 ft fall. Then place and secure planks across the hood using the top of the metal hand trucks as your supports.
This is more secure than using two ladders and a cross plank.
5- find someone with a bucket loader tractor. Stand in the bucket. Have him lift you up.
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toedtoes
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I just use a telescoping car wash brush for cleaning.
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Dusty R
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Two step ladders, one on each of hood, then a plank on the ladders over the hood.
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Desert Captain
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toedtoes wrote:I just use a telescoping car wash brush for cleaning.
X2 sometimes the simplest way is the best. Removing bugs becomes much easier if you use a product that cleans and leaves a smooth film { I like BugSlide and many recommend Rejex}. Bugslide comes in a small pump spray bottle making it easy to spray the cabover. Let it soak in for a few minutes and then power spray off the bugs finishing with the extended brush.
To kick it up a notch spray some additional BS on and use your telescoping brush wrapped in a piece of towel to buff it in. By standing on a step ladder at each wheel I can reach about two thirds of the cabover. Our 2012 Nexus has huge bug catching cabover {101" wide with 7' of interior headroom throughout the 24' coach} but these methods have been working for me for 9+ years.
This pic wast taken a couple of months ago... not too bad for 10+ year old coach with 74K miles on it:
![[image]](https://i.imgur.com/RFOrcTWl.jpg)
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StarkNaked
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Thanks for the replies.
MButts - I looked at that ladder last year and it was unavailable then, plus some of the reviews were poor. Still unavailable now.
bobndot - I like the front loader idea. But they might be out of my price range! I also like the fabricate idea that you can drive onto to improve stability.
I helped a neighbor today with gutter install. He had a Telescoping Plank. That might be what I try next with two ladders.
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RambleOnNW
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I use the 2 tall stepladder and telescoping aluminum plank method. By carefully positioning the ladders and plank I am primarily leaning into the cab while working on it. Most of the time I wash the cab over with a long handled brush but once a year I’ll get up there and wax and polish the entire cab.
Now that I am thinking about it, next time I should rig up a heavy rope higher up on the stepladders as a rail.
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Grit dog
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Got to give an A for creativity and a F for safety for some of these “solutions.” Lol
Tie a rope between two step ladders for a handrail? ![[emoticon]](https://forums.goodsamclub.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/eek.gif "eek")
Although it does amaze me sometimes to see how something as simple as a brush on a long stick is tossed to the side in favor of things I have trouble even conceptualizing.
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