Cleaning our Dandy again.

Hi all, I got some of the small rust marks off Desmond Designer today, using little exfoliating wipes.
I figured if they are ok on skin, they shouldn't harm Desmond.lol
Remember when we had the blue and white 'dart' who was called 'blue' O/H packed the spare wheel against the white PVC, ooohhhhh I cursed him.

Spare wheels leave awful marks ........ I would have been doing more than cursing, I'd have probably been sat in a corner rocking too and fro

at least Desmond will be safe from wheel marks

Yes Helen, as his spare wheel is strapped underneath.

I used some silky caravan and boat cleaner on the cover to see if it would clean easily and this is the result it says its non abrasive no scratch cleaning cream, has anyone else used it?

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Not used it but it sounds ok,looks like you have a job on there.

It's the first thing I used to clean my Dandy when we purchased it ....... my dad had some in his garage from his caravan days. It worked a treat but was more expensive than the cif but we do still use it on the tub to get any marks off and it works on tough stains on the pvc too with no scratching .......... it's also not as messy as the cif.

fearful wizard wrote:I used some silky caravan and boat cleaner on the cover to see if it would clean easily and this is the result it says its non abrasive no scratch cleaning cream, has anyone else used it?

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another picture and didn't have to rub to hard, just wondered if it was a solvent?

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on touch is it smooth or sticky after cleaning if smooth ok as a cleaner sticky could be that it's is eating the pvc ???I stick to Jif and elbow greese

Caz1960 wrote:on touch is it smooth or sticky after cleaning if smooth ok as a cleaner sticky could be that it's is eating the pvc ???I stick to Jif and elbow greese

There is a phone number on the tub so i phoned and asked if silky was a solvent cleaner.
I explained what i wanted to use it for, and i was told it wasnt a solvent cleaner just test it on a small area first.

Sorry for the late reply but no not a solvent cleaner and for cleaning the dandy tub (where you get marks from the bungees) it's better than the solvents. I like the stuff, it brought up our old dandy cover and gave it a lovely sheen too. It brought the paintwork on the tub up lovely and it was very very shiny when finished

brilliant looks good but don't forget to polish ( mr sheen Silicon ) after so that the next clean will be easier.. I even put polish on my kitchen cupboards after as easier to wipe clean each time

Hi all.
We have marks on the trailer part of Desmond, that just do not seem to shift, whatever I use.
It is almost as though the marks are underneath the surface.

abc5575 wrote:Hi all.
We have marks on the trailer part of Desmond, that just do not seem to shift, whatever I use.
It is almost as though the marks are underneath the surface.

I have that with my roof of my awning I've scrubbed both sides but the marks be it fainter are still there I think with time and more cleaning they should fade

Most Dandy's will have some sort of marks that won't shift no matter what you do, I have some on my awning roof that have had everything thrown at them and they still wont go away as they seem to have stained the pvc ........ call it character rather than worry about them

Hi all.
Gosh it is 'muggy' on Tyneside, awfie.

Yes i think that I will have to just call it character, or I will be cleaning until the cows come home.

Desmond has a 'mucky' character.

Our Dandy is having a weekend away so we may just get to give it a clean up at last.

Isn't it amazing what a bottle of JIF and a lot of elbow grease can do

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No I have not made a mistake it is JIF

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Many years ago someone who worked for Unilever gave us a box of it FREE

Hi Jake, it looks like it is doing the job well.

I still call it Jif anyway,lol and I call Snickers Marathon.

After all, " A rose by any other name, would smell just as sweet".lol

We managed to get the front, side and rear of the Dandy clean this weekend but then we had sunshine and heavy heavy showers so couldn't do the roof this time ....... next time it's out which shouldn't be long we'll get it done

Your cover has come up a treat Jake

When I first got the Dandy, earlier this year, the cover was fitted inside out and I understood why when I looked at the "proper" outside. The half clean front picture looks bad but the top was/is worse but I thought it was sad to have the rear Dandy logo on the inside and so I decided to give it a go. I've now done half of it and used almost a whole bottle of jif, only two bottles left, we might have to buy some soon (the first in over 20 years)

When it is not in use I do have an extra cover (brown ) to protect the blue one

Our old cover was the same but it also had a large hole on the top from some rodent nibbling, we managed for a few years by patching it up and giving it a good clean but in the end changed covers. The Dandy on the rear is slotted into a clear plastic sleeve so I took a blade and cut that out then put it on the new cover with tenacious tape and slid the Dandy word back in before putting on the last bit of tape. It helps when packing as we know exactly which bit of the cover goes to the back