Cleaning caravan on site

Apparently the refurb at Whitewater includes a dedicated caravan washing station. Which will be great if it's free on arrival, but I can't see us queuing to use it or moving our van after setting up. Havent been there to see it 'in the flesh' as yet.

Won't that be for those who keep their vans in the storage compound. Not for those on site.

Apparently the refurb at Whitewater includes a dedicated caravan washing station. Which will be great if it's free on arrival, but I can't see us queuing to use it or moving our van after setting up. Havent been there to see it 'in the flesh' as yet.

Won't that be for those who keep their vans in the storage compound. Not for those on site.

Oooh, didn't think of that. That wasn't the impression we got from conversation with the warden before the temporary closure of the site, but maybe someone who's been can clarify... Shucks.

It is now 2023 and there still no real information about cleaning. We store our caravan

and wardens have always allowed us to give it a clean with bucket of water

but now even that seem a problem. We are elderly and have stored for years

now what do we do - leave the van dirty?

After some journeys in foul weather the van gets filthy, especially front and back, I have always given front, back and windows a quick wash with a bucket of water and rinsed with a watering can, I've never been questioned about this and think it would be churlish to do so.

magal - have you tried one of the many (round here at least) car wash places.  With so many high SUVs, I have seen steps in use at some of them so assuming they have high enough steps, should be able to clean the top as well.  

……with a pressure washer I expect😖

See rule 8 b

8. Waste water

a. Please collect waste water in a suitable container and empty it at the disposal point provided. Please don’t allow it to overflow.

b. Guests are not permitted to carry out a full scale washdown of their outfit on site, unless there is a specific wash down area. However, we do permit day to day mirror/screen/lights/windows cleaning with a bucket, sponge and very light detergent i.e. to make the outfit road safe, providing the water from the bucket does not get thrown over the outfit onto the pitch.

You can buy dry wash. Works effectively but obviously cleaning the roof is a bit of a problem.

Just a slight digression from actually cleaning the caravan to polishing it. When we bought the caravan new in 2015 the paintwork looked perfect, certainly nothing obviously wrong. However, a few years down the line and  we have noticed a patch appearing about 300mm square to the right of the door. This is showing as a brighter white colour. When I polish the caravan using either Mer of Autoglym polish the patch disappears almost completely. It does, however, become evident again after a few weeks. It has now also started to show very small blisters in the painted patch.

The question is why was the patch painted in the first place and why does the paint weather differently to the rest of the 'van. I can't take it up with Lunar as they have gone now. Also, I don't know who to approach about the blistered paint. It's not bad, but I know it is there and 'wrong'. I may end up buying a pair of suitably sized vinyl decals to cover the area.