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General Care
Motorhome Exterior
The exterior of Auto-Trail Motorhomes are
finished with a highly polished fibreglass skin.
This is a very durable surface and is very easy
to clean due to its high gloss finish.
To maintain a showroom finish, wash the
Motorhome regularly with a mild detergent,
rinse off with cold water and leather off.
A good quality car wax may be applied which
will make washing even easier in the future.
Abrasive cleaning agents must never be used
to clean the exterior of Auto-Trail Motorhomes.
Within the first twelve months cracks and
blisters can appear in the surface of moulded
GRP components. These are cosmetic only
and have no effect on the vehicles structure.
These components can be readily repaired
using the correct procedure (please refer this
to your supplying dealer).
Mouldings
All mouldings are powder coated aluminium and
will retain their colour and finish for a long time
if no abrasive materials are used to clean them.
Care Of Windows
The windows in your vehicles are fully double
glazed and with care will remain sparkling and
scratch free.
Day to Day Cleaning
– please wash windows
carefully, as you would with paintwork on your
car. Do not scrub windows prior to removing
surface dirt and film with a hose – any trapped
dirt could cause scratching. When all the excess
dirt has been removed, wash with a solution of
warm water and a small amount of washing up
liquid, windows can then be dried off with a
window leather.
Small Scratches
– can be removed using a
liquid metal polish or a commercial acrylic polish,
available from most good accessory shops.
The type of polish used should depend on the
severity of the scratch; a more abrasive
substance is needed for deeper scratches, for
example. Any process of scratch removal should
be finished with the finest grade of polish to ‘buff’
the area(s) concerned.
Catches and Stays
– all the Polyplastic ranges
of window fittings do not require any special
attention or lubrication. On a day to day level,
please be careful not to over-tighten the
thumbscrews on window stays.
It is a popular misconception that acrylic
Motorhome windows are vacuum sealed,
this is not so. The windows in a Motorhome
can, as with domestic glazing, be susceptible
to temporary condensation if the temperature
difference between inside and outside changes
quickly and / or dramatically i.e. if a cold
Motorhome is heated quickly using the
heater or by the sun.
These drastic changes of temperature and the
moisture in the air both contribute towards the
temporary condensation that will normally
disappear as quickly as it appears.
This whole phenomenon is purely related
to ambient temperature changes of the
Motorhome compared to the window cavities.
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