Spring Cleaning

Everywhere you look people are talking about spring cleaning. The RV is no different.  When we had our class C, we would take a day and go through it top to bottom.  Mark would take care of the outside while I handled the inside.  It looked so good when we were done.

Our Phaeton is no different although we don’t do it in a day anymore.  She gets her spa day in February by ANS Detailing.  We clean the inside after every trip before we take her back to storage and twice a year I do a deep clean.  I lemon oil the cabinets, clean the windows and window sills, vacuum inside the cabinets and use the vacuum tools on those hard to reach spots.  I use this Dawn and vinegar concoction in the shower to make it “like new” clean.

Silly me, I took a good look at the front chairs before my last deep clean.  Wow, they were dirty.  Embarrassingly dirty.

After searching for a cleaner, I decided on Meguiar’s Quick Interior Detail Cleaner.  We only use Meguiar’s on our cars and boat so I knew I was in good hands.  I used two microfiber cloths, one damp, one dry and worked in small sections much like waxing a car.  I sprayed it on and rubbed with the damp cloth before finishing with a good buffing with the dry cloth.  Some of the dirtier parts took some elbow grease but I could see the pretty and clean chair emerge as I kept going.

They looked so good when I was finished; good as new.  From the chairs I moved onto the couches and while not as dirty, they also looked much better afterward.  I like that the finish wasn’t slippery or super shiny.  After sitting back and admiring the new clean seating surfaces, I vowed then and there not to let them get that dirty again.

Speaking of which, it’s that time again.  Time to spend a few hours on our next trip giving the inside some serious cleaning attention and love.