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First time using it.

Post by Tracker16 on 9/10/2011, 8:31 am

At one time I asked what ya'll use for getting bugs off the front of the camper.You all told me Dryer sheets,What the heck is in those things. clapper It still took a little elbow grease,but man they work great! worthy You guys ROCK headbanger
Here is a before picture.

And here are some after.


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Post by BobnPi on 9/10/2011, 10:01 am

Nice cleaning. We have also found they work great. One of the reasons I love this site. I'd never have thought of using them.

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Post by AVid on 9/10/2011, 11:07 am

You can use less elbow grease if you wipe the wet dryer sheets on and let it set for a couple of minutes. Gives the solution a chance to work.

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Post by Scruffy and Tater on 9/10/2011, 11:11 am

Looks good. Our front was even worse than that, and dryer sheets worked very well.

Another use for used dryer sheets - scouring sinks and counter tops. Not really scouring, but they have just enough abrasive texture to do a great job. Good use for used dryer sheets - the unused ones would probably create a mess, and the softener in the sheets isn't needed.

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Post by TC on 9/10/2011, 1:47 pm

Tracker, If you have any dryer sheets left, you can over to my house and see if it works on my Cat too Wink

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Post by Tracker16 on 9/10/2011, 2:05 pm

TC wrote:Tracker, If you have any dryer sheets left, you can over to my house and see if it works on my Cat too Wink

TC

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Got plenty of dryer sheets TC....Just ran out of elbow grease. clown

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Post by TC on 9/10/2011, 2:46 pm

Shucks!! Laughing

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Post by Frank on 9/10/2011, 6:19 pm

They work great in cleaning shower doors and walls. I also wrap a couple around the power cable just inside the hatch cover to keep bugs from entering the camper.

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Post by maxum1989 on 9/10/2011, 6:41 pm

I find the dryer sheets do work great but I have also found that overuse will result in removing the wax on the nose as well. I now use the dryer sheets and then do a quick wax shortly afterwards.

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Post by shooter on 9/12/2011, 3:06 am

Wow, those were a lot of bugs, nice cleaning job though.

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Post by Scruffy and Tater on 9/12/2011, 10:01 am

Tracker,
The front of your trailer wasn't bad. THIS was bad -


Love bugs in Mississippi.

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Post by Tracker16 on 9/12/2011, 12:06 pm

That's what mine looked like Tater before I hit it with the hose and a brush trying to get the bugs off.Didn't work...So I put the dryer sheet to it. thumbUp

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Post by THEHIWAYMAN (aka Tim) on 9/13/2011, 12:12 am

Hey all I didn't want to start a new thread for this question, but along the lines of cleaning, have any of you ever run across the mold spores....those little black buggers can survive a nuclear blast!

I think they may be more of a north east issue...

I always thought they were catapiller droppings but come to find out they are not...anyways any good ideas on cleaning them...

I usually use a credit card (always handy for WC repairs as well ;-)
to scrape them off then they can be brushed off, but man you can have hundreds and hundreds of them...

Any magic tricks?

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Post by Scruffy and Tater on 9/13/2011, 2:31 pm

I don't think we've ever had that problem. We get some spots on the awning occasionally. Scruffy uses a mixture of Simple Green and bleach. I suppose that would work anywhere.

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Post by Portagie1968 on 9/14/2011, 1:34 pm

Dyer sheets than wax. Try that soon.

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