Motorhome/Trailer Polishing

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Hello there pros! I have a question for you. I sell various products to some of my local mobile guys and recently a mobile guy told me he was doing a trailer/toy hauler and needed to know a good polish for it. Do you treat a trailer or motorhome the same as you would a boat? Or is there something special you guys have found for the exteriors of trailers? I have only ever polished cars and small boats. Thanks in advance for your input.



PS: This detailer, kinda a know it all, says boats/motorhomes/trailers are all completely different animals in the way they need to be buffed and polished.



PSS: I am only referring to standard trailers...not Airstreams with the metal exteriors
 
on a motor i used the optimum poliseal with great results. polished and waxed with all in one step with a da buffer.
 
Same here, Poli-Seal works great on motorhomes/trailers in good condition. If they are in bad condition, you usually need gel coat specific products to bring them back.
 
Poli-seal is great if the paints in good condition.



However, chances are if someone wants their motorhome detailed its not in good condition.



To get the extra cut you have to move to a cutting pad or even a rotary buffer. Both which push poli-seal to its limits as its not very rotary friendly and doesn't have the fillers to hide the marring from a cutting pad.



If the paints really pad though. You'd be better off with a rotary as it will take a long time.



Meguiars #66 is a better solution and roughly have double the cut when compared to poliseal mainly due to its ability to be used with a cutting pad with a random orbital or a polishing pad with a rotary buffer.
 
You can use Optimum Compound cut 50/50 with Poli-Seal to increase the cut, should leave an excellent finish and you can remove the excess with OCW. I've done a couple motorhomes and a TV station camera truck (same type of finish) that I had to use gel coat specific compounds. Meguiars makes some really good ones.
 
TTWAGN said:
Poli-seal is great if the paints in good condition.



However, chances are if someone wants their motorhome detailed its not in good condition.



To get the extra cut you have to move to a cutting pad or even a rotary buffer. Both which push poli-seal to its limits as its not very rotary friendly and doesn't have the fillers to hide the marring from a cutting pad.



If the paints really pad though. You'd be better off with a rotary as it will take a long time.



Meguiars #66 is a better solution and roughly have double the cut when compared to poliseal mainly due to its ability to be used with a cutting pad with a random orbital or a polishing pad with a rotary buffer.
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I agree. I work as the detail manager for a large RV dealership in Idaho and almost all my customers are folks that are trying to shine up something that hasnt been very well taken care of. Most are motorhomes with the gelcoat in very bad shape. The aluminum sided trailers are easier to clean up because you're not removing the withered gelcoat.



When cleaning up the gelcoats, I've found the best stuff for us is any AIO. We use Mark V's One Shot because I can get it from a local vendor in large amounts relatively inexpensively. Using a rotary and wool pad, it cleans it up pretty effortlessly but it needs to be gone over carefully, constantly inspecting your work at different angles or you'll have spots you missed when looking straight at the worked area, just like anything else. I do the same on aluminum sided surfaces. The wool pad is great for those corrugated sides! We even get good results on fiberglass siding using a PC or UDM and orange pad, but the hours into it go through the roof! We'll put on a wax if the customer requires some further protection, but usually they're happy with the One Shot.
 
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