How to Perform Thorough Annual R.V Cleaning

 


Annual cleaning may be done as spring cleaning when you're getting your rig ready for the season or when you prep your rig for storage at the end of the season.  Annual cleaning, is more intense and more detailed than routine, post-trip cleaning.   Vinyl or tile floors should be stripped and re-waxed. Carpets and upholstery should be shampooed properly for R.V sale, resale and maintenance.

If you don't have a carpet cleaner it will probably be well worth renting a "Rug Doctor" from your local supermarket.  You may want to "flip" the mattress on your bed if you can. Not all mattresses are reversible, so make sure the bottom side matches the top before flipping it over.  At the very least, it should be thoroughly vacuumed and bedspreads, comforters and sleeping bags removed and cleaned. Even if they aren't heavily soiled, they are likely to have become laden with dust and residue from your body and cooking fumes. Bedspreads, comforters, and sleeping bags might need to be dry cleaned, but sheets and pillow cases and sleeping bag liners can go in the washer.

Take everything out of the cabinets and drawers and clean the drawers and cabinets with a disinfectant cleaner. If you've done your post-trip maintenance well, you shouldn't encounter any spills or leaky containers but if you do, clean up the mess thoroughly. Discard any expired or damaged food containers. If you find any unpleasant odors in your fresh water supply, you will want to add some bleach to the fresh water tank (one cup of bleach for each 60 gallons of water), then pump water through all the fixtures until you can smell the bleach at the faucets. Let it stand at least 4 hours, then drain the and flush the system. For an added measure of freshness, add some baking soda (a half cup in a gallon of water) to the fresh water tank then completing filling and flush it through the system, then drain and flush the entire system with fresh water one last time before refilling with fresh water for your next trip and check on R.V repairs.

There are products that can be added to the fresh water tank to help preserve the freshness, but they are normally not required unless your water source is contaminated if the tanks and system have been properly flushed. The black water tank, on the other hand, should always get a fresh charge of holding tank chemicals as soon as it has been emptied -- unless you are winterizing your RV. Know the size of your tank in order to add the correct amount of chemicals. Too little is ineffective, too much just wastes money. Adding more with the idea that it will help cover foul odors is like pouring perfume on a pig! If the odors are getting really bad, dump and flush the tanks and start over as soon as possible.

 

 

 

 

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