Paintwork protectors
JOHN SOOTHERAN is Practical Caravan’s Consulting Editor and an experienced caravanner
IF POSH PAINT maker Farrow & Ball - famed for the creative names it gives its hues - were to describe the colour of a brand new, blindingly white caravan, it would probably be called ‘Squint’.
After two or three years, though, things inevitably change and that same tourer might by then be described as ‘Overcast’, ‘Dreary’, or in a really bad case, ‘Streaky’.
Lost sparkle
Gleaming caravans are an impressive sight, but as they get older, the sparkle is usually replaced by a light-grey tinge with vertical ‘tiger stripes’.
Maintaining the pristine whiteness of your beloved tourer can seem an impossible challenge, especially when it’s parked up over a long winter.
Regular cleaning helps, but while it can add a superficial shine, at a microscopic level, daily dust and grime, sap and bird droppings get into the paint surface’s micropores, and they’re a devil
