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RE: How to clean the rubber waistline strip.

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sat Apr 26, 2014 6:48 pm
by Randa france | 12.875 Posts

I'm beginning to worry about presenting our van at the Gloucester meet to you Eriba cleaning aficionados after 3 long months of touring France and Spain. When we were discussing "waist rails" this afternoon while sitting outside the van in 24 degrees of heat and several beers and a G n' T inside us, our waist rail looked......OK ....but then we were dazzled by our highly polished roof.....


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#17

RE: How to clean the rubber waistline strip.

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sat Apr 26, 2014 6:58 pm
by KeithF (deleted)
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Hi Rodger & Amanda there are more important things in life than waistlines ,you have got the right outlook enjoy


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#18

RE: How to clean the rubber waistline strip.

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sat Apr 26, 2014 7:03 pm
by Randa france | 12.875 Posts

Hi Keith and Margie. Thanks for your comments but you may have noticed that we used the term "Waistrail" because if you are talking "Waistline" then we've had it.. Too many beers and G n' T's we're afraid


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#19

RE: How to clean the rubber waistline strip.

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sat Apr 26, 2014 7:08 pm
by Aaron Calder | 3.743 Posts

Quote: Randa france wrote in post #16
....but then we were dazzled by our highly polished roof.....
Not as much as we were dazzled by your highly polished head.


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#20

RE: How to clean the rubber waistline strip.

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sat Apr 26, 2014 7:31 pm
by Agger (deleted)
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Quote: Randa france wrote in post #16
I'm beginning to worry about presenting our van at the Gloucester meet to you Eriba cleaning aficionados after 3 long months.....


Agger has spoken to the GLOUCESTER cleaning club and ALL roads are to be blocked and vans inspected for cleanliness BEFORE being allowed to proceed


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#21

RE: How to clean the rubber waistline strip.

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sat Apr 26, 2014 7:50 pm
by Randa france | 12.875 Posts

Quote: Aaron Calder wrote in post #19
[quote="Randa france"|p7057] Not as much as we were dazzled by your highly polished head.

Ohhh! Who's all bitter and twisted then darling ? Is it because we who have no use of hair keep you who drive hairdresser's cars out of business?
R


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#22

RE: How to clean the rubber waistline strip.

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sat Apr 26, 2014 9:51 pm
by Randa france | 12.875 Posts

Quote: Agger wrote in post #20
Agger has spoken to the GLOUCESTER cleaning club and ALL roads are to be blocked and vans inspected for cleanliness BEFORE being allowed to proceed

Oh Ek better get it sorted then. I've heard that there's a good caravan valeting service near the camp site called " Gleaming Graham's Great Gloucester Grooming Service". Will have to look them up
Randa


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#23

RE: How to clean the rubber waistline strip.

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sat Apr 26, 2014 9:56 pm
by hob (deleted)
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Either that or you and I might spend a few days at the local supermarket car park


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#24

RE: How to clean the rubber waistline strip.

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sun Apr 27, 2014 8:04 am
by Agger (deleted)
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Oh Ek better get it sorted then. I've heard that there's a good caravan valeting service near the camp site called " Gleaming Graham's Great Gloucester Grooming Service". Will have to look them up
Randa

Me to


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RE: How to clean the rubber waistline strip.

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sun Apr 27, 2014 8:05 am
by Agger (deleted)
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Quote: hob wrote in post #23
Either that or you and I might spend a few days at the local supermarket car park


I can recommend a few


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#26

RE: How to clean the rubber waistline strip.

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sun Apr 27, 2014 8:52 pm
by Eribanut | 2.025 Posts

Wat are you all like


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RE: How to clean the rubber waistline strip.

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Sun Apr 27, 2014 9:31 pm
by Agger (deleted)
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Quote: Eribanut wrote in post #26
Wat are you all like


We are happy folk of the friendly forum


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#28

RE: How to clean the rubber waistline strip.

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Wed Aug 27, 2014 3:44 pm
by Aaron Calder | 3.743 Posts

Once again I started the pre-France cleanup this morning and can report that the super-whizzo Aerospace Protectant did NOT prevent the top Herzim strip on the waist rail from going yellow and sticky over the summer. It was as bad as ever. It also doesn't seem to have fared too well on the roof which now needs another (expensive) coat so I'll probably just wax it with Collinite when I do the body.

As I was using some Fenwick's Black Streak Remover I thought I'd give that a try on the plastic and initially thought it worked but alas, no. It was still nasty after careful application, leaving for a few minutes and then rubbing vigorously.

So it was back to the non-Frantone approved methylated spirit which removed the muck without a great deal of effort. After that the rain started and the planned waxing of the bodywork had to be abandoned.

I shall continue to seek a solution to the sticky waist rail rubber problem but have to confess that I'm not optimistic.


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#29

RE: How to clean the rubber waistline strip.

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Wed Aug 27, 2014 4:07 pm
by Pop540 (deleted)
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after the aero on the roof tried the 3m stuff and it was easy to apply and did keep roof in good condition for 6 months but does have contents id rather stay away from
just moved onto the farcela compound and uv polish not easy to apply (unless have a polisher) but did give results in end. come to the conclusion the aero stuff seems to only work on new grp
finished off with maguairs gold wax, eriba now a gleaming example of hard work

thought the waist rail seal reacts with polish so tend to keep away..


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#30

RE: How to clean the rubber waistline strip.

in Improving your pride and joy and how to fix things Wed Aug 27, 2014 5:23 pm
by Aaron Calder | 3.743 Posts

Quote: Pop540 wrote in post #29
thought the waist rail seal reacts with polish so tend to keep away.
Yes, I wondered about that too.


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