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    Posted: 17 Mar 2017 at 9:00am
I use Klasse AIO which is a cleaner polish/wax.  It works well at cleaning oxidation and stains.  Goes on and wipes off very easily.  I usually apply a layer of Collinite 845 over it on the roof for extra protection and durability.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 Mar 2017 at 5:59pm
I use Nufinish in the spring when I get the pod out of storage, use it only once each year. When I spray down the pod before washing it, the pod beads up from last years waxing. Easy to use and lasts for a full year. This will be year # 6 this spring. Once or twice though out the camping year I will use a regular wash and wax on the pod. Usually turtle wash and wax, but what ever I have on hand. Nufinish stands up really well.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 Mar 2017 at 5:00pm
I had used another brand of glue remover and it didn't work so well.  Got some Goo Gone and it does a nice job of getting the glue residue off.  Thanks for the suggestion.  Now I just have to get the stickers off that are sun damaged and fall apart so badly that you can't pull them off.  Some, held up well enough to pull off either with heating them up with a heat gun or letting them sit in the warm desert sun.  But some are so brittle and dry, they come off in little flakes.  Soon, I will have a naked pod.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Mar 2017 at 3:33pm
For 6 years now we have used MeGuiar's Ultimate liquid wax, leaves the pod's surface smooth as a baby's butt.  As for the decals we use ProtectAll.  Even after 6 years the decals pretty much are all in pristine condition.  One application every spring is all we do for each product.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Mar 2017 at 2:50pm
Goo Gone works great, but does it damage the fiberglass clear coat?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Mar 2017 at 2:37pm
I use Insulator Wax Collinite No. 845. It goes on really easy and keep the shine for a year. I use it on my boat and no more hard water spots. Just be careful on the top so you don't slide off.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Mar 2017 at 2:24pm
Goo Gone will clean off the adhesive residue
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Mar 2017 at 2:19pm
.... and if anyone has any suggestions on getting the old loopy stickers and glue off.  Heat seems to work if they're relatively intact, but when they've been cooked for years by the sun, they fall apart as you try to peal them off.  And they leave a glue residue that is really hard to get rid of.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Mar 2017 at 2:13pm
If the snow ever stops here in Pa.  I will need to wash and wax my Pod it needs a serious cleaning after returning from Fla. on Saturday. 

So I was wondering what other Podders were using for the exteriors of their campers to clean them up and make them shine?

Also what should I use on the seals for the slides? 
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