RE: [A/S] Protection other than Clearcoat

[Jerry Flanders <jeflanders@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

In Anchorage, AK, during the summer of 2001 I washed the trailer at a 
commercial wash place (primarily for cars, but he had a big bay for the 
rest of us) using a high-pressure spray with some kind of detergent mixed 
in. It went quickly and did an excellent job, and took very little "elbow 
grease" from me. Cost only a couple bucks of quarters in his machine.

Back home now, I recently purchased one of the pressure washers that can 
suck up a detergent from a bucket as I go. I haven't washed the trailer 
with it yet, but I plan to do so, holding the sprayer back a couple feet 
from the skin (it probably would take the clearcoat off at a couple inches 
- it is THAT powerful). I have some commercial cleaning detergent meant for 
industrial cleaning. I will re-read the contents list, but if I don't see 
anything corrosive in it, I will be using a weak mix of it on the trailer.

BTW, one of these pressure washers just might be a quickie way to actually 
remove the clearcoat prior to refinishing an AS. Maybe somebody will try 
that some day and report. The basic electric ones are well under a hundred 
bucks these days.

Jerry  4404