Quote: Originally posted by kojack on 11/6/2015
Protec caravan cover,still polishing the tiger stripes out of the paintwork
same here,it was only on for 3 months.cost 400 quid.The company is rubbish as is their products.Seems like quite a few have suffered the same problem.I bet no one got a refund though
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one annex for a pyramid Corsican awning gas barbicue and stand never used hundreds of different tent pegs naff nose weight gauge thingy you hang on side of caravan to dry clothes on
Quote: Originally posted by fleck2 on 14/6/2015
Did any of you clean and polish the van before putting the protec cover on? We had one for a year and it didn't Mark the van at all.
yes,our van is always washed and polished before and after we go away.Like my car and works van,they are always clean,i dont like scummy vehicles/
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Tiger stripes,they are not stains or anything like it,they are polish marks where the cover has polished the van.
this is caused by the cover moving in the wind and polishing the van where it touches.
in windy conditions causing the cover to sort of ripple as the wind blows and it polishes the van where it touches.
It makes no difference who makes the cover its the above action that makes the marks.
If your van is stored in a sheltered position you wont get the marks, this is why some people get the marks and others dont.
Also if your van has newish unfaded paintwork you are less likley to get them as your paintwork is already highley polished.
If your painwork has dulled a bit the marks will show due to this polishing affect
so the duller your paintwork the more you will see the tiger stripes.
buy a new caravan and cover it, no stripes.
Buy a new cover for an older caravan, tiger stripes
Stored in windy conditions, tiger stripes, see where im coming from??
As you can see from the pictures the stripes are nice and shiney the rest of the van is dull.
The cover used was £400 and made to measure,all makes will do this if the cover moves in the wind not just the one make, before buying i had samples of the material used buy the top makers and they are almost identical
In the loft, porch awning which we don't bother with, the caravan is big enough. A camping wardrobe, no idea why I bought it...3 tents, several air beds.
Caravan Cover now given away, original jockey wheel, lifter now sold. Porch awing to be sold
Must remember, don't buy another caravan cover, lifter or awning!!!!
Great explanation Kojak. In my shed I have a caravan cover, large breathable ground sheet, lots of tent bits and bobs such as cutlety, pans,tent light, tow ball, some kingpoles and lots of bulbs, screws, etc etc that you collect from caravans etc over the years.
I have a brand new Bradcot awning for a 12' Dethleffs, since then we have gone up to a 23'Bailey. A Fiamma for our old VW camper, groundsheet,portapotti,a marine winch to pull the van in to the garden, various groundsheets camping gaz tilly lamps x 2, pegs, mallets all in my shed that I can get too. And I agree we should get together for a camping car boot and maybe donate the money to charity as we no longer have use and have not missed them.