Lazy Daze Owners' Group

What is recommended to remove oxidation on the outside finish?  We have one side that was facing the sun and has fading or oxidation on our new to us baby.  It is a grey color LD.

I need to know how to clean the part of the cooler that is inside.
Mainly the air flow grates.  The manual that came with only addresses the outside maintenance.

Thanks, Marilyn Hensley

Marilyn, you asked the right guy.
 If your coach side is as faded as you say, you will have to start with a coarse grit polish, such as a "rubbing compound" you get at Pep Boys.

Buy a tin and try it out in a small area.  Then you will need a "polishing" compound, again such as Pep Boys (used to be in a green can).  For mirror-like finish, you want to end up with a fine polish, such as griotsgarage dot com, part number 11163.  If this takes too long, after the green can polishing compound, start with griotts part number 11560, which is a little coarser.  You can stop polishing when the shine is the degree you want.

To do the entire side, use an orbital polisher and change the pads often.  You may not be able to match the side you polish to the rest of the coach, but if you polish all sides with the same final polish, they should look alike.  Finish it all off with a good non-abrasive wax.  You are looking at a big job - probably two weekends.

As for the evaporative cooler, remove the four bolts at the inside corners.  Be careful because there are wires from the upper part to the switches in the lower part - I was unable to remove them from the spades and had to let the lower section hang.

The louvers are held in place by small plastic clips (you know, a pedistal with two pinchers that grasp a dowel from the louver assembly).  You can clean the louvers completely with them out.  One caution, when you put them back in the base, make sure you move them a bit (I try to get them to where they will end up at, as close as I can guess).  This is because sometimes something pinches in there and once the cooler is assembled, some louvers may not move!
 Carefully place the lower section in place and replace the four bolts.
 Any questions, E-mail me, but after Thursday I will be gone for three weeks.

Good luck

Gus Weber