Simple Green is a great cleaner of all things Vanagon.  It is a strong
concentrate and was orignally developed as a degreaser.   A little dab will
do you.

Pete
'79 Westy "Aardvark"
'87 Westy "JoesVan"
WWW.Busesbythebeach.com

On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote:

> I'm in western Washington state, it's 38 degrees out (f) most of the
> snow is gone and I just washed the mud off my '84 Vanagon.
>
> I'd had a light sheen of dirt on it picked up from a road where dump
> trucks had been going from a dirt road to the tar road & yesterday we
> did 5 miles of muddy roads (one way) to get a U-cut Christmas tree.
> It needed a bath.
>
> A really good rinse (till the wheel wells ran clear as did the
> propane tank area) then it was soap time. I used some kind of 'car
> wash' product and a car washing brush on a stick, it would have been
> better if I I'd have used my hands but they are already cold enough.
>
> I need to take the awning off so I can clean the poptop behind it. I
> need to clean the rust off the hardware on the top and use something
> to make the poptop white again.
> Doing the poptop has been covered on the list before and I'm thinking
> some type of polishing wheel on my Dremil will take care of the hardware.
>
>
> I do have several places (like the back hatch) that have dirt
> (grease) so imbedded in the paint that they just won't come
> out.  Anyone have suggestions on that imbedded dirt/grease?
>
>
>
> Rob
>
> becida@comcast.net
> Western Washington State, USA
>