Trailer chalk

qflash · 11-12-2015, 12:15 PM

Is there a good, easy to use product for getting rid of trailer chalk on a white trailer?

Jim Caughlin · 11-12-2015, 05:30 PM

It might be a little extreme but I bought a used trailer a few years ago that was majorly oxidized plus brown ooze running down from the screw holes in the skins (rust coming from the ms inner frame tubing). I tried a little bit of everything but what worked best was wiping down the whole exterior with lacquer thinner, then scrubbed it down with car wash soap followed by car wax. It worked great and was a fairly quick process. I wouldn't recommend doing this on a regular basis as I assume this was pretty rough on the enamel finish but as a one time thing, it worked well.

MAURICE BLENDHEIM · 11-12-2015, 05:37 PM

Castrol SuperClean works good also, 1 panel at a time. Wipe it on the rust and takes it off almost instantly. Hope this helps…MB.

henrys57wagon · 11-12-2015, 07:56 PM

On our aluminum sided RV we use Meguiars #49 and then # 50. We used to buy it in the gal size. Here is a link to their website with more info.
http://www.meguiars.com/content/glob...eRVCatalog.pdf

FED 387 · 11-12-2015, 07:58 PM

simple green straight--- wash from the top down one section at a time----- then rinse thoroughly---worked for me--

11-12-2015, 12:15 PM	#1
qflash Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Raised in PA, Live in San Angelo, TX Posts: 68 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Trailer chalk Is there a good, easy to use product for getting rid of trailer chalk on a white trailer?

11-12-2015, 05:30 PM	#2
Jim Caughlin Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Woodburn, Or Posts: 685 Likes: 82 Liked 805 Times in 245 Posts	Re: Trailer chalk It might be a little extreme but I bought a used trailer a few years ago that was majorly oxidized plus brown ooze running down from the screw holes in the skins (rust coming from the ms inner frame tubing). I tried a little bit of everything but what worked best was wiping down the whole exterior with lacquer thinner, then scrubbed it down with car wash soap followed by car wax. It worked great and was a fairly quick process. I wouldn't recommend doing this on a regular basis as I assume this was pretty rough on the enamel finish but as a one time thing, it worked well.

11-12-2015, 05:37 PM	#3
MAURICE BLENDHEIM Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Langley (no igloos), British Columbia, Canada Posts: 569 Likes: 309 Liked 284 Times in 87 Posts	Re: Trailer chalk Castrol SuperClean works good also, 1 panel at a time. Wipe it on the rust and takes it off almost instantly. Hope this helps…MB.

11-12-2015, 07:58 PM	#5
FED 387 VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,419 Likes: 528 Liked 332 Times in 180 Posts	Re: Trailer chalk simple green straight--- wash from the top down one section at a time----- then rinse thoroughly---worked for me-- Last edited by FED 387; 11-12-2015 at 07:59 PM. Reason: punctuation

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11-12-2015, 07:56 PM	#4
henrys57wagon Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Carleton Place, On. Canada Posts: 107 Likes: 5 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Trailer chalk On our aluminum sided RV we use Meguiars #49 and then # 50. We used to buy it in the gal size. Here is a link to their website with more info. http://www.meguiars.com/content/glob...eRVCatalog.pdf __________________ old 1608 stock racer