How to Properly Clean & Disinfect Your RV

In these uncertain times, it can be challenging to prevent illness in yourself and your family. Fortunately, RV travel allows you to remain socially distanced from others. It is, however, important to make sure that you’re thoroughly disinfecting your RV on a regular basis by sanitizing high-touch surfaces and cleaning on a regular basis.

Herold Trailer Sales in Indianola is your Iowa RV dealer. Read on to learn more about how to clean and disinfect your RV so that you and your family can stay well while you travel.

Collect Your Supplies

Begin by gathering up the tools you'll need to clean and disinfect your RV. Some recommendations include:

• Buckets.
• Fresh water.
• Spray bottles.
• Vinegar.
• Baking Soda.
• Sponges.
• Vacuum.
• Rubber gloves.
• Mop.
• Broom & dustpan.
• Trash bags.
• Dust cloths.
• Paper towels.
• Bleach wipes.
• Rubbing alcohol.

Vacuum, Sweep & Mop Floors

Cleaning floors is an important part of preventing illness, since germs can be tracked in on shoes. In fact, it’s best if you create a storage space for shoes by the door of your RV and require everyone to avoid wearing shoes while inside to prevent dirt and bacteria transfer from outdoors.

To freshen carpets, you can sprinkle baking soda around the room and allow it to sit for half an hour before you vacuum it up. Hard floors should be swept and mopped at least once per week. There are special cleaning solutions for different types of floors, so you’ll want to make sure you’re using the right one for the flooring you have. Set up a fan to help your floors dry faster.

Sanitize High-Touch Surfaces

Use your bleach wipes or a spray solution of bleach to carefully wipe down all the surfaces in your RV that are regularly touched, including doorknobs, window latches, cabinet handles, light switches, remote controls, video game controllers, microwave and stove buttons, refrigerator handles and faucets. You can even disinfect items you touch with rubbing alcohol. Apply a blot of alcohol on a cloth and wipe down phone screens, car keys and laptop keyboards.

Kitchen Cleaning

To remove stubborn cooking stains, make a paste out of baking soda and water and apply it around burners and on countertops. Let it sit and then wipe it down. You can also clean a stainless-steel sink using baking soda and vinegar and a sponge to scrub the basin. Make sure that you’re sweeping up crumbs and wiping up spills to prevent pest infestation.

In the Bathroom

Your bathroom will need regular cleaning to prevent bacteria build-up. A spray cleaner can be applied to surfaces and wiped off with a cloth or paper towels. To clean the toilet, don some rubber gloves and use your spray cleaner in the bowl, wiping it out with paper towels that you throw in the trash. Bleach wipes can be employed on high-touch surfaces here, too.

Looking to purchase a new RV? Stop by our dealership in Indianola, IA, today to view our current stock of new and used RVs for sale. You can even discuss RV financing options with our sales team. Herold Trailer Sales proudly serves the metro areas of Des Moines, IA, and Omaha, NE.