All Cleaned Up and No Place to Go

Today we drove back to the Red Bay factory from Fulton, MS.  It is about 29 miles and an easy drive.  When we arrived, we went in search of our RV and it was the first one we checked.  Helped having seen the paint scheme.

At the RV there were 5 guys working on it fixing various things and testing others.

The outside was totally opened up.  All compartments were open, covers removed, everything was being checked.

I walked around the RV just to see everything and noticed how shiny the paint job is.  You can even see a clear reflection in it of the construction going on for the new engineering building! 

The last item to be installed here was the outside TV.  Earlier the awnings, slide toppers, power steps, and Tiffin emblems were added.  I did find a few things for the inspectors to add to the report and for the guys to fix.  There was a blemish on one cabinet that could only be seen sitting in a certain chair. a face piece over some electronics was on crooked, the passenger side mirror wasn't aligned and a few other things like that.  Fortunately, nothing major really!  Once the inspectors and finish team left, it was time for the cleaners to work their magic.

So Rachel and Myra, the cleaners, came inside and got right to it.  These ladies could give lessons on how to clean an RV and what to use!  I joked that I was going to have them come out every 6 months to clean the RV.  Myra said she'd love to at $18 per hour.  Of course, we'd need to get a bunch of RVs in the Vancouver, WA area to make it cost effective!  Any takers?

She also showed us the products they use to clean.  We've made a note of them for future use.  In case you are interested, here they are:

This is what they use to remove any black marks on the floor, dash, and other vinyl surfaces.

This is recommended for cleaning the counter tops.  As you will see in the next picture, it leaves a nice shine.

And this is recommended for cleaning windows and anything else like cabinets, microwave outside, refrigerator doors, etc.  It supposedly leaves no streaks.  These are a bit on the expensive side according to Myra, but makes the job easier.  And since she does 3 or 4 coaches a day, she should know!

Tonight we are having dinner with a guy who ordered a Phaeton.  It was being manufactured at the same time ours was but he could not be there.  So I took about 100+ pictures for him and at dinner he is going to copy them onto his computer.

Then tomorrow we start the journey home.  We actually could stay one more day for the last few steps, but we are happy with all that we saw during the build, painting, and inspection/cleaning.  I don't think there is much more to be learned and we want to get going home.  It is almost 2,500 miles back.  The weather may include some thunderstorms over the plains which means we have to be alert for tornadoes.  And there is snow falling now in the Rockies.  So it could be an interesting trip.  I'll blog more on each day of the trip home, but for now, we say good bye to Red Bay and Kelvin, our new RV.  Will see him soon, probably around the end of May.