Keep dirt out of your RV with adhesive mats

I met Gary & Sandra Campbell while camping in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. As veteran RVers they’ve enjoyed coming here over the years and parking their motorhome facing the water. Huge ore hauling ships pass back and forth in front of their RV day and night heading to the nearby locks.Gary enjoys sitting out in front of the RV watching the activity on the water at the Soo Locks Campground. I took this photo of Gary from the deck of a “Soo Locks Boat Tours” boat as we passed by our campground.When I visited them in their motorhome it was like entering a clean room. In fact, the entryway steps were covered with a an adhesive mat. These mats were designed for clean rooms to remove all the dirt and debris from the bottom of your shoes prior to entry. The sticky film effectively cleans the bottoms of your shoes by trapping the dirt on the surface of the mat. It’s a kind of lint roller for your feet.

Gary says he changes it out every week by pulling up the top layer. The pull tabs in the corner allow you to pull one thin sheet off at a time. These adhesive mats come with 30 or 60 sheets and can be purchased at janitorial supply stores or on the internet by browsing “adhesive mats.” If you order them from the internet you get four sets in a case and they run about 13 cents per sheet.Gary told me he cut the pad of adhesive sheets down in order to fit neatly in his motorhome entryway. He folded them so they fit his steps then peeled of the backing on the adhesive bottom pad and pressed it into place over his stairs. The adhesive holds the mat pad firmly in place as you step through the entry.

No more sweeping the entryway stairs and considerably less dirt tracked into the RV. Keeping it clean - Jim Twamley, Professor of RVing