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Cure for softop mould / dampness perhaps????

Postby sidewaysreilly » Fri, 05 Feb 2010 2:06 +0000

was reading an interesting book entitled.....DO POLAR BEARS GET LONELY? and 101 other intrigueing science questions when i spotted an article on cheese mould when under cover and how to stop it.
The old trick was to put a sugar lump under the cover and this lowered the relative humidity enough to stop the mould as the sugar is highly hygroscopic (attracts moisture). Now i know it has been mentioned here before to use salf but, from years working on boats, the last thing you want near a steel bodied car is salt as once in it will swirl round with the miniscule drafts inside and eventually do harm.

So , im gonna try it as it seems to be a cheap cure.

the ISBN IS 978-1846681301 if anyone wants a good oul toilet read.
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Re: Cure for softop mould / dampness perhaps????

Postby paulie1981 » Fri, 05 Feb 2010 3:38 +0000

What about those little sachets of "stuff" that you often see packed with electrical goods to prevend dampness in storage?

What is it and can you get a bigger pack of it to put in the car? Or is this completely pointless?
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Postby sidewaysreilly » Fri, 05 Feb 2010 3:42 +0000

no they are very good, desicant sacks. There must be a supplier somewhere but the sugar does the same thing i suppose.
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Postby Steve » Fri, 05 Feb 2010 3:54 +0000

rice in a sock either
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Postby CashelMX5 » Fri, 05 Feb 2010 4:02 +0000

Teena,

Its called Silica Gel and you can buy it loose, it does work and, as Steve suggested, you can use as sock to to make a bigger packet. If I'm not mistaken, I thing you can get it in a pharmacy.
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Postby paulie1981 » Fri, 05 Feb 2010 5:45 +0000

What about those little sachets of "stuff" that you often see packed with electrical goods to prevend dampness in storage?

What is it and can you get a bigger pack of it to put in the car? Or is this completely pointless?




CashelMX5 wrote:Teena,

Its called Silica Gel and you can buy it loose, it does work and, as Steve suggested, you can use as sock to to make a bigger packet. If I'm not mistaken, I thing you can get it in a pharmacy.


Did you just call me Teena??? :D :D :D
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Postby leamyj » Fri, 05 Feb 2010 5:47 +0000

OOPS Tom, better explain yourself :lol:
I'll bet you saw the avatar and thought it was Teena's
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Postby paulie1981 » Fri, 05 Feb 2010 5:52 +0000

leamyj wrote:OOPS Tom, better explain yourself :lol:
I'll bet you saw the avatar and thought it was Teena's


That was the very thing I thought of too :D
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Postby CashelMX5 » Sat, 06 Feb 2010 1:18 +0000

Apologies Paul - yea only looked at the avatar. The information's the same.
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Postby TeenaG » Sat, 06 Feb 2010 1:25 +0000

CashelMX5 wrote:Apologies Paul - yea only looked at the avatar. The information's the same.


Better apologise again... last time I looked Paul didn't have a blonde sticking a head out his window!

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Postby CashelMX5 » Sat, 06 Feb 2010 1:31 +0000

Teena I just saw the red car in the avatar so knew it was JL in his pink one. So, apologies to you for mistaking someone elso for you but as I said, it was the car I was looking at. :oops:
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Postby TeenaG » Sat, 06 Feb 2010 1:39 +0000

CashelMX5 wrote:Teena I just saw the red car in the avatar so knew it was JL in his pink one. So, apologies to you for mistaking someone elso for you but as I said, it was the car I was looking at. :oops:


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Postby leamyj » Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:06 +0000

Ah Teena, I don't believe that for one minute 8)
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Postby TeenaG » Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:44 +0000

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Postby Amri » Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:53 +0000

If you go to the caravaning section in Woodies or B&Q, you can get these large plastic boxes which contain a moisture absorbing gel or pellets - these are usually good for a few months at a time, depending on how much damp there is and how big they are.

I've had a small one lodged down behind the soft top between it and the hard top just to keep moisture levels at bay.
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