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by 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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by 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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by 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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by Steve » Fri, 05 Feb 2010 3:54 +0000
rice in a sock either
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by 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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by 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???
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by leamyj » Fri, 05 Feb 2010 5:47 +0000
OOPS Tom, better explain yourself I'll bet you saw the avatar and thought it was Teena's
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by paulie1981 » Fri, 05 Feb 2010 5:52 +0000
leamyj wrote:OOPS Tom, better explain yourself I'll bet you saw the avatar and thought it was Teena's
That was the very thing I thought of too
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by 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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by 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! (...oh sugar... seems to be the required response).
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by 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.
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by 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.
The story of my life....
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by leamyj » Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:06 +0000
Ah Teena, I don't believe that for one minute
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by TeenaG » Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:44 +0000
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by 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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