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Bagging car for storage
Hey all, I have a C6 that I store for the summer while away. I have
been just leaving it with a car cover in a carport (in San Diego) with a battery tender and things have gone fairly well except for a little mouse activity. But this has been a very good year for the little beasts and their larger rat cousins and I am getting a bit alarmed by what damage they have already done to my wife's van. So.......... I researched bagging the car to ward of the critters. Seems there are actual zippered bags available, but being frugal and already having a large silver tarp available I decided to wrap it up in that as a trial. I wrapped it up and was able to get it tight and I think rat proof. So far so good, even though it was a lot of work and took two people, several binder straps and bungee cords. But after I finished I got to thinking about moisture building up inside the bag/tarp. Probably not good......... Have any of you bagged your car and is there a solution like descant that will take care of any condensation issues for up to 6 mo's? How much is needed? Where do you buy large amounts of the stuff or other solutions? I put it away warm, would cool be better in a moisture generating sense? Any experiences or other approaches to pass on? brian |
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Here is some info
http://www.carbag.com/support/omnidry_desiccant.html On 1/21/2011 13:50, brian wrote: > Hey all, I have a C6 that I store for the summer while away. I have > been just leaving it with a car cover in a carport (in San Diego) with > a battery tender and things have gone fairly well except for a little > mouse activity. But this has been a very good year for the little > beasts and their larger rat cousins and I am getting a bit alarmed by > what damage they have already done to my wife's van. > > So.......... I researched bagging the car to ward of the critters. > Seems there are actual zippered bags available, but being frugal and > already having a large silver tarp available I decided to wrap it up > in that as a trial. I wrapped it up and was able to get it tight and I > think rat proof. So far so good, even though it was a lot of work and > took two people, several binder straps and bungee cords. > > But after I finished I got to thinking about moisture building up > inside the bag/tarp. Probably not good......... > > Have any of you bagged your car and is there a solution like descant > that will take care of any condensation issues for up to 6 mo's? How > much is needed? Where do you buy large amounts of the stuff or other > solutions? I put it away warm, would cool be better in a moisture > generating sense? > > Any experiences or other approaches to pass on? > > brian |
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On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:31:53 -0600, Bob I > wrote:
>Here is some info > >http://www.carbag.com/support/omnidry_desiccant.html > >On 1/21/2011 13:50, brian wrote: >> Hey all, I have a C6 that I store for the summer while away. I have >> been just leaving it with a car cover in a carport ............... Thanks Bob, perfect! brian |
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Bagging car for storage
On 1/21/2011 18:36, brian wrote: > On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:31:53 -0600, Bob > wrote: > >> Here is some info >> >> http://www.carbag.com/support/omnidry_desiccant.html >> >> On 1/21/2011 13:50, brian wrote: >>> Hey all, I have a C6 that I store for the summer while away. I have >>> been just leaving it with a car cover in a carport ............... > > Thanks Bob, perfect! > > brian You're welcome, have a great one. |
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Be careful the rats do not chew a hole in the bag.
They can chew through anything. "Bob I" > wrote in message ... > > > On 1/21/2011 18:36, brian wrote: >> On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:31:53 -0600, Bob > wrote: >> >>> Here is some info >>> >>> http://www.carbag.com/support/omnidry_desiccant.html >>> >>> On 1/21/2011 13:50, brian wrote: >>>> Hey all, I have a C6 that I store for the summer while away. I have >>>> been just leaving it with a car cover in a carport ............... >> >> Thanks Bob, perfect! >> >> brian > > You're welcome, have a great one. > |
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