I would say to put a vapor barrier on the floor (just a big sheet of Visqueen) and as for your tools, Cosmoline. Not a lot you can do for the airborne moisture as far as the machined surfaces go without encapsulating them in something, but as for the car I would put a big honking piece of plastic down between it and the floor. It won't eliminate the moisture but it will prevent it from condensing on the bottom of the car.
I could write up a long term storage procedure like I did on occasion for industrial engines, but I suspect that's far beyond what you're willing to do for the car.... Dan On Apr 16, 2012, at 5:26 PM, Randy Bennell wrote: > When I was typing that, I thought to myself, someone is going to raise the > definition of abuse. I guess I cannot argue but sometimes it is difficult to > prevent. We leave my mother's car in the garage at the lake in the fall and > it stays inside until mid May. Unfortunately, the spring tends to be damp > when the snow melts etc. My shop tools in the same garage - table saw and > jointer etc - will need to have the rust removed before I start to use them. > I have tried different sorts of treatments to the tops but it is just damp in > there. > > I would like to find a way to prevent the dampness but about the only thing I > can think of that would work, would be to heat it. I don't think that > ventilating would help much. The problem is that the air outside is warmer > and moist and the cold concrete floor inside sweats as a result of that. We > get some of that in the summer when it is humid. I had the same problem in my > garage at home in the city for a few days this spring. It looked like someone > had sprayed the floor with a hose. There were literally puddles. Essentially > because it was very damp out and the inside of the garage was much colder > than the outdoor temperature. All was well until we opened the big door and > let the warmer moist air into the garage. > > If anyone has a solution, I sure would like to hear it. My only thought is > that one would need to warm up the concrete floor and that woudl be difficult > when there is frost in the ground. If I had the heated floor setup it would > be great but I cannot see myself installing that in the garage anytime soon. > > Randy > > On 16/04/2012 4:18 PM, Dimitri Seretakis wrote: >> True but improper storage is a kind of abuse as is not washing the salt off >> your car. It's also "abusive" to treat your low mileage survivor to a below >> average paint job! >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
