Interior drying out tip

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VAG fool

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Apologies uf you've heard this before, but its worth repeating.
One from my FIL who used to be a "shed dragger" for many years, works very well:
To eliminate damp and condensation when laid up, place a washing up bowl or bucket of dishwasher salt inside the (car) and when it stops being effective, transfer to dishwasher use or bake dry in an oven (easier/cheaper if you have an always-hot range cooker)
I have done this in the past when I had a mystery leak on our van and now done the same in the boot of the A2, while I fix the vents.
4 bags of salt and a bowl, under £9 from Asda.
 
I've run a dehumidfier in many A2's over the years, off course you'll need to be able to run power to it!
 
I have just removed the bowl of salt from the boot for the first time since original post. The salt has the consistency of damp sand, I can almost mold it into castles!
So it definitely pulls an appreciable amount of damp out of the air in the car when closed up.
I have now got the rear bench folded and the carpet up to further dry the car out, rear vents now replaced and resealed.
Salt will go back into the car after a few hours baking in the #ahem# Aga
 
Next time weight it before and after oven, then it's clear how much water you got out. I have 1kg + 300g silica pellet packs to swap between two cars depending witch i use. Microwave will get them dry and weight loss is usually 200-300g of water. But i don't try to get them completely dry either.

Sometimes needed here in A2 even when car is daily driven to keep inside fogging up after start. A8 is times better in that regard, but since it's very rarely driven outside winter, it'll get moist when not in use.
 
I’ve got the plastic window trims that allow you to leave the windows cracked a few mm even in rain - let’s the condensation out.


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