How to DRY your car?????????????
07-19-10, 10:23 PM
#1
How to DRY your car?????????????
**** just happen to me on last Saturday
So i went to work and park the car outside....... I remember I pull all the window up and lock the car....... After work i came to the car all the window were half way down and it was raining as hell.... The SEAT and FLOOR was supper WET.... How am i gonna dry my car? and its still raining from that day till now...... The car is really moisture
Can u guy gime some opinion about this?
BTW the moon-roof was still close.... lucky tho
So i went to work and park the car outside....... I remember I pull all the window up and lock the car....... After work i came to the car all the window were half way down and it was raining as hell.... The SEAT and FLOOR was supper WET.... How am i gonna dry my car? and its still raining from that day till now...... The car is really moisture
Can u guy gime some opinion about this?
BTW the moon-roof was still close.... lucky tho
07-19-10, 10:46 PM
#3
was your remote in your pocket? you probably pressed the unlock button and it rolled down the windows.
first get a wet/dry vac and vac up as much as possible, then grab as much silica packets as you can. those soak up a lot of moisture.
if you have a garage get some fans going.
first get a wet/dry vac and vac up as much as possible, then grab as much silica packets as you can. those soak up a lot of moisture.
if you have a garage get some fans going.
07-20-10, 01:11 AM
#5
obviously whip down the plastic and leather as much as you can, remove seats and let them dry in the sun. i know that sounds kinda crazy,but id wanna get those as dry as possible quickly before mold grows. last thing with the carpets, it would help if u get a wet dry vac, not bunch of towels.
you were lucky that the sunroof didnt open up. if the button on your keyfob were held a bit longer it prob woulda crack open the sunroof. i hope everything gets dried nicely.
you were lucky that the sunroof didnt open up. if the button on your keyfob were held a bit longer it prob woulda crack open the sunroof. i hope everything gets dried nicely.
07-20-10, 08:28 AM
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Yeah you definately want to get pools of water out first and then use an absorbant, like a chamois or lots of paper towels to soak up any remainding water. The rest should be air dryed with your windows rolled down. You could also go to a store and buy a canister of silica gel/ air moisture absorbers and put that in your car, they're mainly used for closets and rooms but this would work in your car as well.
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07-20-10, 08:36 AM
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Here is a similar thread I replied to in the past I recalled
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...86-wet-gs.html
I've recently seen that damprid stuff in bulk at Costco at a pretty cheap price.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...86-wet-gs.html
Wife left windows down in a storm once in my LS430 so I have some experience in this area...
Get towels out on the seats to absorb as much as you can.
Use a wet/dry vaccum to pull as much water out of the carpet and seats as you can (be careful that the vacuum isn't super-powerful one when using on leather so that it pulls it in - can't recall if the GS has perforated seats which will help it work well).
Not sure if this is an option for you to pull the car in a garage (or even outside) with the doors open and let air circulate through it. At one point I had two large Patton house fans blowing through front and back and two small oscillating fans inside. I did this for a full day.
We also got some small buckets of moisture absorbing material (usually used in damp basements) and left them in the floorboards - not on the leather! - overnight for about a week to help pull additional moisture out of the car. I'll try to find a link to them - didn't know they existed before this incident. Edit - here is the stuff... we used two little buckets I'd guess 40 oz size found at Ace Hardware or Home Depot
http://www.damprid.com/
After the leather was as dry to the touch as I could get it with towels & wet/dry vacuum I used Meguiar's leather conditioner on it pretty heavily, then repeated about a week later.
Car came out fine without any issues.
Get towels out on the seats to absorb as much as you can.
Use a wet/dry vaccum to pull as much water out of the carpet and seats as you can (be careful that the vacuum isn't super-powerful one when using on leather so that it pulls it in - can't recall if the GS has perforated seats which will help it work well).
Not sure if this is an option for you to pull the car in a garage (or even outside) with the doors open and let air circulate through it. At one point I had two large Patton house fans blowing through front and back and two small oscillating fans inside. I did this for a full day.
We also got some small buckets of moisture absorbing material (usually used in damp basements) and left them in the floorboards - not on the leather! - overnight for about a week to help pull additional moisture out of the car. I'll try to find a link to them - didn't know they existed before this incident. Edit - here is the stuff... we used two little buckets I'd guess 40 oz size found at Ace Hardware or Home Depot
http://www.damprid.com/
After the leather was as dry to the touch as I could get it with towels & wet/dry vacuum I used Meguiar's leather conditioner on it pretty heavily, then repeated about a week later.
Car came out fine without any issues.
07-20-10, 11:52 AM
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Sorry to hear about the car...
I would also be worried about the electrical components from shorting out or corrosion build up.
Anyway, like what others said... use a shop vac to suck up any water on the carpets. Once you get the water out... you may want to use a hair dryer on the carpets and trimmings to help dry off some water that might have gotten on electrical components.
I would also be worried about the electrical components from shorting out or corrosion build up.
Anyway, like what others said... use a shop vac to suck up any water on the carpets. Once you get the water out... you may want to use a hair dryer on the carpets and trimmings to help dry off some water that might have gotten on electrical components.
07-20-10, 01:30 PM
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