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Posted by 1_Patriotic_Guy on July 26, 2005, 5:48 am
I own a 25 year old home with a garage under the bedroom.
The door is standard wood door. Two walls are concrete block. The wall
adjoining the home's basement is standard wood frame covered by drywall. My
tools are
rusting, just by being stored in tool boxes in the garage. I live in
Nebraska and have never had this problem before. Moisture gets in in the
winter from snow carried in by my wife's car. In the summer, the warm
outside air seems moist. A relative humidity meter (I purchased and placed)
on the wall rarely goes as low as 60% and is usually above 70% and sometimes
above 80%. I can buy and use a dehumidifier in the summer (I am told trying
to use them in the winter can damage the unit).
Do I have other options? Are there granular or other products that will
draw the moisture out of the air? Is there a reasonable way to minimize the
moisture my wife's car brings in (or isn't this the culprit)?
Thanks in Advance.
Respectfully,
Andy
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Posted by Richard J Kinch on July 26, 2005, 1:26 am
1_Patriotic_Guy writes:
> My
> tools are
> rusting, just by being stored in tool boxes in the garage.
You don't have any chlorine or acid products stored in the garage, do you?
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Posted by 1_Patriotic_Guy on July 26, 2005, 6:29 am
Chlorine tablets are stored in sealed plastic tub (approx 20 pounds total).
I can't think of any acid products?
> 1_Patriotic_Guy writes:
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> > My
> > tools are
> > rusting, just by being stored in tool boxes in the garage.
>
> You don't have any chlorine or acid products stored in the garage, do you?
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Posted by 1_Patriotic_Guy on July 26, 2005, 6:35 am
I used to access the tub every week inside the garage. Now I tend to carry
the tub outside to the hot tub before openig so as not to get overwhelmed by
the fumes. I assume chlorine vapor corrodes/rusts metal?
> 1_Patriotic_Guy writes:
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> > My
> > tools are
> > rusting, just by being stored in tool boxes in the garage.
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> You don't have any chlorine or acid products stored in the garage, do you?
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Posted by Richard J Kinch on July 26, 2005, 2:59 am
1_Patriotic_Guy writes:
> I assume chlorine vapor corrodes/rusts metal?
Yes. The pool tablets outgas slowly but continuously, as you have noted
when opening the bucket. The bucket is as good as wide open since the lid
is not a gas-tight seal. It takes very little of that free chlorine gas to
corrode things in a closed room. Keep it outdoors.
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