mildew

Any body have an suggestion on how to keep mildew developing in the cab. I keep the old girl in an unheated garage and and get mildew growing in the seat and doors panels. Any easy ideas short of running de-hummidifer all the time. Let me know if you have found any tricks. Thanks. Dave

 

Dave, you might try putting a double handful of charcoal briquets in an open container and put that in the cab. I've heard that the charcoal will absorb moisture and keep mildew from forming. Worth a try.

 

use the old boating trick put an incandesent bulb in the cab and leave it on 40 watt should do the trick
GT

 

Thanks for the suggestions. The charcoal sound interesting, will try it.

 

Mildew!

Ha! mildew? we call it cloth trim over here in cold damp England

 

Clorox

Light occasional wiping with a clean cloth and a mild bleach solution will help a bunch in controlling mildew on paint and vinyl, but be very conservative.

A little bleach goes a long way and it can be very harsh. Follow the bleach with a decent upholstery treatment. Do not use bleach on any type of fabric. It will change color, and possibly disintegrate.

Around here mildew is a first course, then mold, then rust, then compost. Then we go west or north and look for more old iron to bring back to the coast.

Jim S.