He taught me something!

[66Notchback]

I've a boy up in the Seattle area; he bought himself a new truck early last year, and really stepped into it, money-wise.

I guess his girlfriend borrowed the truck 2 weekends ago, and forgot to put the windows up when she parked it (she was also smoking in the truck, but that's a different matter altogether).

Son comes out to go to work the next day, and there's over an inch of water on the front floorboards. Out comes the shop vac, and he gets up as much as he can.

On his lunch break, he made a trip to a marine store in Seattle, and bought a gizmo called DriZ-Air, and a few re-fill packs for said gizmo. It's a water-collecting/dehumidifier that uses silica gel.

After work, he goes home, and leaves the truck running with the windows cracked, the heater on as high as it would go, and one of those little gizmo's on the floor of the truck. He only ran the truck for maybe 15 minutes.

It took a few days, but it worked: the dampness inside his truck is gone, and he tells his mother it doesn't stink, either.

I think I just got taught something by one that I raised!

 

[MaximumSpeed]

That's good information! Thanks! Do you suppose the DampRid that is available at Walmart would do just as well? I have a son who is bad about leaving the window open when he's been driving (even when it's cold outside!) and the interior of my vehicles have been damp way too often!

 

[66Notchback]

I'd suppose so, if it's the coarse silica the product is using; I have a suspicion that pickling salt might work in a pinch, too, the missus said her dad used to use a mixture of pickling salt and rice!

 

[Dodge Doll]

Well, I'll be.... rice and pickling salt?

Given that I put rice in my salt shaker, hmmm, that combination just might work, although I'd have to wonder about just how much salt and rice one would need.