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Hello chaps, need some advice.

My car is housed in an open sided wooden structure. This keeps the rain off it but not the dust, pollen and the like. In the past I haven't had a cover on it but quite recently a visiting friend suggested I do so. I am of two minds because while it would keep the grime off my p&j, I have been told covers scratch the paint and are actually damage the paint.

I would relish hearing your opinions.

I tried a cover (car fully in the open) but found that it collected a fair ammount of condensation in the gap between the two. Just leave it exposed now - hood is watertight, and paint seems to be just fine - only marks are from use.

The good car covers specialy made for interior are soft on the "car side", they do not scratch and don't make any condensation.

I have the same type of housing as Trevor, open to birds (I hate birds, they sh...t ans p...e on my "precious" ) and dust, and I use a not waterproof cover made for in house housing without problem.


H3

hi,

I have got the original "outdoor" car cover from Morgan,
and yes it scratches
but I almost don't have to use it
n
most of the time I use an old, "lighter/thinner" car cover,
and from now on, I'll use that under the bigger "outdoor"cover
to make sure no more scratches appear

conclusion: if you want to use the original outdoor-cover,
put another underneath

Trevor
Can you 'box in' your wooden structure?
OR - will one of those outside portable garages fit inside? There are those like pram hoods, and those which look like caravans.

It's safer to avoid contact with the paint if possible.

Dave I could box it in and have considered doing so using marine ply stained with Cuprinol. My reservation is that I would like to erect a garage in place of my rickety old structure and spending money on it seems a waste. A carcoon or similar would not fit within the structure so a cover appeared to be a good medium term solution.

I appreciate the opinions on this matter and welcome all the view points.

I will look for a loose fitting, soft, oversized cover.

Any direct on a good supplier is welcome.

Ben Duncan recommended a Tyvek cover to me...

Cheers,

I can highly recommend Carcoon. Downsides are 1) price - these aren't cheap £430 for an outdoor one 2) you need power and 3) maybe tricky in high winds. Upside is that nothing touches the car = no scratches, no UV attacking the paintwork - or bird sh1t, pollen, dust, rain, etc.

I use an air chamber. (£400)

It is brilliant, 2 filtered fans run continuously (electric costs approx £30 per year) pushing and circulating 50,000 litres of air every hour.

The results are fantastic. No condensation or moisture, no dust and an ambient temp that actually dries the vehicle as well.

It is big enough for you to clean, valet or work on the car whilst it is in the air chamber.

A good value for money item

http://www.airflow-uk.com/air-chamber.htm

dmat

I've had both a carcoon and an air chamber, both do the job well.


Pros and cons for both.

The air chamber is a fixed structure so you can simply drive in, where as the Carcoon has to zipped over the car. Air chamber is bulky and does take up a lot of space while only allowing limited access, but as its fixed its simply drive an go. The Carcoon is a bit more fiddly and it will take 5 -10 minutes to get your p&j in an out. But when down does give you plenty of space to work on the car.