Garage humidity and surface rust

[Unique427]

Originally Posted by t walgamuth

If your ceiling is insulated and your doors reasonably tight you can do a lot with a small electric heater. YOu just have to keep things above the dew point to stop the condensation.

Visible moisture appears when temperature is within 4 degrees of dew point.

Small electric heater with blower not only heats but will help dry out the air.

I placed a small one in front and one in back that blow air under the car cover just above the floor.
The warm air rises up through the chassis.
Helps dry out collected moisture on metal bits susceptible to rust or corrosion.

Effective when heating the whole garage is not an option.

[t walgamuth]

Originally Posted by Unique427

Visible moisture appears when temperature is within 4 degrees of dew point.

Small electric heater with blower not only heats but will help dry out the air.

I placed a small one in front and one in back that blow air under the car cover just above the floor.
The warm air rises up through the chassis.
Helps dry out collected moisture on metal bits susceptible to rust or corrosion.

Effective when heating the whole garage is not an option.

I don't understand your last sentence, care to elaborate please?

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by t walgamuth

I don't understand your last sentence, care to elaborate please?

You just fire up your space heater and point it at your car. That reminds me of the one time I tried to "vacuum out" the air that was in my car bag to see if I could make it work like the old "seal-a-meal" that you saw on TV. I hooked my shop vac up to it and tried and tried... but it didn't work.

[t walgamuth]

Originally Posted by patrickt

You just fire up your space heater and point it at your car. That reminds me of the one time I tried to "vacuum out" the air that was in my car bag to see if I could make it work like the old "seal-a-meal" that you saw on TV. I hooked my shop vac up to it and tried and tried... but it didn't work.

What you describe does not resemble my comments. Sorry to hear your efforts failed to help your situation.

[Unique427]

Originally Posted by t walgamuth

I don't understand your last sentence, care to elaborate please?

The two space heater idea sends warm dry air
under the car cover. Does the job but to handle
a multi-car garage a gas fired radiant heater
sized for the space is better. In my situation
that's not possible right now.