This year it was a brutal winter for corrosion in my garage

I did run a fan up in the rafters for a few years......I stopped since I was concerned of a potential fire hazard. I probably should get one going again.

 

I think I'm just going to soak them in white vinegar / water to clean them up. Slow but safe.

 

I place desiccant bags in the trunk, interior, and under the car.

Keeps moisture at bay.

 

put a new furnace in house , old house furnace checked out decent and installed in barn/shop . still kicking after 20+ years , and it was probably 40 years old when it hit the shop . run it a couple times a day in winter depending upon temps and have a basic little dehumidifier set up . the one year previous water condensation would just drip off of my car .
welcome to crap winter weather . but that is some pretty nasty lookin' rust etc .

 

Was a hard year for my cars also there was snow and ice in the pos garage I rent! Cars were frozen in the ice till mid March! Looking for a place with heat!

 

I don't exactly know your situation & whether you can enter/exit the garage from another door. IF you can the 1st. thing I would do is to hang some old heavy blankets on the inside of the door. If it's a single bay garage can you insulate it??? Go to where a home is being remodeled.
Ask PERMISSION 1st. IF you can rummage through the dumpster. You may end up with some free insulation. It's FREE & other than your time it will cost 0 $$$$. You could ALSO add insulation to the inside of the garage door. Lastly get some clear silicone caulking & seal the outside of the door. Top/bottom & sides. To help stop the wind & help keep the snow out. When it comes time to open the door all you have to do is cut the silicone with one of those serrated old steak knifes.
It costs LOTS of dollars to heat a garage especially one that's NOT insulated & sealed. SO expect to pay some hefty dollars for heated garage space.
Around my neighbor hood you'd be lucky to find a single garage space starting at $500.00 a month. Heated at LEAST $1000.00-$1400.00 a month.

Just my thoughts.

Tom T.

 

Some good suggestions already.
In general, moisture in the air will condense on surfaces that are colder than the dewpoint.
Sooo.... keep moisture out, seal gaps where moist air can blow in, and paint or cover the concrete floor/walls to help keep moisture coming thru. Keep doors closed on humid days.
Keep stuff in the garage warmer than the dewpoint of the air.
Or remove moisture with a dehumidifier.

 

What are you heating with? I was using a 150K propane fired torpedo heater and after a while everything was dripping wet. Even the painted floor was slikker'dan snot. I installed a conventional furnace in the rafters with a ceiling fan pushing down. Now its bone dry and never any condensate. I go from ZERO F to 70F in 15 minutes and I can take compressed air to blow dust off the floor.

Something about the steam you see coming out the stack vs. whats recirc'd in a non vented closed loop. I am surprised at those rocker shafts! Is that a running motor or been sitting dry?

Check out the "something interesting" thred below. May help your situation. ws

 

Concrete LOVES water/moisture and it will suck it up like a sponge. I would put a sealer/paint like kilz or something similar on it.
I have seen it done before and it works great.


Keith

 

I'm going to put some new seals on the both garage door bottoms. I'm going to replace the man door on the side... Big gap at the bottom.... Previous owner installed a do it too short. The walls are insulated by the previous owner but no heater was ever installed.

 

I have no heater in the garage. The engine has sat for a while without running..... But this year anything that was close to the garage doors started to corrode. I know bare metal rust but this year was the worst.

 

Watch the contrails! Its a government conspiracy. Seriously thats a mystery. Dew point inversions are a weird chemistry. Was the stuff sitting on bare concrete? Maybe theres some truth to the old wives tale about leaving a battery on concrete. I dont know, but I won't do it! ws