High Quality Car Covers?

[Brent]

Hi all.

I'm fortunate enough to be able to garage my BOSS BF, but there seems to be sufficient airflow to ensure that within a day or so after cleaning the car has a layer of dust and soot etc from the air & roof area of the garage.

So, does anybody know of a brand of car cover that's designed purely as a dust cover, and that isn't going to sctatch the hell out of black duco whilst slipping it on and off? I don't mind paying good $$$ if its a good one, just not a cheapie.

Thanks.
Brent.

[Green X]

How long are you going to be garaging it for, as other Preparation steps may need to be taken?

or are you simply parking it overnight and just want to put a car cover on it to keep it clean?

If the second one I would be more included to rent a Industrial vacuum for the day and climb into the ceiling and vacuum it out and fill any holes that are there at the same time.

But if you still want 2 do the car cover thing, then get a good qualit one and not a plastic one, Easy rely spend some $$ and you will get a good quality one, go cheap and you will just get chit.

Also I wouldn’t put a car cover on dirty paint.

[Brent]

Its a weekend car. Gets garaged during the working week, then comes out to play for the weekends. Its an old garage with a pretty high corrugated iron pitched roof, so lots of airflow comes in under the roof lining etc, thus causing dust to come in. The cover would really only serve the purpose of keeping the dust off it for about 5 days per week.

[Polyal]

couldn't you just put a bed sheet over it?

A little ghetto I know, but if its only for during the week then who cares, plus it gives you an excuse to wash it every weekend.

[Bax]

I'm with polyal, bed sheet would be the best, the top of the line car covers with the soft fabric underside usually have breathers that allow air in, so if its breezey enough the dust will come straight through, I'd be tempted to leave it sit and then wash the dust off at the end of the week.

I just dont like car covers whatsoever

[gregaust]

I got a nice cover from autobarn with a soft lining in it.Around $120 for X-LGE.I can check the brand for you if that's what you're after.

[XR Martin]

This is what you want. An inflatable car capsule

http://www.rdent.com/pages/carcap.html

[MarkAW]

Brent
I own a garage with a similar roof type. My garage is used for wood projects which usually require dozens of lacquer coats. In the end I found it more worthwhile to seal up the roof than try to stop the debris from falling down.

For the eaves I had some sheet colour bond (150 x 3000) made and nailed to the rafter ends - between the gutter and wall. For the ridge cap I just used expending poly foam to fill the gaps.

[Brent]

Thanks Mark.

Yeah, it looks like I might have to do a bit of work to put some sheeting/wood linings around the gaps. The expanding foam filler sounds like a good idea as well for the roof area.

[Bill_R]

Originally Posted by XR6 Martin

This is what you want. An inflatable car capsule

http://www.rdent.com/pages/carcap.html

Seen that one - It's a riot! But it probably makes good sense to someone with too much money, a car collection and white polished marble floors in the garage. Or to someone with an auto-immune disease or Obsessive-Compulsive cleaning disorder.

[MarkAW]

Best part was I stopped the ********* Indian Minors (birds) from nesting in the roller door.

[Silver Ghia]

In my old house I had the problem with the corrugated iron roof letting the leaves and dust in all over my car restoration project.

I got a roofing contractor to remove the roof iron, put Sisalation (silver coated paper) over the roof, ensuring the centre part and edges of the roof are sealed, then replace the iron with roofing screws.

This worked a treat, and also kept the garage a bit cooler in the hot weather.

[BlackBa]

Chuck a cheapo false ceiling in it!