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Padlin
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Aug 24, 2014

Winter Mildew Prevention in Cold Northern Climes

I'm looking for some ideas on how to keep my trailer from getting mildew over the cold winter months which was an issue a couple years ago. Tried the chemical dehumidifiers the last couple years but t...
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John_Joey
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Aug 24, 2014
Up north during the winter it is so arid nothing is needed.

Down south this is what we do when putting a rig away:
  • close everything
  • allow the stove flap to open in case of pressure build up
  • two large buckets of damp rid
  • two pans of non clumping kitty litter
  • a few pans of charcoal
  • crushed newspaper in fridge and cabinets.

    Six months later smells like the day we left it.

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