My mantra is never to replace the car cover on a not-freshly-washed
car body.
Yeah, there's gotta be some unavoidable microscopic scratches on the
paint, but, I happen to drive my car, and there are some stone-dings
and some sand-damage, and some bird droppings' net-effects on
the paintwork, too, along with a couple paint chippings on the exposed
areas of the rocker panels.
Stuff happens, to a 'used' car.
My car also happens to have a light clear coat over the 'color', so, the
scratchings have only occurred 'in' the clear coat finish.
Neil Vedder
On 1/27/2012 4:27 PM, Roger Schaaf wrote:
I would hope that every time that you place a car cover on your car, or remove it, you are likely placing a myriad of microscopic scratch in your paint,,,,,and yes indeed in you chrome and stainless. Those of you with black, red or such "sensitive" finishes (those that show trauma the most) are certainly aware of this and if you wondered where all those scratches come from, now you know.
Protection would include regular polishing, sealers and waxes. Although not completely protective from this damage, it delays it somewhat.
I've found for my automobiles and motorcycles when stored/parked in the garage, that what works very well with a minimum of damage is the very light weight almost Saran Wrap plastic cover used in body shops to protect other vehicles from paint overspray, sanding dust and other such debris floating in the air.
Weighs almost nothing so scratching is minimal and you can actually view your vehicles each and every time you are in the garage,,,just to put a smile on your mug.
Available at most body shop supply outlets.
There are fabrics used on some car covers that are not as aggressive and will be ok if used very carefully when placing on the car and removing it. The fabrics themselves don't cause the damage,,,,it's is the dust and dirt on your finish that does the damage as the fabric is dragged across the finishes and brightwork.
Roger Schaaf
300 B
Calyfornua
On Jan 27, 2012, at 3:39 PM, Eastern Sierra Adjustment Svc wrote:
The cord-attachment grommets, on the lower edges of on a worn-out car cover
can be removed and then can be installed around the antennae hole(s) that are cut
into a new car cover.
Cost: zero.
For my 57 Dodge, years ago, I glued together several small swatches of tough
indoor/outdoor carpeting, and then "weather-stripping"-glued them to the underside
of the car cover, over the tops of the fin-ends, over the two front fender 'crowns', and
over the area on the hood ornaments.
Every time that I replace the car cover, I merely pull off the carpet-protectors from the old
cover (which have taken perfect 'sets' over the offending protuberances) and glue them
down onto the new cover, in the proper places.
The "proper" way to remove an outdoor ('dirty') car cover is to fold the sides toward the
centerline, and then carefully fold/roll-up the ends toward the center of the roof.
Then, you flip the rolled-up end that is closest to you over on top of the other half/end
of the rolled-up cover and lift-off the folded cover from the roof.
If you always remember to do the final 'flip' from the same side, you merely reverse the
process when you carry the folded-up cover back to the car (from the trunk).
Neil Vedder
On 1/27/2012 9:56 AM, Bjwt 56 wrote:
Folks:
For my 56 Fury, I made sleeves from the same material as the cover for
the dual rear antennae. I then found where the holes needed to be and cut
them round enough to allow room for the sleeves. I then cut a round patch
from canvas about three and a half inches in diameter with the antennae
hole in the middle and then glued the whole mess together with water proof
"goop" which you can get at Home Depot.
The sleeve was inserted through the hole and spread inside about two
inches on each side of the hole and glued. The canvas patch was then put on
the outside and glued. The canvas serves to keep the cover from tearing.
This technique lasted for at least a decade until there was not much
left of the cover, but the antennae sleeves and patches held up well. I did
the same thing for the fender mirrors but on a larger scale.
John Teske
In a message dated 1/27/2012 10:48:47 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
john@xxxxxxxxx writes:
Another trick I've learned and used over the years is if your cover has
grommets on each side for a tie down cable or rope those are enforced (on
Covercraft covers) with extra padding. I make my marks on the back or inside
so you don't see them when the cover is installed on the car.
Take a felt pen and mark (P) passenger side (D) drivers side with an arrow
pointing towards the front of the car. This way no matter how you fold
the cover once you see these markings you will know the correct way to unfold
the cover to have it fit the car properly.
Another trick I do is if you have an older car with a pronounced hood
orninament (I have a '53 Imperial with a big bird with very sharp wing tips)
take a plastic water bottle, cut two slices in it where (in my case the wings
are) place the bottle over the sharp wings and then install the cover.
You won't have to worry about the sharp area cutting a hole.
John Lazenby
Royze Inc.
1990 W. Corporate Way
Anaheim, CA 92801
714 533-1823
800 421-2011
714 533-1206 Fax
800 999-7349 Fax
----- Original Message -----
From: _Dave Homstad_ (mailto:dhomstad@xxxxxxxxxxx)
To: _L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 9:33 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] car antenna
Marv,
If you always remove the cover the same way, you will know which end is
the front when you put it back on. I always fold it lengthwise toward the
center, then roll it up from rear to front. To install, place it on the hood,
and unroll toward the rear.
Dave Homstad
56 Dodge D500
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 9:02 PM, Marv Raguse wrote:
Echoing what Fern and Charles said...I too cut the hole and took it to my
trim shop and they provided a square reinforcement patch on the inside and
then stitched it around. Been working fine for years now....It also
provides a location marker so you can more quickly find front and rear of the
cover. On other covers invariably I have it on wrong and have to rotate
it with all of the aggravation that causes...Marv
In a message dated 1/26/2012 8:03:16 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
chemnixon@xxxxxxxxx writes:
Cutting out a hole for the antenna is out of the question since I've
tried it out on other cars and the cover will eventuallly tear up.
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