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40 Deluxe · 05-15-2017, 11:32 PM

Can you keep condensation out? Cold heavy metal parts like to "sweat" when the weather turns warm and humid after a cool spell. Hopefully you've got that 'doghouse' tight enough, but I've seen some nasty rust when containers like this are opened after a few months or years. Seems like stuff stored just under a roof with open sides will just get mild surface rust but something kept in what looks a weather tight container will still get condensation that never evaporates, just keeps rusting deeper and deeper.

05-15-2017, 11:32 PM	#3
40 Deluxe Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: now Kuna, Idaho Posts: 3,778	Re: Pictures of a Doghouse for Model A Engines Can you keep condensation out? Cold heavy metal parts like to "sweat" when the weather turns warm and humid after a cool spell. Hopefully you've got that 'doghouse' tight enough, but I've seen some nasty rust when containers like this are opened after a few months or years. Seems like stuff stored just under a roof with open sides will just get mild surface rust but something kept in what looks a weather tight container will still get condensation that never evaporates, just keeps rusting deeper and deeper.