I agree, the Playa dust seems more like gypsum dust than alkali dust. Still finding some dust in my stuff from last year, even tho I spent a day washing, vacuuming, etc. after returning from the Playa-No long term negative effects as far as I can tell, & I plan to do it again this year. Tom-Playa dust, the glue that binds 36,000 people together
on 6/10/06 5:45 AM, Mike Miller at mwmiller@CWNET.COM wrote: > Dust gets everywhere. Armor All, or a dust cloth gets it. But it gets into > places you can't reach. Doesn't seem to corrode though. Lots of vehicles, > including many vans, go there and mine at least doesn't seem to be affected > in the least. > > On 6/9/06 11:54 PM, "Andy Highland" <andy@420.AM> wrote: > >> I'm considering taking my new (to me) syncro camper to Burning Man >> this year. I can imagine the alkali dust getting into places where it >> is impossible to clean out, and corroding the hell out of them. I'm >> afraid the van will never be the same! >> >> What have people found to be the impact the playa dust has on their >> van and camping equipment? How do you clean the dust out? Has your >> van recovered from the trip? >> >> Thanks! >> Andy Highland >> >> |
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