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Another flood.
- Thread starter Grimly
- Start date
Oh man! That’s terrible, I hope things clear up soon!
Arrgh. Just discovered a couple days ago my new XS650 seat courtesy of Dogbunny, was caught up in the flood. Fortunately the whole thing wasn't soaked, it was standing on end and only the pillion half copped it.
It's been sitting up drying out for a while, and I only hope it eventually dries out quickly enough that the internal moisture lowers to the point the paint on the pan isn't stressed and lets water through to the steel.
Damn, that was a good seat.
Also yesterday, just realised a spare GS850 crankshaft was inundated. Today I inspected it and discovered the original oil film on it had protected it well, but if I'd left it any longer, there was still plenty of water / vapour in the box and packing to wreak havoc given enough time.
Today I drenched it in engine oil and wrapped it away securely in a couple of bin liners until I need it. I've been meaning to rebuild a good 850 engine for the past couple of winters, so really should crack on with it.
It's been sitting up drying out for a while, and I only hope it eventually dries out quickly enough that the internal moisture lowers to the point the paint on the pan isn't stressed and lets water through to the steel.
Damn, that was a good seat.
Also yesterday, just realised a spare GS850 crankshaft was inundated. Today I inspected it and discovered the original oil film on it had protected it well, but if I'd left it any longer, there was still plenty of water / vapour in the box and packing to wreak havoc given enough time.
Today I drenched it in engine oil and wrapped it away securely in a couple of bin liners until I need it. I've been meaning to rebuild a good 850 engine for the past couple of winters, so really should crack on with it.
Well that sucks. Just saw this... all drained off now?
Bummer flood, and bummer about that seat. When things get wet, fans are your friends. The commercial flood specialists set up huge fans in client's flooded properties, but any old fan, like a box fan or oscillating fan works, just on a smaller area. Of course, if you have any fans, you probably have more important things to dry that that seat.
EDIT: just saw it happened last Friday, maybe too late for fans by now.
The concrete floors are all well dried by now, either by evaporation or soaking downwards. For a solid week the humidity in the rooms upstairs was 100%, but it's now starting to fall to a mere 95% or so. There's still a pile of junk that got soaked that is slowly drying out and when it's dry enough I'll bonfire it, as it should have been yonks back. Too much shyt lying around that I'd never use and just getting in the way.
It might be safe to plug in the washing machine now, as it immediately tripped the breaker when I tried it, but that was only about three days after the inundation and the heater was obviously still wet at its connection points.
Good point about the fans, DB, I can arrange a couple of them to blow for the next couple of days and stir the air about.
It might be safe to plug in the washing machine now, as it immediately tripped the breaker when I tried it, but that was only about three days after the inundation and the heater was obviously still wet at its connection points.
Good point about the fans, DB, I can arrange a couple of them to blow for the next couple of days and stir the air about.
