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I'm installing the mohair upholstery in my '31 coupe. I've seen several older restorations with moth damage to the mohair, and I want to prevent this. Many people successfully use moth balls. Has anyone used cedar chips? They would smell a lot better.
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I wonder if modern mohair is wool or a synthetic material? I would ask Hampton Coach or who enver furnished the material....and please let us know. I have often wondered about this myself.
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Good idea. I'll send an email to Hampton Coach and find out.
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The mohair I got from Hampton Coach is 100% wool, and they advise that mothballs would be the safest solution. So, I'm buying mothballs this afternoon.
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I read a funny story in the Houston paper years back about a guy who purchased a late '40's Caddy and decided to drive it a considerable distance home. The previous owner had been paranoid about moths and kept it full of mothballs. The new owner indicated the car ran beautifully, though was a handful without power steering, but he was crying the whole way home because it rained the entire trip and he could never lower the windows more than a crack. I've heard there are unscented mothballs.
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I was just talking to a guy in work about the same thing,and he read that shaving slivers of irish spring soap and putting them in little containers around the inside of the car will remedy the critters.
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Over the years, I've used mothballs successfully in 4-5 cars. Never had an "critter" problems....
Bill.
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I read in a magazine one time that dryer sheets work excellent for critter prevention. Placed under a seat they odor will keep them away. I have placed them under the front seat and hung from the tissue dispenser. The nice think is after a couple of drives with the windows open and any trace odor is gone come Spring.
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i just pulled one of my cars out of storage from a rented garage. stored the car for about 5 years. i had moth balls everywhere. under the hood,trunk,under seats,ash tray. i mean everywhere. the one thing mothballs won`t keep away is mice. they nested under the hood right next to a pill of mothballs i had there. in fact thats why i gave up renting that garage. i did find them(mice) in time and no real damage done.
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Those little varmits love wireing.Check it good
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