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
>>
>>