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Subject:Re: Keeping things from freezing shut
From:Will Taygan
Date:Wed, 9 Dec 2009 17:04:49 -0900

Oh no, that's toooooo cold.  Just N of Anchorage.

Will in Alaska.

On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 17:57 -0600, John Rodgers wrote:
> Will,
>
> Are you in Fairbanks?
>
> John Rodgers
> Clayartist and Moldmaker
> 88'GL VW Bus Driver
> Chelsea, AL
> Http://www.moldhaus.com
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>
>
> Will Taygan wrote:
> > Funny, I do park outside - but got lazy and didn't brush off the snow
> > for a few days - so I DID end up driving down the highway with one hand
> > holding the door closed.  Couple minutes with a heat gun usually fixes
> > things for a bit..
> >
> > Will in Alaska
> >
> >> One more thing - Alaskans for the most part leave their vehicles outside
> >> in winter. The constant going in and out of garages makes for a daily
> >> freeze-thaw cycle and by the time you get out of the garage in the
> >> morning when the locks and doors work in the warm garage air - and park
> >> outside for the day - the vehicle is totally frozen by time to go home.
> >> Windows won't work, door locks won't work - heck, you can't even get
> >> your door to catch, much less lock - so chechakos (Alaskan sourdough
> >> term  for newbies, greenhorns, and tinhorns) will ride home holding the
> >> door closed with one hand, and a blast of frigid air blowing in around
> >> the unclosed door. Such unpleasantness is un-necessary.
> >>
> >> Airlines de-ice with hot glycol,  you can get ANTI icing just using
> >> denatured alcohol from the hardware store - or in a pinch - the alcohol
> >> from your medicine cabinet at home.
> >>
> >> John Rodgers
> >> Clayartist and Moldmaker
> >> 88'GL VW Bus Driver
> >> Chelsea, AL
> >> Http://www.moldhaus.com
> >>
> >
> >
> >
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