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Thread: Car cover on my Zaino'ed Mini

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11-13-2005, 02:25 PM

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Car cover on my Zaino'ed Mini

My '03 MCS Mini must sit outside the garage in favor of the wife's Lexus.

We bought a car cover for the Mini as compensation, but here in Arizona we have an abundance of very fine, highly abrasive airborne dust that gets into everything as well as under my Mini's car cover.

The Mini had to sit for a few months due to business. When I recently removed the cover I was horrified to see all the dust that had accumulated despite my best effort to seal it up.

I more recently gave the Mini a full Zaino treatment. 6 coats of Z5 and 12 coats of Z2, each of which had a Z6 wipe-down between them. So I trust she has pretty good UV protection against the AZ sun.

I am reluctant to put the car cover back on because of the abrasive dust I know will accumulate between it and the paint surface.

Thoughts, anyone?

Mike