

| Subject: | Re: Favourite Modifications NVC |
| From: | d spence |
| Date: | Sun, 14 Aug 2005 23:31:04 -0600 |
John This reminds me of an experience with a "similar product" in my pre vanagon days. My ex and I were crossing Canada and camping in the back of a Peugeout 504 wagon. For privacy she had sewn curtains to cover all the windows but as we were running late the hooks to hold them were not installed. We were going to use double sided tape to hold the curtains in place. All went well the first couple of nights out on the prairies but as we got into Ontario the humidity rose and our problems began. One night in Trenton (the mosquito capital of Canada?) we were setting up in the back of a mobile park that had a "lovely little creek" aka mosquito breeder in the back. I was attempting to hang the curtains by attaching tape to the glass which under the humidity situation was a no go as the glass was covered with a film of moisture. Hmm thought I. Alcohol will absorb the moisture. No good wasting good scotch on this thought I. Hon, got anything thats alcohol based? Yes of course, some perfumed skin cleanser. Cotton balls and this magic elixer and I was back in business. Until I spilled it that is and it's aromatics filled the car making it unbearable. Shortening a long story we spent an unbearable night trapped in a reeking, hot, humid car with mossies attempting to find a way in, some successfully. To top it off it was her birthday and in the ongoing excitement I forgot all about that. The next morning we found coffee and a hardware store where we bough screening and duct tape and screened the windows making life bearable again. Hmmm That could be a temporary fix for the westy... On Sunday, August 14, 2005, at 01:55 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > Subject: Re: Favourite Modifications > > I liked my El Cheapo instant privacy curtains I installed for my trip > down the Alaska Highway once. > > I picked up some cheap (like a couple of bucks for a set of four) > short > window curtains at Wally World, got some stick-in-place velcro and put > velcro tabs on the metal above and below the windows, and in the same > spots on the curtains. Instant side and rear curtains and relative > privacy.
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