PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-635
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 635
OCTOBER 2005
PS 635
OCT 05
55
Tents…
Mildew Pee-U!
Greetings, my
leetle friends. it
is I,
Reinhold
Beefencaker
.
I am here at da
gym, tuning up my
most excellent
physique.
You know, years uv
body building have
taught me dis
most
important
lesson:
Never,
absolutely never,
t’row your dirty, sweaty gym
clothes in a pile at da bottom of your locker and den shut
da door and leave town for da weekend.
Do you know
what
you
will find when
you return on
Monday?
When you cram
sweaty clothes in
a confined, dark
place for a few
days,
bacteria
begins to grow.
Soon you get
a whiff of a
foul
odor,
also known as
da
Big Stinky.
Scrub dirt and grime off
your tent with a soft bristle
brush and a mixture of mild
soap and water. Rinse it with
clean water. Set up the tent
or hang it in the sun to air
dry. Never spread it on the
ground, where moisture will
keep it from drying.
Make sure the tent’s com-
pletely dry before folding.
Then store it on a wooden
pallet or shelf in a well-ven-
tilated area. Never store it on
the ground or in the open
where there’s dew.
Clean
und
dry
are da
keys to
preventing
mildew.
Preventing Mildew
A
similar
fate awaits your
vinyl-coated polyester
tents
when they return from the field.
Tents often return dirty,
wet, soiled with tree sap, bird
droppings, oil or grease.
Den, with
no
cleaning,
they’re folded
wet and stored
in dark, cramped
quarters.
Dat’s a breeding
ground for
mildew and its
musty odor.
Clean
with
brush,
soap
and
water
Store tents
on pallets
it will
not
be
da heavenly
fragrance of
flower blossoms,
take my word.
And you
thot your
brudder-in-
law
smelled
bad.
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