Volcanic ash, or am I mad?

Voodoomelon

Anyone notice their cars are dustier/ashier :rolleyes: than usual? Some other board users on the continent have posted pics of their cars destroyed in dust, blaming it on volcanic ash.
I have to say my car was very dusty after just cleaning it and driving only a few miles. Is it the dry weather or could it actually be ash particles?

Seth Brundle

Apparently its not ash...
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0419/1224268629552.html

cruizer101

I have to say I have noticed a lot of dust on my car over the last week. But I'm pretty sure its just due to the spell of dry weather we've been having causing there to be a lot of dust around.

Johnny Utah

Yes, I think that there is some volcanic ash in the air (despite what the government taskforce:rolleyes: says)... I washed my car at the weekend and I noticed that it's been covered in black dust for the last couple of days. Very unusual.

dirtydiesel

Polished my car yesterday, still looking good, no dust.

samsemtex

Ive noticed it as well. My car has been covered in dust for the last few days and so has everyone elses. I dont think its just dust from the dry weather because i dont live in a dusty area at all. I take the motorway to work and my drive is tarmac. Ive never seen cars in dry countries coated with dust like this.

Savman

I've heard it all now.

biko

There's a thread in Galway about it but we just put it down to ash from bush fires around the county.

evolutionqy7

dirtydiesel wrote: »

Polished my car yesterday, still looking good, no dust.

god u must have used anti dust polish i polished the car and it was dusty the next day but i agree its more to do with the dry weather

cadaliac

My yoke is covered in dust for the last week - more so than usual, I just put it down to the dry weather......hmmmmm

mickdw

Its only dust. It hasnt rained in weeks here. We always get this level of dust in a long dry spell.

SV

Savman wrote: »

I've heard it all now.

Don't think it's possible I take it?

jaffa20

mickdw wrote: »

Its only dust. It hasnt rained in weeks here. We always get this level of dust in a long dry spell.

But it's all over my car too. Normally i would think it's dust but this is a fine layer evently distributed over the car and on the top where you would not see much dust from driving. Probably just a coincidence though.

GTE

I agree that there is always dust about but last week I clearly remember parking my car, washing the window with the wipers and heading inside. Then I come out the next morningnand the window is covered in dust. I put it down to ash and to be honest, I dont see why it couldn't be. There has to be at least some ash falling down through the air.

BigEejit

If it is ash, I'd suggest that you do not use wipers to clean your windscreen ... volcanic ash is like scouring powder and would damage it.

ShiresV2

bbk wrote: »

I agree that there is always dust about but last week I clearly remember parking my car, washing the window with the wipers and heading inside. Then I come out the next morningnand the window is covered in dust. I put it down to ash and to be honest, I dont see why it couldn't be. There has to be at least some ash falling down through the air.

Likewise, first coating of dust on my yoke appeared overnight. Low winds that day and the dust cloud was supposed to be overheard. Common sense.

ednwireland

a hell of a lot of grit and salt thrown on the roads this winter, the roads are definitely grittier, my guess its that and that dry weather must put some dust under the microscope and see its volcanic :P

Combination of pollen and unusually dry weather with maybe some volcanic ash? We did have the "heat wave" about two weeks ago which would kickstarted the plants.

keithclancy

Same here in the Netherlands, came out, car covered in Brown dusty stuff.

ianobrien

What colour is the dust?

If it's brown, the dust is from earth/sand and is from dear ol' Ireland (dry weather and all that jazz). If it's coal black, it's from Iceland.

All the dust I've seen has been brown.

Carstuck

I say its just the dry spell. Had a dark colour car before and every day there was dust on it in the summer even when it wasn't been driven.

SpannerMonkey

I have noticed it being a lot distort than normal I washed and waxed my car Tuesday and it wa covered In a thin layer of dust the next day even though I haven't driven anywhere

Voodoomelon

keithclancy wrote: »

Same here in the Netherlands, came out, car covered in Brown dusty stuff.

Aye, this is from Holland too:

af_thefragile

Nope.
People are just getting paranoid.

TJJP

NUI Galway Researchers Detect Icelandic Volcano Plume Over Ireland

http://www.nuigalway.ie/about-us/news-and-events/news.php?p_id=1257

Could be time to take those potassium iodate tablets.

challengemaster

washed/polished car yesterday, by 12 today there was a layer of dust on it.

*mutters something about black cars* :mad:

dunsandin

Got up this morning and there was lava running down my windscreen.
Car was seriously dusty, and when I looked closely, the dust said"Made in Iceland". I was shocked. Well, not really, cos my cars a pile of

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, and the dust just hides the dents.Every cloud....and all that.

Tr1PoD

http://cars.ie.msn.com/NewCars/Articles.aspx?articleid=1230

GTE

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Aye, this is from Holland too:

I had that once there was a splash of rain, my car was as if someone had sieve over it and dusted the car on the morning I noticed it. I have no reason to believe its solely of even slightly anything to do with grit or the dry spell, though days of low wind would have been interesting to note.

Its foolish to think that no ash is going to fall at some point. Indeed the concentration of what ever ash does fall will be small since the ash cloud has been blown to cover such a wide area.

The day I noticed the dust was one with very little wind so there is another factor to consider.

Anyway, rinse all the dust off before you wash the car.

ianobrien wrote: »

If it's coal black, it's from Iceland.

Whats your source that volcanic ash is only coal black when it falls in small quantities/layers?

ednwireland

jeez, my car gets washed every nct whether it needs it or not

JJJJNR

ShiresV2 wrote: »

Likewise, first coating of dust on my yoke appeared overnight. Low winds that day and the dust cloud was supposed to be overheard. Common sense.

What did it say.. Should have gone to iceland.!?