Show WATER INJURY TO TIRES IS SMALL running through stream la Is not injurious now and then in the course of an aa au automobile to mobile trip a car has hai to pass through a stream and the question la in sometimes discussed whether the so ao tion of the water to la harmful to the tiros tires the same bame question arises when the car la Is out in a heavy rain such a wetting Is 1 practically nothing at all either for damage or improvement pro at any rate the effect on the tire la is not harmful two chief constituents of a tire aro are rubber I 1 and L nd cotton both vegetable substances and uri as a rule water does not injure vegetable matter As an illustrative of this point there Is the old but true story of the farmer who when hiie one of his bis rubber boots fell into a well placed the other on a shelf in a closet twelve years later when the well was cleaned the lost boot was found to be in excellent condition but the boot on the shelf had fallen into ruin rain if running through a brook resulted in cooling coolina a tire the effect would be decidedly beneficial but a quick dash daab through the water has baa little effect on the heated air within the tire and consequently the temperature change it in the tire after its bath Is negligible water itself apparently does no harm to tires but the combination of air and moisture commonly known an ai humidity Is very destructive especially on the cotton in ordinary fabrie fabric tires the moist air works in between the layers of the fabric and rots them out sometimes even before the tires leave the dealers storeroom cord tires stand humidity better the harmful effect of moist air Is the chief reason why when tires are stored they should be kept in a dry atmosphere As sunlight Is also harmful the storage place should be darkened |