Just thought I'd explain how I detail my car batteries. I wash them with soap and water, then dry them. Then I spray them with Pledge furniture polish and wipe them dry. I never use grease on the terminals and as in my 2003 4Runner the OEM battery looks exactly like it did the day I took the SUV home. It's still shiny new and the terminals look new, too. I also use Pledge around the rest of the engine compartment and the while area looks like the day the car was first sold. I don't like a messy battery and I don't like using that red grease or products like that. Also I've never had a spot of rust or other corrosion around the battery or underneath it around the fender well.
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This is good information. Great actually. I will probably give this a whirl.
If you only use hot water you will find corrosion in many places on and around the battery after a while.
I tend to just stay away from the battery. I do spray it down with acid killer inspect cables & hose it off but the battery is foul and that is the only corrosion happening on the hole car and its granted.
I have been cleaning/waxing my whole motorcycle with Pledge for years.
There's so little bodywork on it, it ends up being easy. It's great for removing dead bugs from bikes/helmets, which is what most motorcycle guys use it for, if they are Pledge users.
My bike group goes through cans and cans of pledge on a 7 day road trip.
There's so little bodywork on it, it ends up being easy. It's great for removing dead bugs from bikes/helmets, which is what most motorcycle guys use it for, if they are Pledge users.
My bike group goes through cans and cans of pledge on a 7 day road trip.
Originally Posted By: Jim 5
I have been cleaning/waxing my whole motorcycle with Pledge for years.
My friend has used Pledge on his bikes for years. Works really well.
We tease him now about how his Buell is a lemon. Smells like a lemon.
it's all in good fun.
I use Turtle Wax ICE liquid polish on the engine cover, battery and stuff like that.
The ICE is completely useless on my paint. It streaks. But it is suprisingly good on unpainted plastic and lenses.
I have been cleaning/waxing my whole motorcycle with Pledge for years.
My friend has used Pledge on his bikes for years. Works really well.
We tease him now about how his Buell is a lemon. Smells like a lemon.
I use Turtle Wax ICE liquid polish on the engine cover, battery and stuff like that.
The ICE is completely useless on my paint. It streaks. But it is suprisingly good on unpainted plastic and lenses.
Yes,
There are different flavors, but Lemon seems to work the best!
There are different flavors, but Lemon seems to work the best!
Thx for the advice. I will give that a try the next time I have the battery out.
HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!
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HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!
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I don't like the spray grease either. I do like terminal covers and when I replaced my battery cables at AutoZone, I opted for the 2-gauge cables instead of the 4-gauge ones for about an extra buck apiece, and was pleasantly surprised to see they came with covers, red for positive, black for negative.
What I do when I have a nice strong battery and I want to keep it decent, I find one of those foam battery insulators from a junkyard car. Saturns and other 90's-00's GM products have them if they have the original battery or if the owner didn't throw away the cover when changing batteries. I clean up the battery with a mild solution of warm water, baking soda, and Dawn. It works well, and it's stuff I always have laying around. Then once dry, I slip the foam wrap on the battery and then I install it being sure everything is clean and dry. Then the terminal covers go on and I wipe it down every tank of fuel when I stop to fill up, check fluids, top off stuff, etc...
Older Chrysler products used to have big plastic battery boxes and I want to start collecting those, then lining them in insulation. Down here in Texas, the insulation keeps the heat OUT and that should help extend battery life along with regular topping off with distilled water.
What I do when I have a nice strong battery and I want to keep it decent, I find one of those foam battery insulators from a junkyard car. Saturns and other 90's-00's GM products have them if they have the original battery or if the owner didn't throw away the cover when changing batteries. I clean up the battery with a mild solution of warm water, baking soda, and Dawn. It works well, and it's stuff I always have laying around. Then once dry, I slip the foam wrap on the battery and then I install it being sure everything is clean and dry. Then the terminal covers go on and I wipe it down every tank of fuel when I stop to fill up, check fluids, top off stuff, etc...
Older Chrysler products used to have big plastic battery boxes and I want to start collecting those, then lining them in insulation. Down here in Texas, the insulation keeps the heat OUT and that should help extend battery life along with regular topping off with distilled water.
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