not talking about pretreating.. talking about a few flakes and you are driving on gravel (salt)That happens here too. Sometimes they pre-treat and then the snow doesn't materialize.
not talking about pretreating.. talking about a few flakes and you are driving on gravel (salt)That happens here too. Sometimes they pre-treat and then the snow doesn't materialize.
It's all over everything
Rusting out my stuff, making badly paved roads even worse
Oh, and to top it off, I found out my sanitation department is out bragging about it on TikTok
No point having the car washed, it'll be salt crusted by the time you get home
And the hose finally froze
I'm punching air right now
How are you dealing with salt season?
Wow, hard worker your wife huh, works 5 minutes a day? I want a job like that!I’m retired and my wife works 5 minutes a day so we drive our 2012 Fiat 500 in the winter and store the new cars during winter.
Per the 'net, it's about a 1:4 salt-to-sand mixture here, because the sand would freeze in solid clumps without salt.Here they use sand because it's too cold for salt to work.
They do the same here in Mass. You'd think they're trying to pave a gravel road with rock salt, and that's not even hyperbole. They will lay it on thick any time the temperature drops below freezing even when there's no snow. There's really no other good solution except maybe some massive infrastructure plan to put heating elements in the road. Ethylene glycol, toxicity to wildlife aside, will eat your paint off.
Best thing to do is extremely frequent washing and use something like FF. I have almost no rust on my car just from hosing the underside 3-4x a week during salt season.
I’m in the same boat...probably going to try something else next year. Maybe a cosmoline type product.You likely rinse off the fluid film that first or second time you rinse everything underneath. I just wash the outside of mine and try to let the oil based undercoating do it’s thing. I’ll touch up the high spray areas as needed, but I’m trying a more permanent coating next year.
I had to look close, thought that might be my car. I spend over an hour washing it and 1/2 mile down the road all that hard work is erased. Around here they also plow the shoulders incessantly, making a muddy mess and rolling any gravel that may be on the side of the road down into the ditch where it can do the most good.
I had to look close, thought that might be my car. I spend over an hour washing it and 1/2 mile down the road all that hard work is erased.
I’m in the same boat...probably going to try something else next year. Maybe a cosmoline type product.
It gets a spraying of fluid film every oil change, which it gets once a month as much as I drive.You likely rinse off the fluid film that first or second time you rinse everything underneath. I just wash the outside of mine and try to let the oil based undercoating do it’s thing. I’ll touch up the high spray areas as needed, but I’m trying a more permanent coating next year.
Your problem is you like cars. Get a car you hate for a winter beater then the darn thing will last forever!I could be offered the best job in the world but if it was anywhere where the roads were salted, Id have to turn it down. It would drive me insane to watch my vehicle rust away, even with meticulous washing. The cold wouldnt bother me at all, but that salt sure would. I’d love to take a road trip up North soon but Id definitely have to rent a vehicle.
I once lived in a very sunny, warm, western coastal state where cars don’t rust. However, overall quality of life made up for the fact my cars were spotless and rust free. I moved back to the Midwest, and only question that move when the temps hit single digits.I could be offered the best job in the world but if it was anywhere where the roads were salted, Id have to turn it down. It would drive me insane to watch my vehicle rust away, even with meticulous washing. The cold wouldnt bother me at all, but that salt sure would. I’d love to take a road trip up North soon but Id definitely have to rent a vehicle.
For once, I've found a valid reason to get a Camry or Corolla!Your problem is you like cars. Get a car you hate for a winter beater then the darn thing will last forever!
I was always impressed with Colorado's handling of snow treatment, least around the area I lived (Colo Spgs). A majority of the time, nothing but sand and sunshine. In very cold weather or re-freeze conditions they'd use magnesium chloride spray, either as a pre or post treatment. My 1985 F-250 that spent its whole life in Colorado had no rust other than in the usual cosmetic places in the sheet metal-- wheel arches and behind the front fenders. When I sold it in 2018, the fella that bought it here in KY (I brought it with me when I moved here in 2017) thought it was unbelievable how rust-free it was given the age.
Five minutes awayWow, hard worker your wife huh, works 5 minutes a day? I want a job like that!