I hate all of you that live in states that use no salt on the roads....

**mrgto** · 02-01-2014, 03:21 PM

Spent the last 3hrs using my foam gun with a mix of IronX and Megs to foam down both my Buick Verano(Crystal Red but looked white from all the salt) and my Chevy Equinox. It's amazing how bad this stuff corrodes vehicles.

I foamed top and bottom with warm water and thank fully got rid of most of the heavy stuff.

Hand washed both afterwards and the undercarriages. Rinsed them very very well to combat all the salt that gets into EVERYTHING.

Since it was 45+ degrees here in MA today I figured it was a great time to do it. I'm soaked and cold but it was worth it. Sorry I didn't take any pics but just think of cars covered in salt and now they're not.

**CodySanborn** · 02-01-2014, 03:27 PM

I did same thing

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**davidc** · 02-01-2014, 03:32 PM

Yeah, it is painful here to. 65 and I washed 2 vehicles as they were pretty dusty. Although May is coming and the 115+ temps with it. I will take the temps over watching my vehicle turn into red oxide.

Dave

**Rmd** · 02-01-2014, 03:35 PM

Well, at least you have some kind of weather. Massive drought happening here in Southern California. Same weather everyday for months on end is boring as all heck.

**valleyrider** · 02-01-2014, 03:38 PM

Salt on the roads - what's that?!

Thankfully I live in an area where we dont have to worry about that at all. But the good news is it rained yesterday for the first time in over 2 months!

**mrgto** · 02-01-2014, 03:41 PM

I would hate to be in drought but dealing with rust and rot is no fun either.

**HateSwirls** · 02-01-2014, 03:54 PM

Here in Louisiana we don't have to worry about salt on the roads often being we only get ice/snow every ten years.
Well last week was coming up on ten years, ice everywhere.
They spread salt on every bridge and overpass.
Truck was a mess, rinsed it off well for now.

No way I could deal with that often.

**FUNX650** · 02-01-2014, 03:57 PM

Originally Posted by mrgto

Spent the last 3hrs using my foam gun with a mix of IronX and Megs to foam down both my Buick Verano(Crystal Red but looked white from all the salt) and my Chevy Equinox. It's amazing how bad this stuff corrodes vehicles.

Good corrosion-observation that needs to be posted to this thread:
http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/...ause-rust.html

Are your vehicles already showing signs of rust?
Hope not.

Bob

**CodySanborn** · 02-01-2014, 03:58 PM

Wifes edge this am

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**peter hurcos** · 02-01-2014, 04:13 PM

If I lived Back East I would definitely get a new car Krowned every couple of years, even if I had to drive to Canada to do it. (well, if I was within 100 miles of the border, anyway). Getting even a little visible rust on a car would take all my enthusiasm for keeping it up.

This is why we laboriously put that expensive sealant/wax on the car in mid-November, is it not?

I've been squirting the undercarriage with "Salt-Away" which supposedly helps dissolve the stuff away pretty quickly. Salt is fairly inert and cannot be neutralized easily by the application of some other chemical.

I have no idea if it actually helps.