britishtrident
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| posted on 23/7/08 at 01:53 PM |
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Sticky Road Salt = more Vehicle Corrosion ? ! ? !
A lot of Local Authorities and Motorway Maintanance contract holders used molasses coated rock salt for de-icing roads last winter. It is supposed to
be effective for longer between gritting passes and be less corrosive to vehicles and roads & bridges BUT I am not so sure.
I first began to suspect something had changed when I serviced our own vehicles, the amount and severity of early signs of corrosion on the
underside had increased more than one would expect over one winter.
Anybody else note an increase in vehicle corrosion ?
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 23/7/08 at 02:12 PM |
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nope but I underseal properly
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nick205
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| posted on 23/7/08 at 02:16 PM |
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Not on the Indy and I'm afraid I've given up vernturing underneath the tin tops so couldn't tell you.
Could it be a government plot to increase the attrition rate of older more polluting vehicles?  
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Dangle_kt
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| posted on 23/7/08 at 02:32 PM |
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It would follow that if it is sticky, it will stick to your car and not be washed off as easily.
It certainly makes driving with frozen screen wash a problem!! There is a brown haze on the windows, so you squirt your screen wash, find it's
frozen and then it smudges it all over the screen so you can't see!
It will all be about saving cash, less gritting, less CV's, less man hours - less cost. (and screw the british motorist!)
[Edited on 23/7/08 by Dangle_kt]
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adithorp
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| posted on 23/7/08 at 02:52 PM |
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Not sure about corrosion but it's leathal on a bike (pedal or motor). Seems like when the temp rises just above freezing that the salt attracts
moisture and then the molasses goes slimy. Its as bad as having diesel on the roads.
adrian
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 23/7/08 at 02:53 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Dangle_kt
It would follow that if it is sticky, it will stick to your car and not be washed off as easily.
It certainly makes driving with frozen screen wash a problem!! There is a brown haze on the windows, so you squirt your screen wash, find it's
frozen and then it smudges it all over the screen so you can't see!
It will all be about saving cash, less gritting, less CV's, less man hours - less cost. (and screw the british motorist!)
[Edited on 23/7/08 by Dangle_kt]
I have a hose I keep in the utility room that’s connected to the hot water supply, a quick blast with that and the cars cleared of snow and ice, glass
is hot so it doesn't freeze up and the car gets rinsed with fresh water to boot. Been doing that for years, and no the glass hasn't
cracked
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NS Dev
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| posted on 23/7/08 at 08:37 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by adithorp
Not sure about corrosion but it's leathal on a bike (pedal or motor). Seems like when the temp rises just above freezing that the salt attracts
moisture and then the molasses goes slimy. Its as bad as having diesel on the roads.
adrian
just as bad in a car too, slippier than the flipping ice that its there to stop!!
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