[Land-speed] Preventing Salt Damage & Rust>From>JGMagoo

[Ed Van Scoy]

Hey Glen,
Didn't you used to mix up some "cocktail" of ATF and kerosene or some such?
Seems to me you used to swear by it????
Ed


-----Original Message-----
From: Dick J [mailto:lsr_man at yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 04:53 PM
To: 'land-speed-digest', jgmagoo at comcast.net
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Preventing Salt Damage & Rust>From>JGMagoo

Get some "Salt-X". Spray the bottom of the car profusely before you go on
thesalt. When you leave the salt, go to the first car wash you can find,
beready to get wet, and just lay down with the high pressure wash and was
thebottom of the car for as many quarters as you can afford. spray the
entirebottom with Salt-X again. When you get to the next car was, do the under
carwash again. Repeat this four or five times every hundred miles or so.
Istill had chunks of salt falling out of the bottom of my truck in El
Pasoafter five car wash trips, but finally got all of the salt out by the time
Imade it the fifteen hundred miles back home. Repeated under car washes is
theanswer. I had the guys with the portable pressure wash hit if first
whenleaving the salt at the bend in the road, then I did it again in
Wendover,then three times in Salt Lake City, once in Flagstaff, once in
Roswell, againin El Paso. When I got home, I parked the truck over a lawn
sprinkler for a day. I'm serious. It worked, I still ended up with a little
salt-induced rustaround one bumper bolt! Dick JIn East Texas --- On Fri,
7/25/08, jgmagoo at comcast.net  wrote:From: jgmagoo at comcast.net Subject:
[Land-speed] Preventing Salt Damage & Rust>From>JGMagooTo: "land-speed-digest"
Date: Friday, July 25, 2008, 6:15 PMHi All,We're coming to Speedweek and
driving a couple of antique vehicles. (One isa 1932 Ford 3-W coupe that was a
'barn find' and still has the originalpaint, etc.).What are you guys
recommendations for preparing these vehicles for driving onthe salt before we
arrive, and also what are the recommendations for theclean-up process to
prevent damage from rust and salt corrosion after we gethome.All suggestions
would be appreciated. Thanks!JGMagooSilverthorne, Colorado