Re: Since road vehicles hit the press this morning:

Posted by INCase on February 14, 2019 at 07:05:58 from (209.221.240.193):

In Reply to: Since road vehicles hit the press this morning: posted by Texasmark1 on February 14, 2019 at 04:40:53:

first off WASH IT!

that's your best defense (dispite other comments) to slow the salt reaction down. even though its been south for a couple years it could very likely still have salt in places

washing REMOVES much of the salt and what it cannot remove completely (nooks and crannys) it can at least dilute. as others mentioned wash the underside well. try to get water into open spots in the frame structure to flush/dilute the salt out and use plenty of clean water. We have automatic car washes here and the mid-upper wash options include undercar pressure washing. in the spring i take the cars into the self wash bays and just wash the underside (best i can) with the wand and then go thru the auto wash to get the salt off for the summer. i would also wash under the hood too but be careful not to really wash the engine. just try to get any of the viable body parts. you don't want to get water in connectors, sensors, computers ect ect. but salt spray does get under there as well and just sits and rusts. open the doors and carefully wash the door sills and gently get a little water into the drain holes in the bottoms of the doors. NOW if you keep it out of salt you shouldn't have to go thru all that again.

when we were testing automotive parts it was very obvious the effects of salt. the concentration and the TIME that the parts were in contact with the salt were major contributing factors in how much our parts rusted. Typically we used a salt fog. no splashing or direct immersions. we even did tests that the parts were rinsed 1/2 way thru the test and it was amazing what a difference it made.

the make and model also makes a difference. not sure about hondas. my Dodge Intrepid and Chrysler 300M (both 19 year old cars) had very little rust even the Intrepid after handing down to daughters who NEVER washed it still didn't have major rust (stone chips were the only bad spots as to be expected)

our 2003 Chrysler Town & country van rusted out like crazy and it did get washed BUT not enough by my liking.

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