View Full Version : Protecting your car from SALT
igcognito
12-09-2002, 05:56 PM
Is daily washing actually the only way. DAMN SNOW!!!
wylin
12-09-2002, 06:24 PM
beat me the only salt we get in cali is from food.
mrazntre
12-09-2002, 06:57 PM
yeah i think so.... there is a protective spray that you can get (isn't it largely advertised over there ?)
i know you can always get an underbody steam clean. but that's basically, just a wash.
angel nympho
12-10-2002, 10:46 AM
Salt? Why would you protect your car from salt? ... AHHH, attack of the salt shakers!!!
wylin
12-10-2002, 11:03 AM
because in the east coast they salt the roads to help the winter ice melt away and salt is corrosive when it gets on the underside of your car. hence causing rust.
Okay, how do you protect your car from this (http://www.thenewsenterprise.com/articles/2002/12/10/news/news02.txt)?
wylin
12-10-2002, 01:10 PM
run flat tires like the goodyear Eagle EMT, Michelen has one also, so does bridgestone, and so does dunlop.
deez nuts
12-10-2002, 01:25 PM
Wait a minute they don't salt the roads in Cali? :blink:
No snow there?
Edit: yeah u gotta wash the salt off or go to one of them car washes that uses steam to get rid of the salt.
wylin
12-10-2002, 02:10 PM
no snow in socal or norcal biznatchs! know dude cali ppl can barely drive in rain?
hence no salt. no such thing as salting roads in california.
igcognito
12-11-2002, 08:25 PM
LUCKY S.O.Bs. People here can drive through tornados. I hate salt. I guess It will be a washing. I have the money for my body kit. I just haven't ordered it. Maybe I won't. -_-. DAMN YOU SALT!!!!!
wylin
12-12-2002, 08:27 AM
i also am putting on a body kit the OEM Aerodynamic kit made outa urathane made by nissan japan !
Commando_turned_MD
12-12-2002, 05:25 PM
Go to Pep Boys or any Parts store and buy underbody spray.....I believe it's a tar like substance.....Kinda like the bed liners suff for trunks.....For a sedan, 6-10 cans will do...Approx 2.99 a can..........or you can take it to a professional and they'll charge you $200.00 + dollars for the work..
mrazntre
12-12-2002, 06:12 PM
actually... the salt is laid on the roads to prevent freezing over, rather than to melt the snow, the sodium lowers the freezing point of water, etc etc....
11th grade chemistry class. *think back!*
deez nuts
12-12-2002, 06:14 PM
well yeah tre!
The NaCl is gonna chew up my new baby alive :cry:
angel nympho
12-12-2002, 06:23 PM
because in the east coast they salt the roads to help the winter ice melt away and salt is corrosive when it gets on the underside of your car. hence causing rust.
What the heck are you talking about, Will? It snows here... how do you think I went snowboarding last night? On dirt???
wylin
12-12-2002, 07:34 PM
http://www.howstuffworks.com/question58.htm
there an answer dork they dont doit up here very often at all why? its just mountains that snow and the snow is light.
Question
Why do they use salt to melt ice on the road in the winter?
Answer
If you live in a place that has lots of snow and ice in the winter, then you have probably seen the highway department spreading salt on the road to melt the ice. You may have also used salt on ice when making home-made ice cream. Salt lowers the freezing/melting point of water, so in both cases the idea is to take advantage of the lower melting point.
Ice forms when the temperature of water reaches 32 degrees Fahrenheit (0 degrees Celsius). When you add salt, that temperature drops: A 10-percent salt solution freezes at 20 F (-6 C), and a 20-percent solution freezes at 2 F (-16 C). On a roadway, this means that if you sprinkle salt on the ice, you can melt it. The salt dissolves into the liquid water in the ice and lowers its freezing point.
If you ever watch salt melting ice, you can see the dissolving process happen -- the ice immediately around the grain of salt melts, and the melting spreads out from that point. If the temperature of the roadway is lower than 15 F or so, then the salt really won't have any effect -- the solid salt cannot get into the structure of the solid water to start the dissolving process. In that case, spreading sand over the top of the ice to provide traction is a better option.
When you are making ice cream, the temperature around the ice cream mixture needs to be lower than 32 F if you want the mixture to freeze. Salt mixed with ice creates a brine that has a temperature lower than 32 F. When you add salt to the ice water, you lower the melting temperature of the ice down to 0 F or so. The brine is so cold that it easily freezes the ice cream mixture.
mrazntre
12-12-2002, 07:57 PM
NaCl = Badd... :cry:
lethal
12-12-2002, 09:26 PM
I noticed more sand than salt when it snowed here last week.
I forgot what it was like to drive through the snow after 3 years in SF. I also forgot to pack my ice scraper. I was clearing my side windows with a 1 inch wide straight razor blade! :pissed:
Sucked.
I gotta get my car washed before the salt and sand set in, but it keeps raining.
igcognito
12-13-2002, 04:08 AM
Chopped Ice, like how we summer snowboard here.
angel nympho
12-13-2002, 11:21 AM
Will. Dood. I'm not retarded. I know why they don't salt roads up here.
wylin
12-13-2002, 11:30 AM
Will. Dood. I'm not retarded. I know why they don't salt roads up here.
yes? why then?
angel nympho
12-13-2002, 11:43 AM
There isn't enough ice. It's not very cold out here, so even if it does get icy, it melts on it's own.
wylin
12-13-2002, 11:52 AM
ere isn't enough ice. It's not very cold out here, so even if it does get icy, it melts on it's own.
u go girl! :lol:
angel nympho
12-13-2002, 01:13 PM
u go girl!
*Dances around*
Commando_turned_MD
12-13-2002, 01:16 PM
Dont you guys have a Summer car and Winter car?
I use to drive a crappy stock Civic during the winter and my Cobra during the summer months.........That way you don't have to worry about the NaCl or the pebbles....
deez nuts
12-13-2002, 01:18 PM
Yeah winter car = NYC subway and bus system and the LIRR :D
Commando_turned_MD
12-13-2002, 01:21 PM
Public transportation :gross:
Ever been mugged? Yes it is a stereotype :P
Azn Retribution
02-03-2003, 04:26 AM
Originally posted by armycommando_turned_doctor@Dec 13 2002, 01:16 PM
Dont you guys have a Summer car and Winter car?
I use to drive a crappy stock Civic during the winter and my Cobra during the summer months.........That way you don't have to worry about the NaCl or the pebbles....
eh I do..
My beater is a 02 accord coupe
my weekender is a G35 Coupe
i wanted a skyline though
:frown:
Originally posted by angel nympho@Dec 12 2002, 06:23 PM
What the heck are you talking about, Will? It snows here... how do you think I went snowboarding last night? On dirt???
If you went to Bear or Summit, then YEAH, you probably boarded on dirt! lol
I went up a couple weeks ago, and all of the runs had big sections of just...dirt.
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