is there salt removal chemical for winter cleaning?

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is there salt removal chemical for winter cleaning?
 
For paint, do a good job prepping it with paint sealant & wax or coating. As for undercarriage, I have a jack and pressure wash my undercarriage here and there. Some people drive through a car wash just for undercarriage cleaning.
 
Generally acids work well to assist in solubilizing minerals (such as sodium or magnesium chloride). Stick to a mild acid such as citric acid or acetic acid. It is generally not necessary on paint if you are using a pressure washer.
 
Could your add say 60ml (2oz.) of vinegar to a normal wash bucket?


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My response to road salt is a touchless wash with undercarriage. Certainly not ideal but best alternative in some cases. This has not been much a problem in my area for a long time until this past winter. I try to get a coat of wax/sealant on in October.
 
Salt is pretty inert. So anything calling itself salt neutralizer or some similar name is presumptively nonsense.

That said, people with boats really like "Salt Away" It's some fairly common chemical like TSP and some other proprietary protectants. Very short term whatever they may be, that's for sure.

I've used it. It doen't take off the sealant at least. I notice that when I switch from product to rinse on the foam gun it goes away like right now. So, I guess it works pretty much as it says: It does a really good job of rinsing off all the salt. If I lived in that kind of environment I would use it on a regular basis. For me, I use it on the infrequent occasions they salt the road.

If it were me, I'd just break down and get the product--Those who use competing tsp products still like Salt-Away better. Just better proportions, probably. If I wanted to save a buck, I might go to the paint store and get a box of TSP. What proportions I would use, I don't know.
 
I always use rinseless as a pre-wash, so once its sprayed on there it starts breaking down the salt, more salt, just spray more rinseless made up as pre-wash. This is exactly why I recycle my rinseless, no reason to pour it out....EVER!

Bob, I love your post about soap and water, so tongue in cheek....but true, LOL!

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glh17 said:
My response to road salt is a touchless wash with undercarriage. Certainly not ideal but best alternative in some cases. This has not been much a problem in my area for a long time until this past winter. I try to get a coat of wax/sealant on in October.
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If you've gone weeks in the snow/salt this is a great thing to do, then a rinseless wash if the garage is available, if not, wait till its about 35 and sunny and get the hot water in those buckets and get to it with your rinseless after the touch-free.

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sito said:
how does vinergar remove road salt?
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-Vinegar is acidic (acetic acid).
-Salts are minerals.
-Acetic acid will "dissolve" minerals.

Note:
Acetic acid is very corrosive to many
automotive metals/metal alloys.

Bob
 
sito said:
how does vinergar remove road salt?
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Water by itself is an excellent solvent for salt. Water is a polar solvent, NaCl (table salt, and most road salt) is polar, therefore water dissolves salt. Vinegar is usually 95% water, 5% acetic acid. To oversimplify, the acetic acid increases the polarity of water, making it dissolve salt better. However, acids in the presence of chloride ions is not metal friendly. Also, acetic acid does not make water THAT much better of a solvent. On a scale of 1 to 10 for solvents that dissolve road salt, water by itself is a 9.5. Therefore, skip the vinegar, just use water.
 
Klasse Act said:
If you've gone weeks in the snow/salt this is a great thing to do, then a rinseless wash if the garage is available, if not, wait till its about 35 and sunny and get the hot water in those buckets and get to it with your rinseless after the touch-free.

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I've never tried a waterless/rinseless wash before but order a concentrate bottle of Pinnacle Liquid Crystal yesterday after hearing the recommendations and videos on waterless washes.
 
Its called a coating. Nothing ...even salt is no match for a properly coated car. Plain water will remove it.
 
A weekly trip to the coin-op wand washer bay is almost a mandatory 'must do.'

I use Meguiar's "Ultimate Wash & Wax Anywhere" afterwards (when I get home).

When the temps are sitting below the 32° line for weeks (months?) on end, it's about the best I can do.

Bill
 
Klasse Act...Curious as to the brand of Rinseless that you mentioned to remove road salt? I've tried ONR and UWW+ at different ratios with no luck.

As someone mentioned, I did add a 1/2 ounce of TSP to a 2 gallon pump sprayer with a 1/2 ounce of Stoner PS-1 presoak and that was extremely effective. Have only used it 3 times and has not affected my LSP far as I could tell, will be monitoring.

And whomever mentioned water alone obviously doesn't live near us snowbirds, unless a high pressure application.
 
Since my first reply, a chemical has been released called Whips Road Salt Remover. You basically pre-soak with it and it emulsifies the salt. It is advertised as wax safe as well. I have been using it for over a month now, but the cars I use it on are coated or sealed with Hydr02 & Reload. It works amazing as pre-soak for waterless/rinseless wash or if you just wanna pressure wash the grim away. Google it as it is not available here at Autogeek.
 
Thanks, Sicktred08fsi. Funny you mention that. Whip is a local DJ in our city and I have spoken to T at you-know-where about it. It is awesome. But pricey. AG may want to look at distributing that stuff, though limited market may not make good business sense.

I emailed Savogran about the use of their 10633 TSP on auto paint as this would be a very cost effective solution if it has no long term effect on paint. Like I mentioned, I've used it 3 times so far on my winter beater, salt is obliterated and LSP is there. So far.
 
I find some of the statements above puzzling, to say the least. I've lived in the frozen north all my life and have never, ever had any issues cleaning "salt" off a car's paint with just plain old water. Sure, there's car wash shampoo in that water but that's for its surfactant and lubricant properties. There is no need for any kind of acids or harsh phosphates to "dissolve" salt on exterior paint.
 
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