Winter - Leave the Salt on or Off

[mobiledynamics]

To Brine or not to Brine

Previous setup had 3 bay.
Current house has 2. Garage queen and wifey`s car indoors.
My DD outdoors.

Today was the 1st snowfall, and I`m not sure what`s worse...Snow accumulation sliding off paint with unknown variable of XYZ on paint surface as snow slides off

or

Let the buildup of crud build up on the panels.....leave it alone for the season, and as the snow accumulates throughout and falls off, the *buildup* of the salt brine, is like a coating between the paint and the snow.

[GearHead_1]

Get the salt off. If salt is left on, corrosion won`t be far behind.

[PA DETAILER]

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Mine is wearing the latest and greatest coating.

[JSFM35X]

I don`t mess with water below 40 degrees. The car is protected by multiplie layers. No issues ever. Go order some wings, watch some net flix and chill out. Today`s modern rustproofing is solid.

[Ronkh]

Just seeing it would drive me nutso

[PA DETAILER]

Oh it does!! Already driving me crazy not washing the last two weekends!

[mobiledynamics]

LOL. As long as the hose spigot is flowing......before this whole salt brine commotion, I`m washing weekly even in the winter. Just need to do it early enough so that the sun evaporates whatever is leftover outside the garage, so that the freeze at night doesn`t become a skate rink.

It was never on my radar, but I guess I`m guaranteed some winter love marks. Today , was a perfect example of what I`m going to be seeing....which was chunks of snow slide off the paint. But we`re early in the season, where the paint was clean....but once winter hunkers down, we`re talking salt, sand and all that brine jazz that get`s on the panels...

[JSFM35X]

I`ve gotten used to it.

Just seeing it would drive me nutso

[mikejames]

I would go to a local car wash when the temps don`t allow to do it at home and spray it off yourself asap. The salt brine can`t be good for your LSP, salt is an abraisive.

[mobiledynamics]

No coin ops that I know of within a 45 minute drive radius

[Raymoche]

get the salt off when you can. otherwise, no worries.

[mobiledynamics]

not sure if my OP was unclear, but the salted layer as a alternative way of looking at it, is like a PPF film layer....as it`s hard and stuck on...

So if it snows, and the snow accumulates on the hood, etc, as it slides off.....whatever sand, ParTiculate, etc, it technically is not sliding under the weight of the snow against paint, but ontop of the salt layer....Hence, I wasn`t sure which poison would be better ;-)

[PRND[S]]

I am firmly in the "get it off" camp. Any snow on the vehicle that slides off with a layer of salt / sand / gravel bits on the paint is going to grind that into the paint. IMHO the film doesn`t provide protection, but abrasive material for marring the paint.

[Raymoche]

take some salt and rub your paint, im sure you can see the results there.

[Accumulator]

Recent model-year vehicles in my area are rusting out left-and-right due to people not flushing the salt out of places where it collects. Certain areas around the wheelwells and fuel-filler pocket are what I notice most often.