Need Help Real Bad Removing Salt!

[Striker]

Guys,



I need some advice on what tools/home made products/otc products I can use to clean salt that has planted itself in the small crack overlaps between two pieces of steel and other nooks and crannies on my car.....I washed it with water and soap and they just keep on spawning back as if I never touched it.



Do I have to scrub this crap off??

[BluBrett]

Did you hand wash or pressure wash?

[Blinky]

Try this stuff. I apply the solution with a Nomad portable sprayer.



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[gmblack3]

Sounds like you just need to keep on rinsing till all of the salt is removed. As noted above a pressure washer would help. No need to get close to the paint with high pressure.

[Kiroga]

I`m the same way deal with this problem

listen to Fatboy Slim (abcmuzic.com)

[Striker]

I`ve got a DIY car wash down the road from me that has a pressure washer, the only problem is, It`s the top of my rocker panels (or under neath my doors when they are closed) see there`s this black plastic piece that acts as a anti scuff sill for when you get in and out of the car, well under this piece is where I discovered the salt.



Now I just have to figure out how to do this would soaking my interior.

[BluBrett]

I`ve got a DIY car wash down the road from me that has a pressure washer, the only problem is, It`s the top of my rocker panels (or under neath my doors when they are closed) see there`s this black plastic piece that acts as a anti scuff sill for when you get in and out of the car, well under this piece is where I discovered the salt.



Now I just have to figure out how to do this would soaking my interior.



You could have someone remove the scuff plate, or if it isn`t too deep you could try to squirt a water bottle with a spray cap in there. Or you could just continue to clean up the salt daily.

[Striker]

You could have someone remove the scuff plate, or if it isn`t too deep you could try to squirt a water bottle with a spray cap in there. Or you could just continue to clean up the salt daily.



The scuff plate simply pops off bud. However, water+wash mit+megs gold class soap did minimal to remove the salt from the fine crevices where two pieces of metal overlap one another. I know it`s just salt dust and it is three years old but still. The way it`s explained to me, salt alone wont cause the damage, its the moisture that will.

[swan]

What kind of car is this?

I don`t know if this is the same type of problem you are having but some cars I have done the bolts for the seats seem to have sort of a chemical reaction to salt and they get pretty nasty. You may have to scrape or scrub to get rid of it. They may be metal clips in there and salt could be in there as well. Without pictures its hard telling what your best angle would be and why it is happening.

[autoobsessed]

Not sure if you can get this in the US, but we have a product in Canada called Salt Eraser that is for getting salt stains out of carpets. It is a foam spray like carpet cleaner and eats the salt away. I have used it and it works really well.

[BluBrett]

I know I will get flamed for this, but if it`s under the plates where no one can see it then just use tooth picks or one of the stiff plastic brushes used to detail interior crevices. scratches that no one can see are better than rust eventually.

[Striker]

Not sure if you can get this in the US, but we have a product in Canada called Salt Eraser that is for getting salt stains out of carpets. It is a foam spray like carpet cleaner and eats the salt away. I have used it and it works really well.



I am in Canada, unfortunately its not on the carpet, its on the paint in all the nooks and crannies. I drove the car ONCE for 6-7 hours in the winter THREE years ago and this crap is still there.



I`m hoping that my LPS Rust Inhibitor will remove/penetrate thru the salt dust and temporarily remove it!