I thought you people might appreciate this. I`ll cut to the chase first. Then explain.
Salt... Warm water is the only thing that works. Even salt you don`t know is there. Feels and looks clean. But isn`t. Still has salt on it.
This is partly in response to reading on here about high PH for salt...etc.
I am actually semi retired. I used to test electrical apparatus for a living. In doing Doble testing at the beach on insulators. We found the only thing that got the insulators clean was warm water. Yes, usually start with hot. It cools off. Don`t let it get less than warm. The warm water was the only thing that worked because it would dissolve the salt. We could use the most aggressive solvents. Acetone, etc. and they wouldn`t work. We still couldn`t get that Doble test down where we wanted it. Showed either the insulator was dirty, or bad. It would show electricity tracking on the outside surface of the insulator. It would feel clean. It would look clean. But it wouldn`t be. The Doble test just wouldn`t come down to the Power Factor we required for that insulator. I`m talking power factors, typically of .1% or .05% or .01%. Some lower.
I thought people would appreciate knowing this. Wondering why even touching a car results in swirling. I myself, use warm water with my rinseless wash. To make sure I get all the salt off. Even during summer. Might have some left over from winter on the roads. Then in rain, it can splash on the car and sticks. I`m sure I have less of a problem of creating more swirling because of this. I didn`t use my DA Polisher on my car until i went over it with rinseless wash in warm water.
Salt... Warm water is the only thing that works. Even salt you don`t know is there. Feels and looks clean. But isn`t. Still has salt on it.
This is partly in response to reading on here about high PH for salt...etc.
I am actually semi retired. I used to test electrical apparatus for a living. In doing Doble testing at the beach on insulators. We found the only thing that got the insulators clean was warm water. Yes, usually start with hot. It cools off. Don`t let it get less than warm. The warm water was the only thing that worked because it would dissolve the salt. We could use the most aggressive solvents. Acetone, etc. and they wouldn`t work. We still couldn`t get that Doble test down where we wanted it. Showed either the insulator was dirty, or bad. It would show electricity tracking on the outside surface of the insulator. It would feel clean. It would look clean. But it wouldn`t be. The Doble test just wouldn`t come down to the Power Factor we required for that insulator. I`m talking power factors, typically of .1% or .05% or .01%. Some lower.
I thought people would appreciate knowing this. Wondering why even touching a car results in swirling. I myself, use warm water with my rinseless wash. To make sure I get all the salt off. Even during summer. Might have some left over from winter on the roads. Then in rain, it can splash on the car and sticks. I`m sure I have less of a problem of creating more swirling because of this. I didn`t use my DA Polisher on my car until i went over it with rinseless wash in warm water.
