Winter - Leave the Salt on or Off

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mobiledynamics

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To Brine or not to Brine :ph34r:

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

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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.
 
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.
 
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...
 
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.
 
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 ;-)
 
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.
 
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.
 
Accumulator said:
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.
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Concur. The worst area`s I`ve seen are hard brake lines where stuff collects in tight crevices/panels that one needs to think about flushing and for owners that are not OCD like us ( let`s face it, forum members represent .00001 percent of car owners), these places don`t get flushed out...
 
mobiledynamics said:
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 ;-)
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I almost felt that the opening post was a bait post. My response was specifically directed towards what salt does to metal then the paint on top of it as it works it`s way into the, for lack of a better term, pores in the paint. there is no protective layer in the brine. If you believe this your fooling yourself. It`s a corrosive, abrasive layer. You might not see it for seasons but if salt gets in there it`s rusting.
 
mobiledynamics said:
Concur. The worst area`s I`ve seen are hard brake lines where stuff collects in tight crevices/panels that one needs to think about flushing and for owners that are not OCD like us ( let`s face it, forum members represent .00001 percent of car owners), these places don`t get flushed out...
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Aw man you touched a sore spot of mine! When I got my `93 Audi from its original owner I had to have *every* hard brake/fuel line replaced (custom fabricated as all were N/A) due to this. Which is why I always detail my undercarriages at every single wash and I do mean *DETAIL* even if I`m going right back out in the salt.

I know that`s not feasible for people without certain facilities...if I couldn`t take care of my Drivers the way I do I`d simply have "disposable winter cars"...probably lease them and write off the expense as "money I saved by not having a Detailing Shop". That`s what the Audi`s previous owner does now, every two years she gets a new leased Benz and she just shrugs off the cost by saying she`ll never have to think about "taking care of the car" again.
 
I try to get it off after each snow or wet driving event. The stuff still can rust now a days that`s for sure


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