Edmonton Vehicles

[Reeves1]

How many ways can you say RUST ?




Just heard on the news they are spraying liquid calcium chloride on the streets.
Great stuff..... works at lower temps.......and is highly corrosive.
Also at the right temp it turns greasy.

Should be fun & dealers get to sell more vehicles

[gmcmax05]

It's not as corrosive as salt

Corrosion-Inhibited Calcium Chloride: Liquid Calcium Chloride is hard on ice, but easy on corrosion. ... In addition to providing low corrosion versus salt, it has calcium chloride's operational benefits in that it continues to melt snow and ice below 20 deg F, the temperature at which salt becomes an inefficient deicer.

[Don_Parsons]

Rust check in the doors, kicker pannels, then do the under classy, and other components in a 50/50 split of gear oil and Diesel fuel.

Spray painting gun works the best, weed sprayer tip to get into the hard to get at spots.

Place vehicle on big chunk of plastic, place rags around the edges of plastic.
Dawn on old rain suit and googles.
Oven kitchen mitts.

Fire up compressor and get at it.

Caution,,, do not,,, I repeat,,, do not spray the brake disks.

This 50/50 has been around for years in the farming and industrial world.

Oh, do not use the 50/50 with doors or cab.

Don

[79ford]

I find the wetting of what should be normally ice etc spatters all over the place like a day when it is near zero even if it is minus 10.

I dont really see any benefit and I have seen what calcium chloride does to iron, even if it is inhibited the whole batch probably isnt... nothing is pure and it is still salt which is alot worse than no salt

[Blastoff]

Plus it really runs down the sewer gutters then into the streams, bright idea!

[Dewey Cox]

Originally Posted by Blastoff

Plus it really runs down the sewer gutters then into the streams, bright idea!

It will keep the north sask river open for boating year round.
And any fish you catch will already be brined.
Let's take this as a win.

[brslk]

Originally Posted by Don_Parsons

Rust check in the doors, kicker pannels, then do the under classy, and other components in a 50/50 split of gear oil and Diesel fuel.

Spray painting gun works the best, weed sprayer tip to get into the hard to get at spots.

Place vehicle on big chunk of plastic, place rags around the edges of plastic.
Dawn on old rain suit and googles.
Oven kitchen mitts.

Fire up compressor and get at it.

Caution,,, do not,,, I repeat,,, do not spray the brake disks.

This 50/50 has been around for years in the farming and industrial world.

Oh, do not use the 50/50 with doors or cab.

Don

This^. They do sell special coatings to do it like Fluid Film or others but gear oil and diesel works the best. It's even better if you can drive down a dusty road right after spraying to get a good coat of light dirt on it. Do it in fall and next spring you can rub your finger on whatever you sprayed and it will be like new where it wipes off.
Cheap, easy and works great.

[Sooner]

Originally Posted by Reeves1

How many ways can you say RUST ?




Just heard on the news they are spraying liquid calcium chloride on the streets.
Great stuff..... works at lower temps.......and is highly corrosive.
Also at the right temp it turns greasy.

Should be fun & dealers get to sell more vehicles

So today I'm driving around in slop and it's minus 10. As a body man, I have hated the cities "snow removal" plan. More like snow melt and let the other vehicles push the stuff to the curb plan. The previous years salt salt salt and sand program made me shudder at the mix getting in every nook and cranny a vehicle has for 6 months. Can't car wash all that stuff out.

This new calcium chloride stuff sure makes it wet. Brutal snow management in a winter city. Won't spray for dandelions but pour this stuff onto the streets for 6 months, no problem.