Salt and grit

[ozamg63]

Just washed my car, clay bar, a little wax etc. This evening I decided to take it out for a spin to dry out all the nooks and crannies - no sign of rain, the roads were dry and a near full moon.

Peacefully driving along a country road when a lorry goes buy in the oposite direction and showers me in salt and grit When I get home the whole car is covered in salty film aargh. The gritters have been everywhere (East Sussex).....

I am particularly fussy about keeping car clean & salt free. Was once warned never to buy a car from a place near the coast as the salt spray would ensure a rust bucket ....... in a twenty minute drive I have more salt on my car than parking it on Brighton seafront for a year.

Is there any way of neutralising the salt. Its corrosive effects ? How do other forum members cope ....... other than putting the car up on stands and cleaning underneath ( a laborious process, especially in Winter) or not driving it at all over the winter months.

I know I am a little **** on this, and some forum members might think I am mad, but thoughts please .

 

[whitenemesis]

What's even better, round our way they are adding sugar to the salt to stop it blowing of the road. When it get slightly damp it sticks like the proverbial brown stuff to a blanket!!

 

[st13phil]

What's even better, round our way they are adding sugar to the salt to stop it blowing of the road. When it get slightly damp it sticks like the proverbial brown stuff to a blanket!!

I though it was pretty much countrywide that they mixed the rock salt with a molasses-based binder to stop it washing away as soon as it rains or from blowing off the road as you mention?

As well as sticking to things it is also extremely slippery in certain conditions. Oh, the joy of British winters...