Can we just stop with the salt?

"MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s" (mastermario) 02/21/2019 at 19:17 • Filed to: Rust Bucket, Salt sucks, send help

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Since shopteacher is sharing his woes with rust I thought I’d join the misery. Like shopteacher I feel like things got exponentially worse this winter. Most of the rust here was not all that noticeable last year.

CB > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/21/2019 at 19:34

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Jeez, that’s pretty bad.

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/21/2019 at 19:37

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Rust is lighter then carbon fiber. Cheaper too. 

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > CB 02/21/2019 at 19:39

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Yup, that 3rd pic is actually a hole through the floor board

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 02/21/2019 at 19:40

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Naturally occurring   crumple zones

Censored > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/21/2019 at 19:44

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I’d post a picture of my truck, but it’s a Chevy and I’m pretty sure that the rear fender wells start rusting before the metal leaves the foundry. 

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/21/2019 at 19:49

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no

salt everything

salt is the flavour of flavour

*dies of heart attack*

shop-teacher > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/21/2019 at 19:49

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Oooffff!!! I physically winced at the sight of that first door jamb pic. That's really bad!

ranwhenparked > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/21/2019 at 19:55

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Seriously, they use way too much of the stuff. Maybe go a little easier - use some sand or cinders or gravel, maybe don’t scrape all the way down to the asphalt so you don’t get a smooth sheet of ice, or, maybe just accept that some businesses need to open an hour or two later to give the plows time to get around. Not the end of the world. 

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 02/21/2019 at 20:25

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I don’t usually eat road, is it any good?

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > shop-teacher 02/21/2019 at 20:27

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When I first realized how bad it was I did one of those “oh looks like there’s some rust here” *poke* “Oh god!”

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/21/2019 at 20:29

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depends on how hard you hit it on the first bite

hit it hard enough its pretty damn euphoric... till you wake

softer than that it mostly just hurts and tastes sandy

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > ranwhenparked 02/21/2019 at 20:30

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I wish they’d just use sand and beet juice. And maybe  require winter tires from December through March. 

dogisbadob > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/21/2019 at 20:50

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Krown helps a lot

But really, they should stop using salt. There are better alternatives that don’t do that kind of damage. Calcium magnesium acetate (CMA) and proplyene glycol are the two most prominent examples. CMA works at the same temperatures that regular salt does.

dogisbadob > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/21/2019 at 20:50

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

sand is bad because it doesn’t actually melt snow/ice and clogs up the sewers .

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > dogisbadob 02/21/2019 at 21:11

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I’m just spit balling here...all I know is I hate salt

shop-teacher > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/21/2019 at 22:01

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That’s exactly what I did this morning with the passenger side rocker panel.

“Oh, least this side doesn’t seem so bad.”

*Reaches under and grabs a fist full of flakes that used to be metal*

“Mother of God!"

shop-teacher > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/21/2019 at 22:03

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Word I’ve heard is the best juice is actually even worse. Supposedly in places that have been using it a while call in car-b-gone. They’ve been using it more and more down here, and I’m wondering if that wasn’t a factor in how much wor se my rockers have gotten this winter.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > shop-teacher 02/21/2019 at 22:28

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I hadn’t heard that. I thought it was supposed to be better for the environment and for cars. I may need to do some research

shop-teacher > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/21/2019 at 22:33

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Let us know what you find out. I’m reporting what I’ve heard from grizzled old shop teachers. Some of us are known to be ... Dramatic.

As I'm told, the problem with the beet juice, is it gets up into the crevices and sticks in a way that salt doesn't.

pip bip - choose Corrour > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/22/2019 at 04:00

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join us down under then

:)

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > pip bip - choose Corrour 02/22/2019 at 06:11

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But then I’d be upside down and on the wrong  side of the road

pip bip - choose Corrour > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/22/2019 at 06:12

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driving on the left is fun

upside down is better again

:)

pip bip - choose Corrour > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/22/2019 at 06:13

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bonus is you never need to worry about rust, road salt or snow ever again. 

Pickup_man > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/22/2019 at 12:46

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I wire wheel and paint my rockers/door bottoms at least once a year, sadly the wheel wells are starting to go and there’s not much I can do to slow them down . This year though I finally had enough money to buy a winter beater Cobalt that I give zero shits about. I’ll take the truck on the really bad days though.