Fords aluminium body

[balrog006]

I actually don’t know. I do know that they put a lot of this product out by scattering behind the snowplow and nobody has rust issues with their vehicles. It is granulated and mixed with fine volcanic cinders (for traction).

It’s probably a factor of low duration and low frequency of exposure and application and the possibility of being washed off between events along with low corrosion materials-not a an actually non corrosive product.

The cinders will certainly help as well, sand is typically added here.

 

[Mtsoxfan]

I'd imagine that driving through puddles to wash off would only liquify and spread. Is oil spraying cars/trucks a thing where you live?

 

[jyoutz]

It’s probably a factor of low duration and low frequency of exposure and application and the possibility of being washed off between events along with low corrosion materials-not a an actually non corrosive product.

The cinders will certainly help as well, sand is typically added here.

I edited my post to add that sand is sometimes used instead of cinders. Could the product be calcium chloride instead of sodium chloride?

 

[balrog006]

I'd imagine that driving through puddles to wash off would only liquify and spread. Is oil spraying cars/trucks a thing where you live?

I was thinking more of infrequent and widely spaced snows where driving in the rain has a chance to remove most of the ‘salt’. Not perfect sure but it gets most of the job done.

Yes-rust proofing oiling, sprays, coatings and the like are common here in the rust belt of Michigan and to the north.

 

[jyoutz]

I was thinking more of infrequent and widely spaced snows where driving in the rain has a chance to remove most of the ‘salt’. Not perfect sure but it gets most of the job done.

Yes-rust proofing oiling, sprays, coatings and the like are common here in the rust belt of Michigan and to the north.

I recall driving through Ohio once and seeing highway department barns full of huge piles of rock salt. I was thinking that now I know why this is called the rust belt.

 

[balrog006]

I edited my post to add that sand is sometimes used instead of cinders. Could the product be calcium chloride instead of sodium chloride?

It certainly could be, Mag chloride is also a possibility. Either liquid applications for anti icing on bridges, or solid/granular ones applied to the snow and ice after the snow are options and usual in the industry. The issue is cost, Calcium chloride is approx. 5-6x as expensive and Mag is about 10x as regular halide/rock salt/sodium chloride. But as I said before, they’re all still corrosive, just generally less so inversely as price rises.

 

[mwemaxxowner]

I look at it like this. I never plan to have any body damage or need repairs, so I don't really take that too much into account. The aluminum is giving me other tangible benefits on a daily basis.

If I ever do get some damage, and need repairs, it is what it is.

 

[jyoutz]

It certainly could be, Mag chloride is also a possibility. Either liquid applications for anti icing on bridges, or solid/granular ones applied to the snow and ice after the snow are options and usual in the industry. The issue is cost, Calcium chloride is approx. 5-6x as expensive and Mag is about 10x as regular halide/rock salt/sodium chloride. But as I said before, they’re all still corrosive, just generally less so inversely as price rises.

I have heard of them using mag chloride also. And it’s used on gravel/dirt roads for dust abatement during the summer.

 

[otherpinz]

You are in Maine, get the aluminum body!!!