Why do cars rust so much faster?

Why do cars rust so much faster?

  • Aggressive Deicing Methods
  • Cars are lighter and built with less weight
  • Tack agents that make Brine Solution Stick to the roads

What can we do to protect our vehicles?

  • Annual Oil treatments
  • Semi-Permanent Hydrophobic wax products
  • Rubberized or Hardening undercoating

How do you decide which is best?

  • Cost, what you can afford
  • Quality of the application center
  • What is the reputation of the product being applied?

Today, the highway departments are using liquid pretreating deicers that are designed to “Stick” to the roads.  The problem is that these then stick to your car.  The tack agents vary, but they are commonly referred to as molasses.  Highway departments mix this “molasses” with rock salt or blend in with their brine solution.  This prevents waste for the highway department but creates problems for the vehicle owner.  The corrosive material sticks to your vehicle and accelerates the corrosion problem.

 

In today’s environment anything is better than nothing.  Even the annual oil treatments will help a vehicle from rusting for a short period of time, the questions become when it wears off.  First Carwash? First Snow or rainstorm?   You want to have a product that can stand up to the harsh weather, so a longer lasting product is necessary for sure, but it also cannot harden like a rubber coating or a Paint.  If the corrosion protection hardens, then it will trap the liquid brine solution behind it which will accelerate the rusting process even faster. 

 

The best option is for a non-hardening, longer term solution that will stay with the vehicle thru all the seasons and prevent the  electrochemical reaction from occurring.

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