Salt is rotting my Car !!!

[Power2weight]

Is there no alternative to the Road Salt the council uses ?. Despite washing my Car religiously over winter corrosion is still eating away.

[C. Grimsley]

It comes to them all eventually. You just have to use preventative methods to slow the process down.

What car is it out of interest?

Carl

[Claudia Skies]

Imagine how Fiat owners must have felt in 1975 as they watched their cars dissolve in a light shower of rain.

[Willy Nilly]

buy a better car

[kambites]

Seal it propelry. It wont rot if the salty water can't get to the metal.

[DrDoofenshmirtz]

Get some ACF50 and brush it into the affected areas.

[Jaypayne]

Seconded re ACF50- Brilliant stuff. Used it on bikes more than cars, but super at protecting those areas that get full of crud like the swing arm

[Baryonyx]

If you can get to any rot, chip and brush it back and treat it with an anti-rust treatment. Perhaps Hammerite areas that might start to go. ACF-50 is great stuff, as is Waxoyl, as long as you get the stuff you can spray on without needing the separate pump. POR-15 seems easier to find than ACF-50 but if you go to a motorbike shop or dealership you should be able to lay your hands on a good quantity of the stuff. It's fantastic for winter biking!

[lowdrag]

The 202 series Mercedes were renowned for rust problems, yet I bought mine new in 2001 and sold it a year back after 13 years in perfect condition with over 250,000 on the clock. It is still in fine fettle today. I put it all down to twice a year car wash with underside spray jets. Did it about January and end of March without fail to get rid of salt.