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Preventing Rust?

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Old 01-11-2012, 01:54 PM
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Here in Ontario they love to dump tons salt with some other corrosive **** to eat away at your car whenever there's an inch of snow. What would be the best way to prevent rusting?.

I hate seeing rust develop on my Florida imported truck, I've already had it covered from Krown with "petroleum based rust preventative" but all of it seems to have rubbed-washed off less then a year after it was done.
Are there any other more long term effective methods like rubberized paint.

Something like this maybe?
http://www.plastikote.com/products/S...Undercoat.html

Old 01-11-2012, 02:05 PM
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They all wash off and in salt areas require yearly applications.
Crown and Rust Check seem the best
Old 01-11-2012, 02:25 PM
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my jetski was like new after 6 years and 200 hours and playing always in the ocean.... how? after each ride, i hose it down (an inside the engine, not required in the truck) using a product called salt away, then after it dry, i used products like corrosion-x, wd-40, and stuff like that. so far, im using corrosion x in my truck and if i get a lot of that salt they put to dissolve the snow, i will clean my truck and reapply it.
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Down here in Georgia, we don't do that snow thing much.
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I also do not wish for my nice Texas vehicle to be covered in rust. I just make sure I was it every couple days. Those coatings will need a lot of repeat applications.
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I pay some guy to crawl under my truck and spray it with oil every fall. I get all my friends together at one time so we get a group discount and the guy spends a day there.
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i used to just wash my truck really well once a week in the minnesota winters and make sure to get the areas that really like to rust out (doors wheel wells tail gate etc)



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