Anyone use salgon?

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Moonpie21

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545 posts

99 months

Saturday 8th April 2023
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I have a Japanese import Nissan Elgrand that I like, but it was a low grade import. It is really useful to have for extended family holidays and whatnot so I want to do what I can within reason to preserve it…

It hasn’t been undersealed (likely the best option but the previous owner should have when it was a fresh import) but is still fairly clean under there. Typically I don’t use it in the winter but what with one thing and another I did and I dare say it got a bit salty.

Anyway found this Salgon product online used supposedly by the construction industry and got a spray applicator. The intent is of course for the product to do what it says on the tin and neutralise the salt…

Long story short anyone used it before?

QJumper

2,709 posts

33 months

Sunday 9th April 2023
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I can't speak for that product, but I assume it does what it says.

However, here's what I do every few weeks in winter, and again once spring comes and they stop salting the roads. I spray snow foam undeneath the car and let it sit for a while. Then I take one of those cheap lawn sprinkler attachments and stick it on the end of a hose and shove it under the car. I then run it slowly up and down the length of the underside for about 20 minutes or so, to throughly rinse off any muck and salt.

Come September/October I do a bit of rust prevention. Dynax products are easy to apply to sills and arches and the internals of box sections. I then give the entire underside a liberal spray of ACF 50 to see me through the winter. I have an SUV, so no need to raise the car for this, and so the whole job takes around an hour.

Moonpie21

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545 posts

99 months

Tuesday 11th April 2023
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Thank you, what a brilliant idea using a sprinkler, shows how unimaginative I am…

I’ll carry on using the Salgon, but am definitely adding the sprinkler trick in.