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From: mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Honda Rust
Message-ID: <1835@cbosgd.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 18-Feb-86 16:45:04 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 18 16:45:04 1986
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In article <1198@decwrl.DEC.COM> fortmiller@inanna.DEC (Ed Fortmiller) writes:
>I have heard that some car washes recycle the water which means that you
>just might be getting blasted with salt water.  Just a repeat of what
>I have heard...

I don't know what part of the country you're in, Ed, but if you're in the
salt belt then you're used to seeing pre-washed cars with white/gray gunk
dried all over the bodies and windows.  The cars look nice and shiny and
clean when you bring them out (unless you manage to get more gunk sprayed
onto the car on the way home.)  Experience suggests that either I go to
a car wash that doesn't recycle water, or that it doesn't matter, since
I haven't seen any ill effects on the cars.  (Sure better than driving
down the road behind a car whose tires are splashing the stuff on the
wet road up at you!)  If the water being sprayed at the car has salt
in it, then more must be coming off than going on.

By the way, I forgot to mention another important element of keeping
your car from rusting.  Keep a nice thick coating of wax on the body
at all times.  I get one of these "lifetime poly wax" jobs done on
mine ever couple years.  I don't know if these things are really any
better than regular wax or not, but I'll fall for the hype - they aren't
significantly more expensive than regular wax and seem to work well.
The wax helps protect the body of the car from all that salt that it
gets coated with during the winter.

Also, if you get a ding in your paint from minor accident, get it fixed!
Many rust spots start out as small holes in the paint.  It's sufficient
to put touch-up paint (your auto dealer can sell you a bottle that will
match your car) on to cover the bare metal, or you can have your insurance
pay for a body shop if it's a bigger deal.  In either case, put a coat of
wax on that area again - the body shop will repaint but leave it unwaxed.

	Mark