Re: Does a car rust quicker, garaged

#1

In article <wojkf.93920$JQ.82006 (AT) twister (DOT) nyroc.rr.com>, TP
<to2000ny2000nospam (AT) nospamyahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

Here in the western New York we use salt on are snow covered
roads.
True or False. Driving daily and garaging your car. Does a car
rust quicker if garaged with the salt slush and moisture on it
(dripping on the floor)? Or is it better to keep the car outside
the garage in the natural frozen winter elements?
Of course the driver does routine maintenance on the vehicle.
Maybe even a few commercial (undercarriage rinse) car washes
from time to time…

Has there been any studies done?
Will it matter if the garage floor is epoxy coated or natural
concrete?
Insulated and unheated garage and other combos...

The principal governing factor is that the chemical reaction occurs
more quickly at higher temperatures. That argues against garaging and
especially against heated garaging.

Other factors are second-order. If epoxying the floor allows you to
clear out the slush often, that's good; else the difference is
negligible during the winter. However, the salt absorbed into an
untreated cement floor will have a small effect when the car is garaged
wet in the summertime.

Some years ago I read that Rochester (western NY, for our distant
readers) uses 7% of all the road salt in the US. To me that's a
jaw-dropper. I wish I'd saved the newspaper article so I could
attribute it here.

Brent

#2

I would think they're two issues as far as an unheated garage. First
humidity would be higher as vapor would not be chased off and outgas as
readily as in heat, result is comparitively higher humidity over a
longer period of time but at slightly cooler termperatures. Second
retention of water even if the floor is coated by definition is higher
as it is a "closed environment" My two cents.... Doc

#3

Rick Brandt wrote:

Quote:

I think the real "nail" here is how old of a car are we talking about? I
haven't seen rust on any car that was less than 10 years old for a long time.
Who actually worries about rust any more other than those that have "vintage"
vehicles?

I've seen some late 90s Chevy Cavaliers and Malibus with moderate rust
along the edges of the doors and trunk lid.

#4

I believe it. I live near there, and they salt like it's going out of style.
Really amazing, and all the vehicles rust out rapidly.

--

Christopher A. Young
Do good work.
It's longer in the short run
but shorter in the long run.
..
..

"Brent Secombe" <bsecombover (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote

In article <wojkf.93920$JQ.82006 (AT) twister (DOT) nyroc.rr.com>, TP
<to2000ny2000nospam (AT) nospamyahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

Here in the western New York we use salt on are snow covered
roads.
True or False. Driving daily and garaging your car. Does a car
rust quicker if garaged with the salt slush and moisture on it
(dripping on the floor)? Or is it better to keep the car outside
the garage in the natural frozen winter elements?
Of course the driver does routine maintenance on the vehicle.
Maybe even a few commercial (undercarriage rinse) car washes
from time to time.

Has there been any studies done?
Will it matter if the garage floor is epoxy coated or natural
concrete?
Insulated and unheated garage and other combos...

The principal governing factor is that the chemical reaction occurs
more quickly at higher temperatures. That argues against garaging and
especially against heated garaging.

Other factors are second-order. If epoxying the floor allows you to
clear out the slush often, that's good; else the difference is
negligible during the winter. However, the salt absorbed into an
untreated cement floor will have a small effect when the car is garaged
wet in the summertime.

Some years ago I read that Rochester (western NY, for our distant
readers) uses 7% of all the road salt in the US. To me that's a
jaw-dropper. I wish I'd saved the newspaper article so I could
attribute it here.

Brent

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