Salt Away

WhiteSalmon · 09-11-2003, 10:59 AM

Can anyone tell me if they have any experience using salt away? Is it a good product-does it work? Any info would be appreciated.

Threemuch · 09-11-2003, 03:49 PM

No experience with salt away, but corrosion-x works. Expensive though, 14 bucks for a 16 ounce spray can.

foxer · 09-11-2003, 03:59 PM

Lots of experience with the stuff. It works great. Just hose down everything that can get wet with the stuff. Just follow the directions.

8knots · 09-11-2003, 04:24 PM

For what its worth, I read that vinegar will do the same thing. Heck of a lot cheaper, I just haven't tried it yet.

Miss B Haven · 09-11-2003, 11:19 PM

I'm about to find out. I had an exhaust leak in my engine compartment and covered the back of one engine, the gearbox and got some on my aluminum fuel tank. Wiped the whole thing down with degreaser, 2x water wipe down and then sprayed the Salt away on everything. I didn't want to hose the whole thing down with water as suggested (Starter and other electrical components down there) so I just sprayed it down with 4:1 salt away and wiped. Last of all a good coating of an anti corrosion product. So far so good, no sign of rust or the green stuff.
What I'm really worried about is where the fule tank sits on the decking and I can't get in to clean it off. Only time will tell.

Miss B Haven · 09-12-2003, 08:07 AM

8knots- Vinegar works great on fiberglass (I mix 50/50 with warm water) but I'm not sure I'd use it on Aluminum. It works because it's a mild Acetic acid, not sure that Acetic will attack alum but wouldn't want to try till I find out.

Here's a tip for ya'll.... Wipe down or spray the areas on your boat that are covered with Silver or Herring scales with the 50/50 vinegar solution. Let it dry. The scales just peel off and blow away. They wont re-stick somewhere else either. It removes the natural superglue on them. Only thing I ever found that will lift them off without mechanical scrubbing or the old thumbnail scraper.
Vinegar takes fish stink off really well too. I use it on my coolers and fishwell exclusively now. As mentioned, it's cheap!
PS- Salt away is actually very cheap too. It's 20 some buck a gallon but you only use 4 oz I think in a gallong of water. At that dilution works out to about as cheap as vinegar at 50/50.

kamloops · 09-12-2003, 08:33 AM

Undetected exhaust saltwater spray is not good for Aluminum fuel tanks. Don't Even ask me how I know this.

Miss B Haven · 09-12-2003, 08:51 AM

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8knots · 09-12-2003, 07:23 PM

Thanks for the vinegar clarification. Those silver scales love my teak rails and I find them months after fishing season. Too much wood!

Master Baiter · 09-15-2003, 07:27 AM

Is there a good product and delivery system to flush motors?

Miss B Haven · 09-15-2003, 07:56 AM

Salt away (or SaltX) is speciffically meant to do that. You can use it to rinse salt off any surface but flushing is really what it's made for. Salt Away is avail. at Englunds and they have a hose attachment that bleeds in the Salt Away into your flush hose (like one of those yard sprayers you hook to a hose).

Mr. Fisherman · 09-15-2003, 07:58 AM

Stay away from vinegar when it comes to flushing motors. It is very bad for the seals and gaskets.

I use a flushing bag and I love it. Lots of water and a flushing bag, that's the ticket for me.

It allows the engine to use the same path and process to flush and it muffles the motor which the neighbors like. I paid about $80 for mine but it has saved me about that much in fuel to drag my boat to water to run it, flush it or work on it. I highly recomend them.
I have been told that the "clamp-on" type flush adapters can overpresurize the head gasket :shocked: they can fall off and allow your motor to overheat too. Don't ask me how I know this [img]graemlins/stupid.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/dork.gif[/img] . No problems with the flushing bag.

SlabQuest · 09-18-2003, 08:00 AM

Thanks for the vinegar tip, Miss B. It never ceases to amaze me how well scales can stick on.

Where do you get salt-away for $20/gallon?

I've been paying $15/pint!

Miss B Haven · 09-18-2003, 08:26 AM

Englunds in Astoria has gallons. I may be wrong but I think it was 23.95 or 24.95, lots cheaper than a sack full of Tuna lures. Dont ask me how I know that! :grin:

PS- at 4 oz per gallon of water it's a lifetime supply for me and my tupperware boat!

ET · 09-18-2003, 08:33 AM

I agree with being careful with vinegar. It is strong stuff to be spraying around without caution. I also like the flushing bag idea. Where do you find them?

But I have to say that blowing a head gasket by overpressurizing with a flush adapter sounds impossible to me. Compression on a motor is typically 120PSI or so. Assumming you can get full water pressure to the headgasket(you don't with a flush adapter) you'll maybe get 50PSI or so... Anyone using a pressure washer to flush their motor? Now, that might cause problems!