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Andy Hinson · Approved Exterior Cleaner

Cleaning corrosion From equipment

Art O · Approved Exterior Cleaner

Power Wash Store has Agent Halt, Not sure how it works
www.powerwashstore.com/P/2888/AgentBlue-OneGallon

Fred W · Guru

Nothing more than a thought here but I was thinking about buying a spray on wax of some sort to coat and protect......not sure if it would work.

Aqua Boy · Veteran Member

A Box truck with SH and a closed door can do a number on those parts.

We purschase about 5 cans of "WD-40" and keep them handy. At the end of each week or more we spray them down. It works pretty good.

There's also W-D40 with Silicone which we just switched over to. Just a quick shot and your good!

BlueRidge · Approved Exterior Cleaner

Pretty much what Nick says. We are going into our 4th year using a box truck and needed to solve this problem within the first few months. One thing I did was install extra ventilation (I'll search and post later). I tried all sorts of lubrication and found Rustolium Rust Inhibitor to work the best. I spray just about everything that can be a problem and spray all the quick connects as well to make them last. When it comes to the door, all the wheels and tracks get white lithium grease.

Art O · Approved Exterior Cleaner

WD 40 has Spray on protectant also

BlueRidge · Approved Exterior Cleaner

Here are the vents I added to the front right and left bottom of the box to get more air movement.

Side wall vents

Chris Mozick · Approved Exteior Cleaner

Wd-40 after every use my equipment looks brand new.

Jeff Wible · Approved Exterior Cleaner

Paint is your friend,..I paint everything:,..tools,..nuts&bolts, ball valves,..etc,..,..paint protects for the long haul better than anything else with less effort. Paint is more of a plastic type coating and although the SH and acids attack the paint,..it's pretty resilient,..and is easily re-coated at some point when needed. In fact,.I usually only re-coat due to cosmetics. And believe it or not,.the cheap Walmart spray paint is pretty decent and seems to hold up well. I paint my PVC ball valves also,..for one they look better,..and two,..it keeps the Suns UV from making them brittle.

*Anyone that's been around the last several years know I've mentioned this numerous times.

Jeff

Art O · Approved Exterior Cleaner

Jeff Wible wrote:
Paint is your friend,..I paint everything:,..tools,..nuts&bolts, ball valves,..etc,..,..paint protects for the long haul better than anything else with less effort. Paint is more of a plastic type coating and although the SH and acids attack the paint,..it's pretty resilient,..and is easily re-coated at some point when needed. In fact,.I usually only re-coat due to cosmetics. And believe it or not,.the cheap Walmart spray paint is pretty decent and seems to hold up well. I paint my PVC ball valves also,..for one they look better,..and two,..it keeps the Suns UV from making them brittle.

*Anyone that's been around the last several years know I've mentioned this numerous times.

Jeff

If you guy watched that video I just did you will see a socket and a crescent wrench that is painted black. I got that from Jeff years back at the RC-A. It works!

Maverick Contracting · Approved Exterior Cleaner

I tend not to use wd40 inside quick connects as the petroleum distillates can dry out the rubber o rings etc. Silicone based better, throat seal (silicone ) non aerosol better yet.
Brett, I was thinking of venting with fans as well, I would just vent inwards so as not to draw fumes thru the fan and corrode the motor faster, top vent (no fan) for exhaust
All good info!

Doug, I've been using spray wax more and more for protecting metal from corrosion, good call. Arts find looks good, gonna research it, may be better alternative.

-- Edited by Maverick Contracting on Friday 12th of February 2016 10:28:47 AM

-- Edited by Maverick Contracting on Friday 12th of February 2016 10:32:00 AM