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From: cuhulin on 13 Mar 2010 20:53 http://www.ruststopnorthamerica.com Do those things really work? cuhulin
From: cuhulin on 14 Mar 2010 19:49 U.S.Military and some bridges have sacrificial anode plates to help keep down the rust.I don't doubt the Military regularally inspects them and replaces them as needed.One of Mike Rowe's Dirty Jobs was helping to remove and replace some of those plates. cuhulin
From: hls on 14 Mar 2010 20:29 "aemeijers" <aemeijers(a)att.net> wrote in message > > Well, maybe if he parks underwater? That is the only place I have ever > seen sacrificial anode systems. > > -- This would not be a sacrificial anode system. It has a power source. Sacrificial anodes are made of metals like zinc, or aluminum, or others which generate current as they corrode preferentially. Systems which are driven by electrical power from mains or the like are similar though.
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 15 Mar 2010 11:51 On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:53:45 -0600, cuhulin wrote: > http://www.ruststopnorthamerica.com > > Do those things really work? > cuhulin I had one on a Honda, 1988. I think it was $300 back then. My wife kept the car after we separated, and it developed a small amount of rust on the driver's side behind the rear tire where the bumper meets the body. This is the usual spot for rust on ALL Hondas and Acuras. Did it work? Maybe. That was the only rust spot on the entire car. But then, I'm anal anyway and washed and waxed and primped the car for 4 years. She had it almost 10 (total) and that was the only place rust developed. Would I do it again? Nah. I have a Corolla I bought almost new in 1986, NO rust protection at all. I bought it from the Service Manager at a local Toyota dealer. I asked him about undercoating, etc and he said NO!! The car went 17 years before even showing any rust at all. It's interesting the car they use looks like a '90 Subaru Loyale, what's that, 20 years now, and a known rust bucket. I have an '89 GL coupe that looked good when I bought it three years ago and is starting to look like the one depicted. Of course, I only drive mine in the winter in Mass where they use salt even if it only rains.
From: fred on 15 Mar 2010 18:04
=?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in news:hnll17$87g$1(a)news.eternal-september.org: > On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:53:45 -0600, cuhulin wrote: > >> http://www.ruststopnorthamerica.com >> >> Do those things really work? >> cuhulin > > I had one on a Honda, 1988. I think it was $300 back then. > > My wife kept the car after we separated, and it developed a small > amount of rust on the driver's side behind the rear tire where the > bumper meets the body. This is the usual spot for rust on ALL Hondas > and Acuras. > > Did it work? Maybe. That was the only rust spot on the entire car. But > then, I'm anal anyway and washed and waxed and primped the car for 4 > years. She had it almost 10 (total) and that was the only place rust > developed. > Unless you live in a place where you get snow and salt in the winter, that seems to me a disproof. > Would I do it again? Nah. I have a Corolla I bought almost new in > 1986, NO rust protection at all. I bought it from the Service Manager > at a local Toyota dealer. I asked him about undercoating, etc and he > said NO!! The car went 17 years before even showing any rust at all. > You were asking him to provide it? Don't blame him. It lasts at least two years and stops *all* rust if done properly. Excluding paint/chrome problems of course. Do any cars *have* chrome anymore? > It's interesting the car they use looks like a '90 Subaru Loyale, > what's that, 20 years now, and a known rust bucket. I have an '89 GL > coupe that looked good when I bought it three years ago and is > starting to look like the one depicted. Of course, I only drive mine > in the winter in Mass where they use salt even if it only rains. > Not much snow compared to up here. I've been in Boston at the tail end of December and there was 3" of snow on the ground and none on the road as I recall. This would have been about 1980. |