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Removing Magnesium Chloride From Undercarriage

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Re: Removing Magnesium Chloride From Undercarriage
« Reply #15 on: March 03, 2022, 08:03:05 am »
Curses, mag-chloride!
I have a hot water bib in my driveway. I hook a regular lawn sprinkler and hose to it spread under the vehicle and slowly drag the hose from one end to the other. Repeat a few times and it looks good, and you stay dry.

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Finished washing my RV two days ago.  Fortunately, the mag chloride wasn't as widespread on the undercarriage as I thought.  However, it was stubborn!  I don't have hot water available to spray and just spraying with cold water didn't remove it completely.  I tried spraying P21S Total Auto Wash, let it sit for a few minutes, and rinsed.  That did the trick for the most part!  I still had to brush off a few places, but it came out much cleaner using the P21S.  P21S is alkaline and everything I read says to use an acidic soap to remove road salt, including magnesium chloride.  However, alkaline soaps supposedly help break down the oily road film that accompanies mag chloride.  I remain confused...but at least with a little elbow grease my undercarriage seems pretty clean.

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Re: Removing Magnesium Chloride From Undercarriage
« Reply #16 on: March 03, 2022, 11:15:40 am »
I hook a regular lawn sprinkler and hose to it spread under the vehicle and slowly drag the hose from one end to the other. Repeat a few times and it looks good, and you stay dry.
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Re: Removing Magnesium Chloride From Undercarriage
« Reply #17 on: March 03, 2022, 11:36:55 am »
PS  Tie a rope to the sprinkler and you can drag it back and forth,  with the hose one way and back with the rope.
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