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3 feet of snow....lol
02-18-2010, 09:25 AM
Actually, water = rust. Whether it's snow or rain is irrelevant
The real problem with snow is the measures taken to get rid of it.
Salt+water = accelerated rust/corrosion = you getting extremely pissed if you don't wash that **** off.
The real problem with snow is the measures taken to get rid of it.
Salt+water = accelerated rust/corrosion = you getting extremely pissed if you don't wash that **** off.
02-18-2010, 09:29 AM
which reminds me, I need to wash my car off lol
that and snow is just a bitch to deal with when you wanna go somewhere, especially when it melts during the day and then refreezes at night, yay ice *twirls finger*
but anyways! How are you all doing?
that and snow is just a bitch to deal with when you wanna go somewhere, especially when it melts during the day and then refreezes at night, yay ice *twirls finger*
but anyways! How are you all doing?
02-18-2010, 09:29 AM
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morning peeps
¿como estas?
02-18-2010, 09:32 AM
Well that's a crude and technically poor way of putting it. Salt lowers the freezing temperature of snow, in other words so 32 F is known to be the freezing temp right? So by adding salt you're making it so the temperature now has to be drastically lower than 32F to freeze so thus it melts unless it's way down in the negatives.
Last edited by Vlaze; 02-18-2010 at 09:34 AM.
02-18-2010, 09:33 AM
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estoy bien sephy, y tu?
j03: when do you get the car back?
j03: when do you get the car back?
02-18-2010, 09:37 AM
Here's something else most don't know unless they've worked with metal enough; aluminum + steel = corrosion over time = very bad. Doesn't matter if they are coated or not, it will corrode over time. Different alloys + grades can help lengthen the time it takes to do this. So if you per say have a steel bolt touching an aluminum panel it will corrode on its own left over time. Usually this isn't a huge issue since without water the process is generally quite slow.
However, if you are using say a stainless steel fitting with an aluminum radiator or vice versa, that **** will corrode within 1-2 years and introduce some nasty **** in your radiator and water lines.
However, if you are using say a stainless steel fitting with an aluminum radiator or vice versa, that **** will corrode within 1-2 years and introduce some nasty **** in your radiator and water lines.
02-18-2010, 09:37 AM
Oh I see. I just remember in science class we put thermometers in cups full of ice and when salt was added the temperature dropped dramatically. That's all.
02-18-2010, 09:42 AM
If you put salt in water alone it will not lower the temperature.
02-18-2010, 09:42 AM
Jedi the car needs one more day to cure in the sun so looks like I wont get it till tomorrow. 
it looks really good though. Only thats buggin me is how sparkly the paint was in the sun.
it looks really good though. Only thats buggin me is how sparkly the paint was in the sun.
02-18-2010, 09:46 AM
Estoy sintiendo lejos mejor que martes, pero no estoy el ciento por ciento todavia.
I hope to god that's right, a translator can only go so far....lol
I hope to god that's right, a translator can only go so far....lol
02-18-2010, 09:49 AM
Well that's a crude and technically poor way of putting it. Salt lowers the freezing temperature of snow, in other words so 32 F is known to be the freezing temp right? So by adding salt you're making it so the temperature now has to be drastically lower than 32F to freeze so thus it melts unless it's way down in the negatives.
Here's something else most don't know unless they've worked with metal enough; aluminum + steel = corrosion over time = very bad. Doesn't matter if they are coated or not, it will corrode over time. Different alloys + grades can help lengthen the time it takes to do this. So if you per say have a steel bolt touching an aluminum panel it will corrode on its own left over time. Usually this isn't a huge issue since without water the process is generally quite slow.
However, if you are using say a stainless steel fitting with an aluminum radiator or vice versa, that **** will corrode within 1-2 years and introduce some nasty **** in your radiator and water lines.
However, if you are using say a stainless steel fitting with an aluminum radiator or vice versa, that **** will corrode within 1-2 years and introduce some nasty **** in your radiator and water lines.
Right, that's because of the phase change that takes place from ice to water and water absorbs the heat from its surroundings faster is all. The salt lowered the freezing temp of the ice thus causing it to melt faster accelerating the phase change and thus quickly introducing the temperature of the ice into the water to give it a colder reading.
If you put salt in water alone it will not lower the temperature.
If you put salt in water alone it will not lower the temperature.
now for something entirely different
02-18-2010, 09:49 AM
I think you meant, wise? Lol wisdom is usually something gained over years and experience. I mean there are book smarts and then hands-on experience smarts which IMO is better of the two. I just know a bit about metallurgy and engineering since that's what I went to school for and use at work.....
Depends what field you're in...for example I may be an engineer but I know squat about turbos other than theoretically how they work since I haven't studied or extensively been in that field at all.
Depends what field you're in...for example I may be an engineer but I know squat about turbos other than theoretically how they work since I haven't studied or extensively been in that field at all.