Salt-away anyone use it?

[HDAV]

Anyone use salt-away for flushing and cleaning? Worth the £40 a litre price tags?

Also there is the yellow label salt away for marine use and ever build salt5 designed for masonry are they the same? Price is different but put marine in front of anything and the price doubles...

[idsebby]

Now I have no idea about this product but we use windex or window cleaner to neutralize salt in our surplus rifles. They fire old ammunition that has salt in the primer. Just a thought possibly the ammonia would do the same in an outboard. Would be way cheaper, check the ingredients usually they are all the same. Probably could find a cheaper substitute.

[jonp]

Been using it for around 5 years though the price you state gets me 5 lt. I use it to flush the engine as well as clean down the trailer and fishing gear, we even use it on our delicate underwater camera and dive gear. No sign of rust or corrosion on any of my gear. Im on the water aprox 3 times per week and run about 250 engine hours per year recreationally and also do many shore dives.

Jon

[Jojosrib]

Originally Posted by HDAV

Anyone use salt-away for flushing and cleaning? Worth the £40 a litre price tags?

Also there is the yellow label salt away for marine use and ever build salt5 designed for masonry are they the same? Price is different but put marine in front of anything and the price doubles...

You this product everywhere down under......my understanding is that it works best from new......if you use it for flushing on old engines, it can dislodge corroding material inside the water jacket causing grief to owner....

[jeffstevens763@g]

Last time I got some from screw fix not as expensive as £40/ Lt

[HDAV]

Is this the stuff

Salt-Away UK &EU - Home


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281930584597 £32.50 per 946ml

[jonp]

Originally Posted by HDAV

Is this the stuff

Salt-Away UK &EU - Home


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281930584597 £32.50 per 946ml

That's what I use.

Jon

[Maximus]

Yep really rate it...and you can use very little to get the job done.
....If you can wait till Southampton Boat show there's always good offers on!

[diver 1]

I flushed my engine with Rydlyme - was impressed with results. Ended up with about 2 pint glasses worth of scale deposits left in the builders tub I used when finished. Engine needs to run as the stuff only seems to really work when warmed up slightly. Don't let the water get too hot though, remember engines are designed to draw in cool water not heated up re-circulated water. Rydlyme and Salt Away both serve the same purpose I believe. Please correct me if wrong?

[jonp]

Originally Posted by diver 1

I flushed my engine with Rydlyme - was impressed with results. Ended up with about 2 pint glasses worth of scale deposits left in the builders tub I used when finished. Engine needs to run as the stuff only seems to really work when warmed up slightly. Don't let the water get too hot though, remember engines are designed to draw in cool water not heated up re-circulated water. Rydlyme and Salt Away both serve the same purpose I believe. Please correct me if wrong?

Never heard that one about warm water, maybe we shouldn't use ours when the ocean gets up over 33'c in summer. Warm water will break down salt deposits far easier than cold and why do you use buckets, simple muffs and a hose are way simpler.

[jyasaki]

Originally Posted by diver 1

Rydlyme and Salt Away both serve the same purpose I believe. Please correct me if wrong?

I'd expect your lime remover to target calcium carbonate. Salts are a different animal, but both will be dissolved by acids, allowing them to be flushed out.

If you're just targeting salt, any mild acid should work. Standard kitchen white vinegar works pretty well on dive gear.

I don't know about the scale, but could that be due to stuff held in place by the salt deposits?

jky

[HDAV]

Is Salt-Away the same stuff? Lots cheaper !

http://www.toolandfix.com/draper-509...FdXnGwodhVMMyg
As suitable applicator fro washing down? Would need to modify for flushing as need a hose connector...

[jeffstevens763@g]

Originally Posted by jonp

Never heard that one about warm water, maybe we shouldn't use ours when the ocean gets up over 33'c in summer. Warm water will break down salt deposits far easier than cold and why do you use buckets, simple muffs and a hose are way simpler.

33'c it still cools! I use a tub to recycle the saltaway then muffs

[jonp]

Originally Posted by jeffstevens763@g

33'c it still cools! I use a tub to recycle the saltaway then muffs

If you use the applicator and run the outboard for a few mins with just water then when the engine is warm and the thermostat opens open the applicator to flush with saltaway for about 1 min. What's left in the applicator is enough to wash down the boat and trailer. This is how they recommend using it at the demos at boat shows over here.

Ive never seen anyone use a tub for flushing since leaving the UK, it's funny how different parts of the world do things so differently, I suppose we tend to do things more like the US. I thought the outboard in a bucket was just for those old seagull outboards from the good old days!!



Jon

[Xk59D]

Originally Posted by jonp

Never heard that one about warm water, maybe we shouldn't use ours when the ocean gets up over 33'c in summer. Warm water will break down salt deposits far easier than cold and why do you use buckets, simple muffs and a hose are way simpler.

Not all engines like the hose and muffs option, mines will overheat alarm using hose everytime.

I only cold flush with hose now, I. E don't start the engine and when I get home in the bucket it goes.

I have always just bought a gallon of vinegar and diluted in bucket when running, sure cleans it out and costs peanuts.

[jambo]

Originally Posted by Xk59D

Not all engines like the hose and muffs option, mines will overheat alarm using hose everytime.

I only cold flush with hose now, I. E don't start the engine and when I get home in the bucket it goes.

I have always just bought a gallon of vinegar and diluted in bucket when running, sure cleans it out and costs peanuts.

Very good inexpensive tip there Paul.


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[jeffstevens763@g]

Yep will try the vinegar good tip, low water pressure prevents using muffs it's well low in our area

[simonafloat]

Thumbs up for white vinegar. I flush my mariner with it. I always flush through with fresh water after though.

[Andy_Rs600]

Sorry to resurrect an old thread but...

Does the Salt-Away stuff come with some kind of hose adaptor or way of getting it into the engine? For those preferring the vinegar option do people just throw it in a bucket and then do a fresh water flush after?

[jeffstevens763@g]

i just put it in a bucket mixed to the instructions and run the engine in that