Ian K said...Squid Lips said...
The rubber mats are great at trapping sand and moisture underneath
I once heard that a teaspoon of kero in the washing bucket helped. Kero is miscible enough to follow the water into the cracks where rust might develop and leave a protective film. It's just a theory, but sounds plausible.
Just out of interest my grandad bought a new car in about 1978 - 79.
He only
ever washed it with water and a capful of kero, once a week.
They lived in Mandurah about 150m from the water's edge.
Fair enough the car was garaged but it would have seen plenty of salt ...... in 1995 when we inherited it, the car had zero rust.
Still was good about 4 or 5 years later so 20yrs with just water and kero seems to be the go!