Sugar mix to reduce corrosion?

[Bob]

Transport chiefs are trying to reduce the corrosive effects of road salt by mixing it with a sugar solution.

According to Safecote, the makers of the molasses-based substance, it reduces steel corrosion by up to 82%. The product is being tried out by Essex County Council.

[wari]

THEy oughta add beaten eggwhites , vanilla essense , vinnegar and cook for 30 minutes at 185C ...

[Skunk]

THEy oughta add beaten eggwhites , vanilla essense , vinnegar and cook for 30 minutes at 185C ...

Yum, got any more recipes Wari?
Hummm, tried that just now, it's needs something... I know - Nutmeg. 2 tablespoons.

[scumdog]

I know soaking rusty bits in mollasses cleans he rust off them....

[wari]

Yum, got any more recipes Wari?
Hummm, tried that just now, it's needs something... I know - Nutmeg. 2 tablespoons.

WHipp-edd cream anda slice of kiwi-fruit ... :spudwave:

[Skunk]

WHipp-edd cream anda slice of kiwi-fruit ... :spudwave:

Placed where? And eaten how?

[marty]

i reckon it'd be sweet as to ride on

[NC]

Placed where? And eaten how?

[Artifice]

how can you call yourself a kiwi if you dont know the recipe for pavlova??? mind you i do have a sweet tooth. several in fact. at least the ones that are left.

[Blakamin]

i reckon it'd be sweet as to ride on

ha..... ha... ha... not

so now the salt sticks to yer bike.... and when summer comes, you can attract ants!!!!

[Coyote]

Wouldn't the sugar attract all the bugs to the road, and you would end up with all this bug splatter?

[Skunk]

i reckon it'd be sweet as to ride on

And softer to crash on

[Coyote]

And softer to crash on

I don't know. I learnt at primary, that the more sugar you add to the biscuit mix, the harder the biscuits are when they have been baked

[Bob]

Wouldn't the sugar attract all the bugs to the road, and you would end up with all this bug splatter?

Seeing as road salt doesn't need putting down in Summer, nor does the sugar-based antidote! So bugs are not an issue.

Mind you, our authorities normally aren't too good at getting the road salt down in Winter until it is too late either...

[moko]

I think that quite a few of the people on here havn`t experienced the joys of road salt eating their ally bits because of the difference in climate.We normally get 3 months a year when frost and slippery roads are possible(makes a change from the rain I suppose) and local authorities chuck this crap everywhere,makes a real mess of your bike and is one reason why you`ll see less older vehicles on our roads than in N.Z.,where I saw loads of nice condition 60`s and 70`s cars,here they`ve mostly rotted away.I used to lag my bikes in grease around about October time,looked like shit but did the job,bitch to get off in spring though.Then it was a can of WD40 sprayed all over,not so messy as grease but still a 2 day job to clean up again.Now I use stuff called FS365 which is brilliant,protects your bike and also reacts to any road salt that`s got on it,even does a great job of cleaning up your plastic.Also we`re benefitting from a bit of climate change and the cold spell dosnt usually hit until New Year instead of mid-October like it used to.In fact ex-pats of a few years will be amazed to hear that so far weather from October to December has been mainly mild and quite pleasant,sunny and blue sky outside the week before Christmas.