How Salt-X Products Work

SALT-X products are concentrated rinsing and neutralizing solutions designed specifically to remove salt residue and salt stains from virtually any material that is exposed to salt spray or salt water.

Once the SALT-X concentrates are mixed with fresh water and applied to a surface:

1. They neutralizes the salt film on the surface
2. They lifts the salt back into solution to be rinsed away.
3. They leaves a protective coating on the treated surface.

Salt-X SX50 and Buster 50 can be applied to virtually any piece of equipment and any surface, even fabric! The range of applications is only limited by your immagination!

• Boats
• Cars, Trucks, 4x4s
• Trailers, Caravans, Mobile Homes
• Inboards, Outboards & Heat Exchangers
• Homes & High Rise
• Tents and Camping Equipment
• Dive Gear
• Fishing Tackle
• Anything effected by Coastal Storms & Cyclones

Anywhere salt spray, salt corrosion or salt stains are a problem, Salt-X products are safe to use. As Aggressive as SX50 & Buster 50 are in removing even the harshest build up, laboratory tests have proven them to be Non-Toxic and Environmentally Safe so will not effect fragile marine eco-systems or even your garden plants.

Note: If sprayed on Magnesium, rinse with fresh water.

How to Use Salt-X Products

Salt-X products are all liquid concentrates and need to be mixed with fresh water before use. The mixing ratios vary so please refer to the product page for specific instructions:

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Concentrated Salt Killer

Concentrated Salt Killer with Detergent

Concentrated Organic Odour Killer

 

Once the selected SALT-X concentrate has been mixed with fresh water, apply it to the surface and let it go to work...

If this is the first application and you need to clean salt build up, it will need time to work. With SX50 you will probably need to soak overnight, whereas with Buster50 a scrub will help.

SALT-X gets into cracks and crevices and will quickly kill the salt residue that has accumulated there! This is a vast improvement over washing with a hose and pushing salt crystals deeper!

Both SX50 and Buster50 will NOT effect lubricants, so immersing equipment totally, like fishing reels, scuba regulators or anything else with critical lubricants, is perfectly safe.

Follow up is much simpler as the first treatment has left a protective coating now, and the salt removal is now much easier.

Some Salt Removal Methods can be Costly!

A customer decided not to use SX50 because his mechanic's suggested a 'better method':-

"...The recommendation was 3:1 water and hydrochloric acid left in the system for 3/4 hr then flushed out. This seemed to work very effectively although I only left it for 1/4 hr before flushing the system..."

We decided to get some expert advice from an Industrial Chemist who specialises in chemical/metal corrosion.

"...The use of uninhibited hydrochloric acid (HCl) on ANY metal surface would not be recommended. Any HCl purchased "off the shelf" would not have an inhibitor system added to it - this means that the acid will not stop acting when it reaches "clean metal" but will continue to etch into the metal surface.

Effectively, uninhibited hydrochloric acid continues to etch into the metal surface at the same rate that it removes scale or rust. If you have a motor which has varying depths of scale - as most do - this means that the acid will be eating through scale in some parts of the motor, but will be eating through the base metal where the scale is thin.

Further, HCl will cause pitting of the surface as it will follow a corrosion pathway in areas of the metal that may be heat stressed - possibly leading to breakthrough. Further, residual chloride ion will continue to promote corrosion on ferrous parts even after the acid has been flushed out.

Finally, HCl will "de-zinc" brass and bronze leading to "sponginess" in the metal and loss of mechanical strength in yellow metal components.

SX50, on the other hand, has a number of advantages:

1. It's a "soft" acid - effective at removing scale, but weak at attacking base metals.
2. It has a "three way" inhibitor system - with specific inhibitors for ferrous metals, aluminum & "yellow metals". This means that it will quickly etch to the metal surface and then stop reacting once it hits base metal.
Further, these inhibitors, in combination with the film forming protective agents present in SX50, protect the metal from ongoing corrosion.
3. Being chloride free, SX50 will not cause "chloride corrosion" as seen with HCl - in fact the exact opposite is true – SX50 displaces chloride ion at the metal surface and protects the metal against salt attack.
4. Finally, the film forming agents within SX50 have a lubricating effect on seals and bushes...."

Bruce Heath, BAS App Chem, Grad Dip Tech Mgt MBA MRACI-CChem

Salt-X Application Methods

Once diluted Salt-X can be applied in many ways; Bucket & Broom, a Sponge, Immersion what ever you find easiest.

We also supply an Auto-Mix Injector System for applications like Outboard and Inboard Motors:

This is attached to the end of a garden hose, then to the engine flush connection or muffs. Salt-X SX50 is added at the final stage and allowed to sit in the cooling system when your boat is not in use.

Note: The green hose and coupling are not included with the unit.

Another very simple and effective way to apply SX50, Buster or Odour Buster is using a Garden Spray Pack. These are quick and simple and very economic since you only apply Salt-X where you need it, plus it is easy to get into difficult spots, like under a boat of around a boat trailes suspension.

This method is very economic on water and on Salt-X concentrate.

These sprayer are available from almost every garden and hardware store.

Using Salt-X products; Easy as 1 - 2 - 3.. Mix, Apply and leave to Air-Dry, The jobs done and your valuable asset is protected!

All Salt-X Products are 100% Australian Made & Owned