I use black undercoating spray available at the local auto store for the steel erector set frames and red anti-corrosion terminal spray for the battery terminals that works well.
Check with Mitch Oates also, he went through this process and came up with better caps from USbattery. I originally had the "new" ganged together quik caps which leaked and replaced with the individual ones that don't. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 11:31 AM Subject: Re: Battery corrosion problem > Roger Daisley wrote; > > > What is causing this corrosion problem ... and how do I cure it? > > > Wow, your frames are awful close to the terminals and fill caps. > You're seeing corrosion due to the inevitable acid weep/spray > coming out of the fill cap. There's not much you can do, other > than neutralize with baking soda, rinse and keep it clean. Putting > an oxygen barrier on the steel frame (bearing grease will work) > will slow down the "fluff" that forms. I haven't had a set of > floodeds yet that didn't weep a little around the fill caps. > > Mark Brueggemann > Albuquerque, NM > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > S-10 EV > >
