How to protect the car body from corrosion once and for all
The problem of rotting cars, even today, despite all the new technologies for their factory protection, is quite acute. At the same time, automakers constantly report that they are improving the methods of processing bodies in every possible way. However, the ill-fated "saffron mushrooms" regularly appear on the site of scratches and chips, both in cheap and expensive cars. And if you buy a used car, then you have to inspect it with special care for rust. But there are ways to reliably protect the body from corrosion. True, the experts of the AvtoVzglyad portal are sure that car builders do not really like it.
The consumer society, and you and I are considered as such and nurtured in every possible way, must consume. This means that mankind will not see reliable things, household appliances and machines that would not deteriorate, break or rot. Only the Kalashnikov assault rifle should be trouble-free. The rest, having served the warranty period, must break down so that the sales of components go on, and the desire of the end user to constantly update their fleet of goods, equipment and things is stimulated. Almost the entire business is built on this. And the automotive direction is not an exception, but even the locomotive of this approach.
Take, for example, anti-corrosion treatment. We are told about its different types, about new coatings, thicker layers and innovative application technologies. But in the end, it's all a treadmill. Newly minted car owners receive a 5-7 year warranty on their cars against through corrosion, which, due to a thin layer of paint and body treatment methods, may not be enough for even three. And all because stainless cars are unprofitable for manufacturers. If everyone drives indestructible cars, then giant concerns will not last long - they simply will not have anything to support huge factories, thousands of workers, dealers and other personnel due to the slow renewal of the car fleet.
This means that there is no need to protect the bodies of cars as if it were the last bastion. It is not necessary to use all known methods. It is better to hang noodles on the consumer about the fact that they keep the freshness of the body for a short time, presenting all this as manna from heaven and the best that can be in this world among advanced technologies. Meanwhile, everything has long been invented and widely used. For example, cathodic corrosion protection.
It's no secret that the cathodic protection method is used to stop corrosion of pipelines, important steel structures or ships. It can also be successfully transferred to the world of cars. All you need to do is apply a negative, relative to the ground, potential to the body. And then physics will do everything itself.
Wet wheels, in the presence of salts dissolved in water, conduct electric current, and the circuit closes, causing the electrolysis of those same salts. And according to the law of electrolysis, a metal electrode with a negative potential (cathode) will be restored, and the one with a positive potential (anode) will collapse or simply rust. In other words, the car body will become eternal, and only the element that acts as a “positive electrode” (zinc plates) will have to be changed. Of course, if there is a serviceable power source for the cathodic anti-corrosion protection system, its correct installation and proper quality.
Moreover, there is no need to fence gardens. Devices that allow you to protect the car body from corrosion in a non-standard way are on sale. The main thing is to carefully read the instructions and perform the installation in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations. However, if the arms grow out of the shoulders, then you can make such a device yourself. The network is full of electrical circuits of the cathodic protection unit of the body.
However, the risk of running into a fake or a non-working device always remains. There are both positive and negative reviews of such devices on the Web. However, problems tend to boil down to improperly installed plates.
Of course, if automakers took up such protection, bringing the process to mind and fully working condition, then it could be sold as an option. In the end, the automakers would get their profit from the sale, for the maintenance and repair of the system, and the dealers from the installation. But, apparently, riveting disposable cars is still a more profitable enterprise. Moreover, marketers, advertisers and salesmen in car dealerships are, as you know, capable of making candy out of any, even brown, substance and selling it three times.
