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That brine spray is, or should be, magnesium chloride. Mag chloride is "supposed" to be less corrosive than salt. I used to work at a company that harvested it from the Great Salt Lake. For deicing, they mix it 50 gallons per 1000 gallons of water. However not all road departments use it.
Some have decided it's cheaper to build a huge pile of salt, dig a trench around the pile, and spray the pile with water. Then they collect the water from the trench and spray it on the roads. Much more corrosive.
Fyi the states do continue to use mag chloride in the summer for dust control on dirt roads. It's a much weaker blend 1 gallon per 1000 gallons of water, but it's still mag chloride. So when your running down that dirt road with not a thought of salt damage to your car or antennas, think again.

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<blockquote data-quote="Watergate" data-source="post: 366694" data-attributes="member: 19027">That brine spray is, or should be, magnesium chloride. Mag chloride is &quot;supposed&quot; to be less corrosive than salt. I used to work at a company that harvested it from the Great Salt Lake. For deicing, they mix it 50 gallons per 1000 gallons of water. However not all road departments use it. Some have decided it&#039;s cheaper to build a huge pile of salt, dig a trench around the pile, and spray the pile with water. Then they collect the water from the trench and spray it on the roads. Much more corrosive.Fyi the states do continue to use mag chloride in the summer for dust control on dirt roads. It&#039;s a much weaker blend 1 gallon per 1000 gallons of water, but it&#039;s still mag chloride. So when your running down that dirt road with not a thought of salt damage to your car or antennas, think again. Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk 2</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Watergate, post: 366694, member: 19027"] That brine spray is, or should be, magnesium chloride. Mag chloride is "supposed" to be less corrosive than salt. I used to work at a company that harvested it from the Great Salt Lake. For deicing, they mix it 50 gallons per 1000 gallons of water. However not all road departments use it. Some have decided it's cheaper to build a huge pile of salt, dig a trench around the pile, and spray the pile with water. Then they collect the water from the trench and spray it on the roads. Much more corrosive. Fyi the states do continue to use mag chloride in the summer for dust control on dirt roads. It's a much weaker blend 1 gallon per 1000 gallons of water, but it's still mag chloride. So when your running down that dirt road with not a thought of salt damage to your car or antennas, think again. Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk 2 [/QUOTE]

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