Anybody use this sort of stuff? I always wash off my rods/reels with the garden hose but is that stuff better? What's in it?? Somehow whenever I take a reel off a rod there is a bunch of salt on the reel seat, etc...

I use it once or twice a year to clean my boat, trailer, and truck (after running the beaches). I have no idea how well it works, but I like the extra security of knowing I'm getting everything clean. So far so good, but the stuff is expensive.

the stuff your talking about is called SALT-X i use it to clean most of my scuba gear it works great on fishing gear too. a local scuba shop would most likely have it in stock. i belive salt-x is selling a hose attachment that mixes the salt-x and water into one stream. its good stuff!!

heres there web site http://www.salt-x.com/

Stuff works great. I bought a concentrate bottle 2 years ago, still going strong. Makes like 32 batches. A lot of times I will have a bottle in the back of the truck and just spray it on rods and reels before the ride home.

It's good stuff.

I think the biggest appeal is that it's non-toxic and it isn't greasy like most of the other sprays you might use on your fishing gear.

And it works...

Salt-X (http://www.saltwateredge.com/miva/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=TER33&Category_Code=)

but what is it???
Keep in mind that you are mixing it with the same garden hose water that they say is no good anyway....
Is there an ingredient list label?
I'm willing to bet not.....

It only breaks salt down... I use it on my R/C's when i drive them the beach to keep the salt from eating the aluminum and to keep from using solvent based cleaners that will degrease the bearings...

I use it on my reels once in a blue moon, actually just once a year at the end of the season..

http://www.salt-x.com/salt-x7.htm

MSDS

do you spray it on your reel on a regular basis or just once a season? i might be considering about buying one because im tired of washing my reels and rods with water and spraying them with a WD40. Then I tried to use superlube and i screwed my abus up last year.

I am not a chemist, but have a background in science. I have always been sceptical of this stuff. I wish I knew what it was.

Salt, Sodium Choloride, NaCl, or whatever you want to call it is very soluble in water. It dissociates into it's two ions and the world is happy. So do this stuff make the salt more soluble in water? Or maybe is just helps the water rinse away better?

If you guys really think it is working better than just a good freshwater dousing, maybe it is worth a try. What does it smell like? soapy, or like an organic solvent? Or more like vinegar, like windex?

As long as your water isn't to alkaline(hard) or to acid rinsing in freshwater is just as good.

The salt-x is good for when your water is real hard.But then again going to the
local aquarium store and getting a pH buffer like Sodium Biphosphate(softens
hard water) will do the same thing at a fraction of the price.

I have heard allot of guys use watered down vinager in spray bottles to do the salt trick.