Rust. It’s the most destructive thing that can happen to your diesel vehicle. In order to stop it, you have to learn to think like it. Rust’s technical name is iron oxide, as rust occurs when iron and ...

The subject at hand is rust, as suggested by a UConn student who attended a talk I gave on car buying last month. Her combination question and complaint centered on the corrosion warranty that came ...

Winter is when good tools quietly go dull and speckle with rust. Humidity swings in garages and sheds do most of the damage, ...

Take batteries out of electric garden tools before storing them for winter. This prevents damage and helps batteries last ...

Hoarding rusted bolts and nuts until you can make them usable again? That day has come because the condiment you need is ...

Vehicle corrosion is nothing new. In the earliest days of trucking, rust and road salts were identified as agents that could, over time, degrade even the hardiest trucks. Invasive chemical agents ...

Q: The front steps to my otherwise perfect house are wrought iron. Over the past 25 years, they have been sanded and painted every two to three years, only to rust after eight months. Can the ...

Magnet Paints is offering Chassis Saver, a direct-to-rust chassis paint and underbody coating that bonds so tenaciously to rusted metal that it stops Magnet Paints is offering Chassis Saver, a ...

Step 1: For pieces that are heavily rusted, start the night before by submerging your metal completely in a tub or basin of white vinegar. The acidic nature of vinegar should take care of loosening ...

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Lloyd Alter is Design Editor for Treehugger and teaches Sustainable Design at Ryerson University in Toronto. My 2000 Subaru is full of holes. Like so many other cars in Canada and the northern United ...