What should you use to clean battery cables?
 

I noticed my battery cables on one side are starting to build up? WIre brush and then spray on that red cable conditioning stuff? Thanks!

Use a little baking soda with water, then use the wirebrush...

Alternately, coke can be used. Yes the soda. Once the cable is cleaned and replaced, a clear spray paint to seal out the air.

I bought some of that red spray to coat the terminals. Will take care of it soon! Thanks!

2nd on coke (the drink, not the powder)

I'm cleaning mine this weekend. I'll have to try the paint idea...These corrode more than any others I'v had.

Be careful with the coke, I dropped a can by my truck and it sprung a leak and sprayed coke on the front fender. I cleaned it off right away with a hose but didn't get it all and now I have 3 spots the size of an eraser down to bare metal.

Oddly enough, I have noticed this truck developes batery corrosion quicker than any vehicle I'v ever owned.

I use the felt pads and the spray, and I still need to clean it every year or so.

That's often a result of a battery that isn't sealed properly around the posts. It might be time for replacements before you have to replace cables too.

Pour HOT water on battery terminals. Nice and clean.
Do it three to four times a year.

I like to cover my terminals in grease, like a chassis grease used for ball joints or u-joints. I've been using it on semi tractors for years with great results.

The cabling itself, or the terminals?

For the cables use any mechanis handcleaner.

For the terminals, after cleaning them use NO-ALOX (Home Depot, etc). You'll never have corrosion again. Just re-do every 4-years or so. Use batt clean brush/tool to get mating surfaces correct, use N-A, install, and wipe off excess.

Be sure to knead package contents thoroughly. Also can use in incandescent fixture bases. Don't slop around. It improves conductivity.

The cabling itself, or the terminals?

For the cables use any mechanis handcleaner.

For the terminals, after cleaning them use NO-ALOX (Home Depot, etc). You'll never have corrosion again. Just re-do every 4-years or so. Use batt clean brush/tool to get mating surfaces correct, use N-A, install, and wipe off excess.


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Be sure to knead package contents thoroughly. Also can use in incandescent fixture bases. Don't slop around. It improves conductivity.

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x2 on this once you have the terminals cleaned.