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Fighting Rust Electronically

Rust can take an expensive toll on vehicles, especially those in the snowbelt or in coastal areas. A rustproofing coating that's sprayed on can inhibit rust, but can fail if a chip or scratch exposes bare metal. Also, it's impossible to coat every overlapping seam, spot-welded joint, bolt and screw.

The power supply and control module is a big part of Counter/Act's rust-prevention system.

So what can you do to prevent rust on your vehicle? CounterAct Corrosion Protection Resources has developed a corrosion-protection process called "capacitive coupling," which gives a type of protection coatings don't provide. Basically, CounterAct's system delivers a small, negative electrostatic surface charge to all the commonly grounded metal surfaces of a vehicle, including crevices and hidden areas.