On Dec 20, 7:52*pm, Red Green wrote:
ransley wrote in news:b3069826-3b06-465c-b900-
:

My 6 yr old car Volvo has the original battery and perfect terminals
sprayed with something red that has kept them corrosion free, but I
need a new battery and want it done right. On the other car *a 91 my
terminals corrode so they must be cleaned anualy, I have ruined the
soft lead by cleaning them so often on the battery and cable that I
had to put in sheet metal because they would not tighten. How do you
completely treat connections on the battery so no corrosion occurs,
ever. My batteries were replaced by pro shops, Delco, *but I say they
screwed up since my 2002 still has no corrosion, but it now needs
replacing and I want to do it right on this replacement so I get no
corrosion in a year or so.

Last time I had to clean terminals I used baking soda and water. Just
poured the solution over everything. Battery terminals looked like they
had rabies :-) Cleaned up nice. Baking soda neutralizes acid is my
understanding.

But the point is to treat them right the first time so no follow up is
needed years down the road.