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I'm getting ready to buy some batteries and was just planning on going with Walmart units.

I'm worried about acid leaking in my freshly painted battery box. Do you guys have a solution for this or is there a way to prevent it?

I was thinking about some plastic tray liners or coating for the tray. Any other ideas?

Thanks.

I've read about these but can't personally vouch for them: http://www.batterymat.com/ Seem to be available through JC Whitney: http://www.jcwhitney.com/acid-neutraliz ... 06087.jcwx, Battery Mart http://www.batterymart.com/p-battery-mat.html, Amazon, and many others. Reviews are positive on the two I linked and on Amazon.

http://www.batterymart.com/p-battery-mat.html

works well. cheap too.

I also lined the entire interior battery box and underside of lid with asphaltum. Seemingly the closest equivalent that was coated within my box prior to dis-assembly.

Thanks guys.

I'm assuming the asphalt stuff is the thick black stuff like I use to line my swamp cooler sump. I'm usually into function rather than fashion but in this case I don't want to put that stuff on my new paint job.

I'll look into the pads.

I’ve had no luck with using standard lead-acid batteries in terms of stopping corrosion. Even when you line the boxes with plastic or asphalt (I've tried both), the acid fumes have a way of getting through the smallest defect. One choice is to flush the boxes regularly with a weak solution of baking soda/water. Battery-mat helps, but a lot of damage is from gaseous leakage, not liquid H2SO4.

My time is more valuable than all that messing around, so I’ve gone to AGM sealed batteries; Optima 51R (Honda Civic). I do keep a set of 2HN’s for show. I got two 51R’s from AutoZone for $320+tax.