What is the best home solution for cleaning salt water off metal surfaces?

Question

I work in the oil field and on our transfer pumps, which are pumps that carry the underground water to a aboveground holding tank, sometimes are exposed to the salt water which, when the water evaps, it leaves a flaky coating of salt over whatever it contacts.....and since there is electrical componets on the pumps, wondered what would be good and not so good...such as vinegar? Good or Bad or useless...Wondered what some of you boaters use to clean salt water engines with?

Answer 1

Vinegar would be useless. The best thing to clean salt water off is fresh water. You'd probably need distilled water in your location since local fresh water is probably full of minerals.