Undersealing/rustproofing

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longshot

3,286 posts

199 months

Sunday 16th June 2013
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Ive seen articles where Bilt Hamber has come out on top, ones where it's Dinitrol, POR and other products.



Edited by longshot on Sunday 16th June 13:49

Balmoral

40,943 posts

249 months

Sunday 16th June 2013
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I think Waxoyl wins where price is factored into the overall scores rather than outright performance. Waxoyl is really cheap.

longshot

3,286 posts

199 months

Sunday 16th June 2013
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Bilt Hamber if nothing else is very easy to use.
Looks and smells like cow st though. hehe

Gaspode

4,167 posts

197 months

Sunday 16th June 2013
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Balmoral said:
I think Waxoyl wins where price is factored into the overall scores rather than outright performance. Waxoyl is really cheap.
5 litres of Waxoyl is 30 quid, 5 litres of Dynax S50 is 40 quid. You'd have to be extremely impecunious to sacrifice the vastly superior performance of Dynax for the sake of a tenner to protect your pride and joy.

Mr_B

10,480 posts

244 months

Monday 17th June 2013
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It seems a lot better test than most, where I agree you get a different lot of results. Actually having tested it over a 3 year period to see which last and which has dried up and become useless, is more interesting than some who do a weeks accelerated testing and think it relevant.
Waxoyl was rated as great value, but was also judged to have lasted better than the others over the years and to show less rusted forming.

Rapid rental

462 posts

223 months

Monday 17th June 2013
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texaxile said:
If there's exsisting Waxoyl, what's the best stuff to remove it with?. Brake cleaner or something solvent based?.

Will I need to treat the areas before applying anything else?.
Salt I would say, it seems to remove waxoyl like a hot knife through butter.

200Plus Club

10,773 posts

279 months

Monday 17th June 2013
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i've used the bilt hamber dark stuff in the chassis sections, its easy to apply as it comes with a lance and brass bit which sprays very finely. it gets everywhere while its thin and then sets hard, you can wipe it off with white spirit if it gets where you dont want it. personally i prefer the clean look underneath, so you can see whats going on rather than assume all is well under a dark covering.
its only been on a yr so i need to keep an eye on it, but my sunbeam lotus very rarely goes out in wet conditions and never sees road salt so i'm hoping the coating lasts a good few yrs

Skyedriver

17,898 posts

283 months

Tuesday 18th June 2013
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Used to believe in waxoyl, the spray stuff and the black stay soft undeerseal but a friend had a W reg Griffith which had been regularly treated with the spray stuff but it seemed to collect the muck and rusted through the main chassis underneath the waxoyl!