Bob MGT wrote:
>
> In a message dated 1/7/98 6:22:13 PM !!!First Boot!!!,
> jon.larsen@mnplan.state.mn.us writes:
>
> > RE: Corroless and Eastwood
> >
> > I just got a catalog from Eastwood yesterday (yippee!) and it appears that
> > at least one of their products called Corroless isn't so much like Waxoyl,
> > but rather is more of a chemical conversion rust stabilizer that goes on
> like
> > a primer coat. It comes in either spray cans or liquid pints/quarts for
> brush-
> > on, or maybe it can be sprayed with a sprayer. It leaves a red/brown
> > indicator color coat to show coverage. No serious rust removal or metal
> prep,
> > according to Eastwood. Just put it on and the rust quits rusting. It doesn't
> > seem to be waxy, though. I think you are supposed to be able to paint over
> it.
> > Maybe they have another "Corroless' product that IS waxy? I didn't finish
> > reading the catalog yet.
> >
> > Knowing how books get edited, if Porter had offered techniques that
> > discussed both Waxoyl and Corroless, some editor may have jammed the two
> > concepts together and come up with a mythical Corroless Cavity Wax, if this
> > is the only citiation anybody has seen. Just a possibility.
> >
> > FWIW.
> > Jon Larsen (79MGB)
>
> There is a picture of the aerosol can with the label clearly showing. So the
> product
> must exist (maybe not in the US though). Anybody across the pond heard of this
> stuff?
>
> Bob Donahue (Still stuck in the '50s)
> EMAIL - BOBMGT@AOL.COM
> 52 MGTD - under DIY restoration NEMGTR #11470
> 71 MGB - AMGBA #96-12029, NAMGBR #7-3336
I have used Corroless here in the UK but I am not aware of Eastwood products
over here.
Didn't like Corroless, after a few months the paint started cracking and it
was
obvious that corrosion had carried on underneath. I am sure Corroless would
blame my
preparation or finishing, not their product.
I have had better results with Finnigans (of Waxoyl fame) No 1 Rust Beater, but
better
still seems to be Trustan 23. This was recommended to me by Clive Wheatley,
the V8
and Conversion specialist, and independantly by a metalurgist friend whose lab
had
done comparative tests on many products in the 80's. The product was marketed
and sold
for many years by Harry Wheatcroft, a famous rose-grower, and the boxes even
carried
adverts and order forms for his roses. Story was that he was making up a
chemical
fertiliser that went wrong. Chucked it out on his junk pile, then noticed some
time
later that the rust on his junk had turned black and stabilised. The product
has a
watery consistency so has a huge coverage. Scrape off loose rust, two
applications 24
hrs apart then primer and top coats to personal preference.
PaulH.
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