Barrie,
Maybe this is what I need to seal the area where I jack up the car all the
time. Want to sell a can?
Monte
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barrie Robinson" <barrie@look.ca>
To: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; "MonteMorris"
<mmorris@nemr.net>; "MG list" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: installing inner fender guards
>
> I have mentioned this before but it is worth repeating. Waxoyl is
> excellent stuff but is mainly wax dissolved in mineral spirit with a rust
> inhibitor thrown in. The best wax is bee's wax because it never dries and
> apparently leather found in Egyptian tombs was in good nick because it had
> been treated with bee's wax. (I must check up on that one day!). However,
> there is a much better product that is used in aircraft and comes from
> Europe. It is used by nearly all the aircraft people, US and elsewhere,
> (my helicopter mechanic friend told me they hate the stuff - it will not
> come off!) but is not sold in the USA for cars because US consumers will
> not pay the price as keeping a car for long is not in their agenda. I
> found a supplier in Canada and I have used it - great stuff but watch were
> you spray it! I got 12 cans for Cdn$136 because they only sell wholesale
> and I reckon 6 cans are enough to do an MGB GT.
>
> The US supplier is at 800-331-4304 and the stuff is called Dinol.
>
>
> At 02:18 AM 8/31/04, Paul Hunt wrote:
> >Hi Monte,
> >
> >Waxoyl remains sticky, and in fact on a hot day can liquidise and run -
no
> >bad thing for settling into panel joints. It is really intended for
closed
> >sections, which now you have fender guards the areas behind them can be
> >considered to be. But for exposed areas there is also 'Finnigans
Underbody
> >Seal with added Waxoyl' which dries harder and resists abrasion but is
still
> >flexible, unlike the dreaded period manufacturers rubberised underseal.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Paul.
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "MonteMorris" <mmorris@nemr.net>
> >To: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; "MG list"
> ><mgs@autox.team.net>
> >Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 1:59 AM
> >Subject: Re: installing inner fender guards
> >
> >
> > > I also WaxOyl'ed the undercarriage. Does this stuff ever dry or is it
> >always
> > > "gummy"? I set the car out in the 90 heat all day and it is still
"gooey".
> >
>
> Barrie Robinson
> MGB GT V8
> Aston Martin DB 2/4 MkII
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