Ken,
Do you intend to smoke in that car? (Does the sound FWIFFFF! have any
meaning to you...lol)
Actually, Waxoyl is a very thick cosmoline like coating(from what I see of
it, which is a lot & everywhere ctsy. a DPO)
You do need to be careful with what ever you coat with- regular undercoating
& cosmoline will tend to harden up and crack, thereby allowing moisture in,
and trapping it. Nothing like opening a cosmoline sealed package after 50
years, and discovering mass quantities of rust!
Scott
64 Herald 1200 Convertible Waxoil transporter
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Gano" <kengano@mcleodusa.net>
To: "Triumphs mailing list" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 11:32 AM
Subject: Chemistry Majors (slight LBC content - mostly old steel)
>
> I am looking for an effective rust stopper and Waxoyl has been suggested
to
> preserve steel on the Herald (obligatory LBC content :)).
>
> I recently was given a recipe for a homemade equivalent to Waxoyl. It
uses
> turpentine, candle or bees wax and light machine oil. Basically, you
> dissolve the wax in the turpentine and use the oil as a thinning agent.
>
> Being an unrepentant tinker, I was wondering about using either a
> penetrating oil or WD 40 as the thinning agent. It also looks like
paraffin
> (as used in home canning) is a cheaper, more available alternative to
candle
> wax. Thoughts, (from those who have reason to know :)) are always
> appreciated.
>
> I would like to keep the mixture as transparent as possible. Does anyone
> know of a light machine / penetrating oil that has little or no
coloration?
>
> TIA
>
> Ken Gano
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