Waxoil advice

[69-Serendipity]

Guys, I plan on waxoiling my bus at the weekend and was looking for any tips.

Do you guys normally jack yours up? And is there any science to it or do I just slap it on with a big brush?

Any advice will be welcome. Thanks guys!

Nathan

 

[BARKING MARK]

I used Waxoyl underbody seal under my bus. I 1st scraped off any remaining old underseal before starting. If you intend to fill all the cavities with Waxoyl do this first as the runs will cause the underbodyseal to run as well.... That was my experience.
I just used different sized brushes depending on the area I was painting under the bus. I also made sure I forced the underbody seal into every seam I could find under there. I put on 3 coats and it's still looking good under there 6 years later. I hope this helps.
Real messy job though it will end up all over you.... Have fun

 

[CHILDSEY]

You may find spraying it on is easier.
You can buy it in a can with a spray kit ready to go.
I've heard warming it up a bit will make it easier to spray.
Cheers Paul.

 

[jonboylaw]

Those pump cans are crap, use a compressor with appropriate gear, works for underseal and cavity wax.


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[krusty]

I would say defiantly use a air compressor and spray it on, you can by them in cartridges that connect to wax oil spray gun.
Not too much money and it will get in all the little nooks with not too much effort.

PS Top tip: where goggles cos it stings when it gets in ya eyes

 

[Pete B]

Probably stating the obvious, but getting wax INTO all the box sections and cavities is far more important than what can be seen on the outside. 'Slapping it on with a big brush' is great, but you need to use the probes to force it into the cavities. Rust starts from the inside of a car, not the outside.

 

[Clem]

Probably stating the obvious, but getting wax INTO all the box sections and cavities is far more important than what can be seen on the outside. 'Slapping it on with a big brush' is great, but you need to use the probes to force it into the cavities. Rust starts from the inside of a car, not the outside.

I agree. Get it hot and therefore runny and spray it with as much pressure as possible into the box sections.

 

[69-Serendipity]

Thanks for all the advice everyone! Gonna have a go next weekend now so I can get a compressor cartridge

 

[BrotherNumberOne]

Ideally, you need a compressor and gun because it atomises the waxoyl better, but if you haven't got the gear, the hand pump thing works well enough for doing the underside, just make sure you heat the stuff up standing it in hot water.

This stuff is good for cavities. Thinner than waxoyl but covers everything really well. You can get a long probe with a diffuser on the end which is great for getting into awkward cavities like the roof frame.

 

[waltz19]

Taken from another forum.

HOW NOT TO WAX YOUR CAR!!!!!



"I really wanted to get some of this into the Land Rover's chassis before I started using it, so tonight was planned to be the night for waxoiling the inside of the chassis….
I had gone to Halfords and bought 2 gallons, and knocked off work early…
I also had the real benefit that SWMBO was out tonight, so I had since 3.00pm been shoving the 2 gallon cans into the sink with near boling water…….
I should have known things were going to go “slightly wrong” when I started….
I decided to use a Waxoil gun, and my compressor, I had the propane burner on in the workshop since 3.00pm flat out and it was like the sahara, in fact it was so hot I decided a T shirt and shorts was the dress code………
Grabbing some white spirit to further thin the waxoil I entered the kitchen and unscrewed the waxoil lid…
Thhhhuuuumpppppppp !…grwat big snotty big dollop spewed out over the kitchen worksurface........, no probs I thought, ...I’ll sort that out when I’ve finished, as I might make "a little bit more mess yet", .....glad Sues not in….
Clutching bloody hot waxoil injector thingy, part filled with waxoil and mixed with very very warm white spirit I squirted and soaked the chassis blasting away, and also practising holding my breath .....as it went misty in the workshop….
1 Gallon later I was nearly there, I was at the rear cross member, with yet another huge refill…….
I ought to point out that I had also decided that at some of the angles I was at pulling and holding the trigger was a pain in the ar&e...( I have a really bad back) so I had devised a cunning lock of an elastic band on the trigger so that I could let it do it things whilst it sprayed away……
Shove tube into hole and pull trigger….lock and waggle etc…

Enter my wifes love of her life…..
The cat….
It sat there and looked at me the way only a cat can….it sniffed (unapprovingly) the dripped waxoil, and I said…
“Huh, you don’t want to be in here matey, this stuff will stick to your fur like sh*t to a blanket”……and at that very point the jammed on tube extension came off the gun…
Could I release the elastic band round the trigger ?…
Could I boll*cks….
The gun squirted warm waxoil/white spirit out at a force never so far experienced, one particularly good jet hit the cat, who bolted, knocking over the 2/3 empty (1/3 full!!) can of hot waxoil/white spirt mix, which flowed oh so well under the landy, and into my clothes T shirt and clothes and skin areas exposed..., but I was still fighting with the hot octopus trying to switch the damned thing off, but I failed, I was saved when it just ran out…..
Just when I thought nothing could get worse than lying under a Land Rover with waxoil soaked clothes, waxoil dripping onto my hair and face, and running into my ears….
Some waxoil drpped onto the lead lamp….
Ping….
Blackness…….
Blackness as it also pinged the fuse for the lighting circuit, getting myself out of the underneath of the landy proved friutfull, in that I knew all the places that waxoil had “leaked” ……
Removing dripping clothes I entered house in “minimal Clothes” to resolve fuse prob, when Lights went on I saw the cat…

I AM GOING TO DIE IF SHE SEES THIS !

Here Puddie cattie……
This did not improve the sink/kitchen area one little jot, .....ever tried holding a 'waxoiled cat' in a sink with water and rags, and especially when cat does not enjoy it ?….
1 hour later cat was scrubbed and very Censored off with me, I’ve had 2 baths, and also cleaned the bath it seems that the bath will not be rusty….scrubbed kitchen fllor, sink, worktop

Will she notice….
Cat stinks, garage sticks, alley way stinks, I stink, kitchen smells of lemon washing up liquid, which strangely we seem to nearly be out of ?….floor stinks……
She will be back any minute…….

[gulp]

Nice job on the Landy tho....... ))


....UPADTE...............

...later that evening......

Alleyway door closes and SWMBO walks in.....
"have a nice time dear ?......."
"what the HELL is that smell ?"
"Smell ?....er do you mean the waxoil ?"
"Is that what it is - its ing"
"Er..really"....
"yes really, the alleyway stinks, I mean I could smell it when I got out of the car..."
"er...really ?"
"yes, Really, I mean my G*d its stinking everywhere out, its even permutated the house "
"really"
"yes really and [ picks up cat - I look away at telly and pray]...and ....good grief even the cat smells of it its ....[ at this point the cat growls at Sue.....probably hand enough of being "handled" during the evening...]..."WELL if your going to be like that madam you grumpy old thing" ...[places cat down firmly - cat grumbles some more].. cat exits still grumbling
"Charming.........well.....Anyway, have you finished.........?"

THOUGHTS...............

I've got away with it...."yes dear thanks"...
I've got away with it...."all done"...I've got away with it...."think I'll have a beer"...I've got away with it....I've got away with it...."Would you like a glass of wine ?"....I've got away with it....yippee....I've got away with it....and
SHE'S GOT THE HUMP WITH THE CAT TOO - NOT ME !!

Beer....

Bed....

RESULT....... !

But a bit close for comfort......far to close"

 

[jonboylaw]

^ excellent


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[Sausage]

Ha! Funny Story.

 

[68_early_bay]

:lol:

 

[Bigbear]

Sod that!! I'd rather let it rust than go through that!

 

[mike202]

hilarious! - although I was expecting a big bang with all the heat and white spriit :shock:

 

[marco]

Laughed my socks off at that story, nearly p@#!ed meself. :lol:

 

[marco]

I used dinitrol, very useful aerosol tins.

 

[Bay pride]

Brilliant!


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[Pillpopper]

friend has told me to make sure the underside is completely dry : use heaters if you need to : to prevent trapping moisture between the waxoil and the metal as you then risk rusting through beneath the oil : not sure how real that is but seemed good advice :

 

[Clem]

friend has told me to make sure the underside is completely dry : use heaters if you need to : to prevent trapping moisture between the waxoil and the metal as you then risk rusting through beneath the oil : not sure how real that is but seemed good advice :

Depends on the product, I often use Ankor Wax which disperses water so wouldn't matter. Old school underseal will trap water and cause nightmares though.