E30 Zone

Could someone fill me in about wax oil,how to use it and where to purchase it?thanks.

Its horrible stuff, gets bloody everywhere, covers you, the car, the ground, any cats or dogs in horrible goo.

Two main ways of using it:

Spray it on out of a big can with a hand held pump sprayer or using a compressor with a special nozzle. Works well but as I said gets everywhere and usually needs some diluting with some solvent to be sprayed- does have the advantage of being able to get into otherwise inaccessible nooks and crannies though.

Get a tin of 'waxoyl underbody seal' Its Half way between Shoe polish, tar and a normal paint. Again its bloody horrible to use but you do paint it on with a brush making it somewhat easier if your on a driveway.

With waxoyl always be aware that it never 'sets' so if you have to get under the car when its hot you will get it all over yourself all over again.

This was my experience with a landrover and a rangie anyway..........

Chris

As above and u will get it in any big motor store - we have Halfords over here and in NI, but not sure what the equivalent is in Ireland.

We have halfords too

Thanks lads for the help,that will be another item to add to the ever growing shopping list once ive got the various welding and body work sorted,cheers,Eoin. Will get some pics of the rust bucket before and after as soon as i get my finger out!

It spray's a lot easier if you stick the tin in a bucket of hot water for about 15 minutes before you use it.

dont get it from halfords. they are damn expensive. get down you local paint supplier...

main problem with undersealing / waxoiling is the amount of prep you have to do first. it's hard work and as said bloody messy. but if it keeps the tin rot away for a while longer then worth it. got quoted about £200 to have a tvr chimera chassis cleaned and undersealed at a local garage. bargain i thought for all the hassle it is.

Thanks lads with all your feed back!

theres a halfords in dundalk