Technical how to waxoyl my car?

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Technical how to waxoyl my car?

brendanb581

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After my MOT i had some serious repairs, subframe corrosion etc so had to get it welded.

My question is, will waxoyl help prevent other parts of the car getting excessively corroded?

I want to do it all underneath, but what do i Do? just buy a jack and then go under? Im clueless!
 
You really need a cavity wax (of which Waxolyl is a pretty inferior version) in the body cavities, and a decent underseal on the outside (epoxy mastic, for example). Remove as much of the existing rust and underseal as you can before applying. It's a filthy job.

FROST, (for example, there are others) stock epoxymastic and Dynax. Google will find. To apply cavity wax, try and foind an appropriate blanking grommet through which you can insert the supplied lance.

The reason you don't use cavity wax on the underside is that it'll soon be holed and/or washed off by road water/salt and grit.
 
Hi mate :)

Waxoyl very good, used it many times before BUT...it can be awkward to spray without the correct gear. I have tried all different ways, best if you can beg/buy/borrow a small compressor and possibly an attachment like a "paraffin spray gun" (often part of the kit if you where to buy small diy compressor.

Your gonna need a lot of patience and various lengths of small bore nylon pneumatic pipe (6mm) for example. When you buy the waxoyl kt complete (bit pricy to be honest) they include what can only be described as a small nail thats been squashed flat along its length but leaving the head intact. Thats pushed into the end of said air pipe creating a fan effect as the waxoyl is sent down under pressure.

Its proper messy job mate, if you can find some waste land all the better although power for comp is an issue then. But nothing hard really about it, just need a small vessel that can be pressurised safely to only about 20psi if that, gallons of waxoyl, tube for running into sills from beneath through drain holes, a spray attachment for open areas like floor, you prob get the idea lol.

OR....if you cant be doing with all that, this id what I did but cant say if its better or worse than waxoyl.

Go to Screwfix, buy 20 quids worth of WD40, pop to motor factors and buy big arsed tin of grease, the more oily the better as there are many types. Jack car up and place on safe stands and then spend a half day painting oily grease EVERYWHERE you can see apart from bushes and brakes of course.

You'll prob have about 6 big tins of WD40, use that to spray down all sills/chassis legs/doors through drain holes/open boot and spay shed loads through access holes in carpet through into side of rear of car body right over rear wheel arches (open boot). This will go between skin of outer panel and lip of wheel arch and also drain into sills also.

Its pretty good stuff, used to fill it where I worked is WD40. I believe this method is just as good as using waxoyl although one a year (no biggie really) the car should be back on stands and given a once over re grease if any had come away etc.

All i would say is, maybe one of the MOT guys on here would advise better but prob best not to cover brake lines and fuel pipes too much as MOT man will not be able to check properly.

I did mine couple of years back and its been great, just as well with all the salt they throw on the roads every winter.

You may want to consider also, buying a big tin of underseal that has added waxoly for wheel arches right underneath. Gotta clean all the crud off first though but its worth it.

Hope all makes sense? I happen to think that one full day doing this is priceless since we love our cars, hence this forum :)

Good luck mate, anyone feel they can improve or add please feel free :)
 
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Thanks for the reply mate, very useful! Will sort some stuff out within the next few weeks and get it done.. don't want any more stuff getting bad!
 
I was thinking of doing the waxoyl option, If i could find a massive cloth to put on the floor, then put the car ontop of that? :LOL:

When the car has been jacked up, what can i place it on? I have no idea with this stuff lol!
 
If you have access to costco, or someone who does, they're currently selling a massive lino-kinda of mat to put under/drive onto for your car. Looks perfect for this kind of job, you can roll it up too.

Use axle stands to keep the car up off the ground, just move em to do that area once you've done everything else.
 
i use ex pit grease on all family members puntos (just 5 at the minute) use a nice 3 inch paintbrush some latex gloves and slap it on everything,
when it comes to mot time its still mainly there and seals out corrosion and bolts still have heads on
one word of warning keep it off rubber brake flexi hoses as it rots them
for inside the sills remove rear panels if a 3 door and slap loads in there too
 
put the car on axel stands and lay down carbord scrape off any loose rust and under sealant get some waxoil in a tub or the bottom half of a 2L bottel and a paint brush get some old cloths on along with latex or some sort of gloves and some googgles on lay down under your punto and just paint to your harts content with wax oil :D

This is the way i do my GF`s min once a year for her since its rather old
 
BUT -- waxoil will just come off. It's not durable enough for under body protection. Underseal is.......... :bang:

my recovery truck is waxoiled on all the open chassis members
and internally
i was the only commercial vehicle to get through a vosa check last week because they could see it was well maintained
so waxoil will stick ,i use black but you do need to keep checking it as it loses its creep capabilities after a while (i use tetraseal rather than waxoil coz its cheaper but its the same stuff)
:)
 
Get a tin or 2 of spray under sealant like a can of spray paint and do the full under side of you car then once dry go over it with waxoil for added protection

dont buy the ones of the autosmart van they block up when half empty
(yes i follow can procedure and use them in one go till empty or i would like to given the chance)
they are good for a quick smarten up though
 
Agree Waxoyl is pretty average. But (as with any paint) epoxy is useless if there is any rust and it's virtually impossible to clean 100%.

Any water dispersing wax is MUCH better. With the right tools, it can also be sprayed inside box sections.
 
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