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Underseal?
Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 12:51 pm
by Peetee
Do I or don't I?
Albert has a great underside and a thick coat of paint. He will be stored under cover and souldn't get a lot of foul weather use. Bearing in mind dirt, grit, mud etc is more likely to fall of shiny paint than it is sticky underseal do I leave him as he is or not?
Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 6:27 pm
by Packedup
I'd leave as is, and just keep an eye for stone chips (depending on the paint used, they may or may not happen).
I'm about 1/4 of the way through removing the underseal liberally applied by a previous owner on my Midget, and I've yet to uncover anything but surface rust beneath...
Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 6:40 pm
by bigginger
I've spent the afternoon taking it off, and was astonished at the size (about 2p size) of the holes it can cover. I'd avoid it.
Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 12:25 am
by chickenjohn
Yes, agreed, Zinc primer, Chassis black and a coat of waxoyl is all you need.
Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 8:18 am
by Peetee
coat of waxoyl
The waxoyle I've used in cavaties seems a bit 'wet'. Is there another version for underside? I remember the clear stuff on the underside of VWs is like candle wax.
Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 4:01 pm
by stevey
theres spray on stuff you can get schiltz or something german sounding that i cant really spell
Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 4:03 pm
by dp
There is an underseal containing waxoil available. I've used it but don't know if it's any good or not - it's too soon to tell