Morris Minor Owners Club

Hi, I am a Kiwi and new to your site. A kiwi comes from the country that nearly wins world rugby cups, and beats lion teams

I have read on this site about waxoyl. I have not come across it, so could someone enlighten me please. I did a quick search and found a recipie at http://www.geocities.com/wallaces_21/waxoyl.html.

Do you think this would work?

I am the proud owner of a 59 sedan, my son has a 52 sedan, and we have a '55 Woodie (or woodless is a more realistic description) sitting in many bits

I await your learned responce.

John

I just looked again, and the page was no available. The recipie listed is:

Here is a recipe for home made "Waxoyl". It's an old fashioned rust treatment / undercoating:

2 1/2 quarts turpentine
12 oz. beeswax / candle wax
1 quart light machine oil

With a cheese shredder, cut the wax into the turpentine, stir until the wax has dissolved, (takes a long time; you can use very low heat (a warm room) to aid but be careful) and thin with the machine oil to a brushable / sprayable consistency. Apply liberally. You can use a hand spray bottle to get into closed-off sections if you have a small access hole.


Please be sensible when you make this stuff; don't go breathing the fumes or applying heat and burning down your house. If you have any doubts about it, err on the side of caution and just buy a commercially available product.

John

there are more things like waxoil eg dinitrol ML. I have used this myself, in combination with dinitrol Metallic (a sort of waxy brown underseal) I can't yet give any comment on it, as I only had it treated in the beginning of January


Onne

I have just checked my Waxoyl tins and there is no indication of the
ingredients at all. It is called 'Finnigans Waxoyl' and bears the
'Hammerite' logo. Hammerite are a well known maker of paints
with rust killing properties in GB. I suppose they are unheard of
in NZ? Waxoyl is an effective rust preventer which will prevent
your cars from rotting through the box sections/boot lids/doors etc
when applied properly.

John,

Having spray Waxoil on the car's underside, i reckon that its got a high content of hydrocarbons - from the "light" ones (hexane, heptane, etc - these will evaporate at nomal temperatures), plus a good selection of the heavyier ones - to form a soft waxy film (rather like pertoleum jelly [White soft paraffin]). Ther's probably lots more in there - as Willie notes the tin doesn't have ingredients listed. BUT it doesn't have "danger carcinogen" so there's probably no benzene or toluene...

I think that the beeswax/candle mixture won't have the range of waxes to stay soft and sticky over the normal motoring temperatures - try for a commercial product first.

Colin

For general info the Hammerite web address is,www.hammerite.com

Have just found some Kiwi stuff - Prolan - it has it's own website and everything. It contains extract of sheep (no new zealand jokes please - unless they are good ) i.e., lanolin based. Will keep you posted it is even supposed to protect electricals and be environmentally friendly.

Well, that PROLAN sounds similar to Waxoyl as that too is recommended
for spraying the outside of the dizzy to waterproof it!!