Spraying Waxoyl

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chriz1

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702 posts

225 months

Wednesday 29th January
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What's the best / easiest way to spray waxoyl will I need a gun and compressor? I've also seen the aerosol version but I have the whole underside of my 4x4 to do so Don think that will be very cost effective!

KTMsm

28,117 posts

273 months

Wednesday 29th January
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Ideally yes

If you haven't got one and don't want one it's probably best to pay someone else to do it

It's also best to warm the can and arguably to thin it a little with white spirit

Metric Max

1,496 posts

232 months

Wednesday 29th January
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Get the Waxoyl nice and hot, when I did it I stood the sprayer in a bucket (not your best one as you will get wax on it) of hot water.
Not a good idea to do it on a cold day as the wax will get cold in the pipe to the spray head and it won't spray
I used a Waxoyl pump up sprayer, maybe not available now, it was a very long time ago

chriz1

Original Poster:

702 posts

225 months

Wednesday 29th January
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Thanks guys,
May aswel look for a second hand compressor then, what gun will I need for it ?

Belle427

10,056 posts

243 months

Wednesday 29th January
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Dont use waxoyl, its ste.
The most cost effective way is to buy 5 Litres as it goes quite a long way but if you dont have a compressor your quite limited.
I would guess you would need around 5 Aerosol cans to do a decent job on a larger vehicle.
Compressor wise you would need something with a decent capacity as its quite air hungry.

Athlon

5,309 posts

216 months

Wednesday 29th January
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Waxoyl is poor, look up Bilt Hamber & Dinitrol, far superior products.

fogbank

17 posts

8 months

Wednesday 29th January
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Athlon said:
Waxoyl is poor, look up Bilt Hamber & Dinitrol, far superior products.
I agree completely. I used Dinitrol Coroheat which is by far the best coating ive used as its clear and high temp resistant.

I tried every form of others on my Defender and they either didn't last that long or were awful (i'm looking at you Lanougrard..). Coroheat was still in place and unmarked a year later,.

Metric Max

1,496 posts

232 months

Wednesday 29th January
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Fogbank.
Thats what I used to get spraying Waxoyl !!!!!

Byker28i

69,983 posts

227 months

Wednesday 29th January
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Another vote for dinitrol clear. I spent two weeks cleaning waxoyl off the tvr chassis that went the colour of honey, with white spirit.

Replaced it with dinitrol that's stayed clear

KTMsm

28,117 posts

273 months

Wednesday 29th January
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I've got a cheap Aldi compressor and a Schutz gun (around £10 on ebay) works great

I've painted fences with it and changed tyres etc

cologne2792

2,146 posts

136 months

Wednesday 29th January
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I drive a 23 year old Ford Ranger and find Waxoyl to be excellent - but only in hollow sections.

When I last treated the chassis it was with 5l of clean engine oil first, followed by 5l of heated Waxoyl.- both applied with a paraffin gun, running of our compressor.

Prior to this I painted the outside of the chassis with Buzzweld's Rust Control Primer followed with their Chassis in One paint.

Holding up well so far.

cliffords

2,104 posts

33 months

Wednesday 29th January
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cologne2792 said:
I drive a 23 year old Ford Ranger and find Waxoyl to be excellent - but only in hollow sections.

When I last treated the chassis it was with 5l of clean engine oil first, followed by 5l of heated Waxoyl.- both applied with a paraffin gun, running of our compressor.

Prior to this I painted the outside of the chassis with Buzzweld's Rust Control Primer followed with their Chassis in One paint.

Holding up well so far.
As a motorcycle rider , I am horrified you put 5 litres of engine oil in the box sections of you car .

sospan

2,633 posts

232 months

Wednesday 29th January
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Bilt Humber. They do a range of products inc cavity wax, rust curing products. I used to have a kit they sold of everything you need. Aerosols of rust convertor, cavity wax, underseal, rubber bungs to seal holes drilled for cavity access, spray extension tubes for cavities.

alabbasi

2,772 posts

97 months

Thursday 30th January
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Air compressor and a specific gun would be best but you could probably get it good and hot and run it through a garden sprayer

chriz1

Original Poster:

702 posts

225 months

Thursday 30th January
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Thanks everyone

DonkeyApple

60,724 posts

179 months

Thursday 30th January
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chriz1 said:
What's the best / easiest way to spray waxoyl will I need a gun and compressor? I've also seen the aerosol version but I have the whole underside of my 4x4 to do so Don think that will be very cost effective!
The spray cans are rubbish other than very localised use.

There are better products than waxoyl these days but I still use it as it works, is cheap and is easy.

I spray the underside of the old Rangies every other year as well as any car I'm planning to keep.

I dilute it down with white spirit in a 5L garden sprayer. The sprayer is then put in a big bucket of hot water and I done a murder suit and spray away. As it's very thin it seeps and soaks in everywhere.

rossub

4,968 posts

200 months

Thursday 30th January
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DonkeyApple said:
The spray cans are rubbish other than very localised use.

There are better products than waxoyl these days but I still use it as it works, is cheap and is easy.

I spray the underside of the old Rangies every other year as well as any car I'm planning to keep.

I dilute it down with white spirit in a 5L garden sprayer. The sprayer is then put in a big bucket of hot water and I done a murder suit and spray away. As it's very thin it seeps and soaks in everywhere.
I can’t believe someone with your means does his own waxoyl spraying!

Even a peasant like me paid someone else so I didn’t have to do it.

cologne2792

2,146 posts

136 months

Thursday 30th January
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cliffords said:
cologne2792 said:
I drive a 23 year old Ford Ranger and find Waxoyl to be excellent - but only in hollow sections.

When I last treated the chassis it was with 5l of clean engine oil first, followed by 5l of heated Waxoyl.- both applied with a paraffin gun, running of our compressor.

Prior to this I painted the outside of the chassis with Buzzweld's Rust Control Primer followed with their Chassis in One paint.

Holding up well so far.
As a motorcycle rider , I am horrified you put 5 litres of engine oil in the box sections of you car .
I'm not that irresponsible.

The 5l of clean oil resides in the chassis and acts as a vehicle for the Waxoyl to travel along.
This ensures that the Waxoyl creeps into all the corners and doesn't leave any dry spots, which then rot.

Once the Waxoyl has dried the oil is trapped underneath.and doesn't go anywhere.


A500leroy

6,157 posts

128 months

Thursday 30th January
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Lanoguard?

DonkeyApple

60,724 posts

179 months

Thursday 30th January
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rossub said:
I can’t believe someone with your means does his own waxoyl spraying!

Even a peasant like me paid someone else so I didn’t have to do it.
Because the cold hard reality is that too many people paid to do a job do a st job, if they bother doing it all. If I do it then I know it is done and done properly and these jobs are a good escape.