Waxoyling - some inside info! - keep

**Posted:** Fri Aug 31, 2007 3:08 pm

SPRUCE GOOSE GETS THE WAXOYL TREATMENT

This is the first in what may become a series of posts using information supplied by Wulfie on ‘preventative maintenance for your f’

Wulfie took Spruce Goose to Simon Rawdon Tyres in Horncastle, Lincolnshire www.simonrawdontyres.co.uk

The cost was £40 + VAT + Sid’s tip

It took 1.5 hours to do

Here's some tips:

Make sure you or the garage clean your windows/windscreen before driving off as the waxoyl leaves a very fine mist all over the car. Remember to clean the wiper blades too.

Waxoyl must be applied to the car on a dry day when roads are dry also

Don’t clean the car’s body/paintwork before you go… you’ll need to do it afterwards though!!

Allow 1 full day for the sticky waxoyl to dry under the car before wetting it through washing, or driving through fords, floods, puddles etc.

Needs doing once a year – summer time is best

Waxoyl prevents the build up of rust, and will kill off a small amount of existing rust.

Can be applied in clear or black – photos of mine show the black effect

There is a very slight whiff of oily odour for first few miles when done – all normal, nothing to worry about.

If you can take the car for a drive afterwards it will help to dry the waxoyl a lot quicker (20-30 miles of straight run)

Wulfie couldn't believe the difference the waxoyl treatment made to the look of SG’s undercarriage.

Enjoy the photos of Spruce Goose’s first waxoyl treatment:

[img]http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i188/Richardestys/wo6.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i188/Richardestys/wo10.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i188/Richardestys/wo11.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i188/Richardestys/wo12.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i188/Richardestys/wo13.jpg[/img]

© Copyright 2007 Dr. Hilary Dyer

Thanks for the fantastic info Hilary :thumbleft:

**Posted:** Fri Aug 31, 2007 4:00 pm

I've been talking about this for ages with my neighbour gonna be worth it if i want to keep my F for a decent amount of time, just trying to find a place that does it up here now.

Is there a type of place that does it nationally do you know?

The cost was £40 + VAT + Sid’s tip...

...what do you mean by sids tip????

**Posted:** Fri Aug 31, 2007 4:11 pm

£40 eh? where do i sign up :lol:

**Joined:** Tue Aug 07, 2007 9:04 pm **Posts:** 16

I reckon you could try your local good-guy garage, or body shop. They would do it for you. It's not hard to get hold of the stuff - comes in a tin, BUT you do need equipment to apply it properly - it has to be applied in a fine spray mist. Beware! if you do it yourself you end up covered in a fine coating of the stuff yourself, as did my mate Sid.

The 'Sid's Tip' was the tenner I gave Sid for ending up splattered in the stuff. But I still think it was all worth it. Yeah?

**Posted:** Fri Aug 31, 2007 4:55 pm

Theres a car wash in Aylesbury that 'applies an underbody seal' on its top wash. not sure if its any good tho

**Posted:** Fri Aug 31, 2007 5:15 pm

Does it dry hard, or stay waxy? :scratch:

Ad

**Posted:** Fri Aug 31, 2007 9:36 pm

how do you pronounce that word? wax-oiling???

why dont they do the exhaust?

looks nice and balck

**Posted:** Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:19 am

Ad: It dries hard, well about as hard as... erm... Wax

Dai: Yeah that is how you pronounce it, and they don't do the exhaust as it will just "melt" the wax and fall/drip off, plus the parts where it gets really hot t would kinda smell

- dunno but it might be a fire risk too, anyone confirm?

Looks good, prefer doing it at home though. Thankfully my Dad has a compressor I can use to apply it

. Buy the Waxoyl in massive amounts, and set aside a weekend to do it

.

If I was going to do the entire underside of the car I think I wouldn't use waxoyl though, there are some full waterproofing bitumen sprays that also help with soundproofing. Used it on the wheel arches of my Integra, really helped with noise, can't rememmber the product name though :/.

Cheers
Matt

**Joined:** Sat Sep 02, 2006 4:51 pm **Posts:** 2751

Hmm doesn't the F already come with underseal? mine has it

**Posted:** Sat Sep 01, 2007 3:53 pm

yea they do but like anything it won't last forever especially seeing its the place people put the [b]least[/b] amount of maintenance into as its harder to get to than say body panels up top etc

i know i haven't

**Posted:** Sat Sep 01, 2007 7:30 pm

Waxoyl is very messy stuff, but jap cars defo need it.
If you look under the car, you'll find all the seams are covered in a stonechip protection stuff, but not the main panels.
I've done most of mine, and I used the injection lance to do inside the wheelarches and sills.
Most underseals don't dry brick hard so that theres some self healing properties, to protect from stonechipping etc....

Nice pix mate. :thumbleft:

**Joined:** Tue Aug 07, 2007 9:04 pm **Posts:** 16

Three days on and the waxoyl has 'dried' on the wheel arches but, as Geetee has just pointed out, the treatment stays 'tacky' elsewhere.
Really glad I had it done. Cheers Geetee for the compliment about the pix. The garage were really good about me taking all the shots.

Rich H has just emailed to say my new Xenon HID bulb upgrade kit has arrived. (I know this is not the right thread, but bear with me as a new club member.) This will be Spruce Goose's first modification - I feel a party comin' on!

Watch out for posting of 'before' and'after' with the new HIDs.
For those going to TRAX @ Silverstone tomorrow, have a great day!!

**Posted:** Sun Jul 18, 2010 11:16 pm

Just found this thread in the search.

Was wondering do you have to scrub off the rust first before spraying or just spray over the waxoyl over everything anyway??

Seen Neils guide to treating the arches too. Its been added to my favourites for later reference!

**Posted:** Fri Feb 18, 2011 5:05 pm

Spoke to my local body shop garage for a quote, £100 :doubt:

......
I may do this, quick question though...why isn't the exhaust treated?

**Posted:** Fri Feb 18, 2011 5:06 pm

probably gets too hot

**Posted:** Fri Feb 18, 2011 5:09 pm

lol cheers mate, obvious really :blackeye:

**Posted:** Wed Feb 23, 2011 6:15 pm

You can by all the kit to do this from Helfrauds folks, even the sray gun :thumbright:

I'm getting Mike the Body to do mine after Meanie gets all welded up

**Joined:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:18 pm **Posts:** 1026

I did my 4x4 and Kates Beetle with tetrosyl - same idea. I bought one of the local garages a Shutz gun for their airhose as a pressie and they do a car for 30quid if you supply the goopy stuff. For a 4x4 or summit you want to keep for a long time its a no brainer.

**Posted:** Thu Feb 24, 2011 2:29 pm

[quote="Clarky"]For a 4x4 [b](standard BA)[/b] or summit you want to keep for a long time its a no brainer.[/quote]

CLARKY !!! :shock:

I had to

**Joined:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:18 pm **Posts:** 1026

very good... was waiting for a follow on about the MPS there...

**Posted:** Thu Feb 24, 2011 11:53 pm

I could edit it again but it wouldn't be as funny. . . :roll:

**Posted:** Tue Mar 08, 2011 6:32 pm

I'll be doing Meanie in the clear Waxoyl once the paint has been done, I'm going to use clear so I can keep track of any corrosion in teh future :thumbright:

**Joined:** Fri Jul 03, 2009 4:59 pm **Posts:** 6885

I will be getting my RS done when it gets over here

Forum rules - Please read!

Waxoyling - some inside info! - keep

Who is online