Re: [T3] rust treatment

["Allan Williams" <allanw@ihug.co.nz>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>The stuff in my Daihatsu is still sticky after 3 years. That car lives
outside so it appears to be OK. I'm sure after 10 years it would be dryer,
but I will have re-coated by then.

It is a wax base, which tends to stay soft at least. I know most petroleum
based products set hard and crack/flake as bad as the rubber based stuff.

This stuff appears similar to Cosmoline - the stuff our BMW was completlely
coated in (Everywhere!), which is still soft enough to go quite liquid in
hot sun. That car is over 12 years old now. The very thin stuff which was
partially removed is a lot harder.

I haven't looked too hard yet, but my Square was "tectyl"ed from new, and
has very little rust. Just a hole in the front of each rear wheel well. Most
of it is still original paint! Cool!

Allan :-)

----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 3:38 AM
Subject: Re: [T3] rust treatment


> On 3 Oct 2002, at 21:26, Allan Williams wrote:
>
> > I ALWAYS follow up with a cavity wax type treatment. I us Wurth
products,
> > and find them to be brilliant. The cavity wax flows like water, and sets
> > nice and sticky quite quickly (not months later!)
>
> What's it like years later? Still sticky? Once it turns hard and flakey
it's
> worthless.
>
>
> -
> Jim Adney
> jadney@vwtype3.org
> Madison, WI 53711-3054
> USA
>
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