Date:         Tue, 19 Oct 2004 14:07:31 -0400
Reply-To:     Daniel Stevens <dosteven@SYR.EDU>
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From:         Daniel Stevens <dosteven@SYR.EDU>
Subject:      DIY Waxoyl recipie
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In my search to prepare my Van for winter, I stumbled upon this DIY
homebrew version of Waxoyl.

I don't know anything else on this other then whats here, I do plan on
making a small batch and seeing if it's anything better then just a
basic fire starter 8-)

http://www.geocities.com/wallaces_21/waxoyl.html

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.


Dan Stevens
1980 ASI TD