Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:31:27 -0700
Reply-To: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Electronic Rustproofing?
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dear fluid film
how much do you use ...
this product is almost 80$ a gallon here in canada
how much fluid film to cover westie
yours
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Jim Lieb <jlieberie@gmail.com> wrote:
> I used this product and it's made from lanolin. I bought a gallon can of
> the
> pure stuff and mix it in a spray bottle and keep it in the garage. I spoke
> to a farmer and he used it to cote all his farm machinery and equipment to
> keep it rust free.
>
> http://www.fluid-film.com/
>
> Jim
>
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Dear Rusty
> >
> > altering the linseed oil to ease its viscosity is not a good idea ...
> > it is what makes it work properly ...
> > the dripping ... well park your rig on a slant over grass and your dog
> will
> > likely lick all the drippings ...
> > and the word is linseed oil is god for dogs joints too
> > yours
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@cfu.net
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > That might've been something called Kosmolene(sp.?) . As an employee
> > > of a VW dealer during high school, the new VW Beetles came from
> > > Germany with this wax sprayed on them so the ocean's salt water
> > > wouldn't eat the paint up before they got to the US. It was a bitch
> > > to get off the car even with kerosene. I didn't last long doing that
> > job!!
> > >
> > > I bought some stuff from a British company called WAXOYL that was
> > > purchased from a company here in the US called the Proper MG. It
> > > comes in an aerosol can(very expensive /oz,) or you can get the pump
> > > can in bulk and shoot it in the cracks that way. It smells a lot
> > > like the Carnuba wax you protect the painted surfaces with, but I'm
> > > no chemist. it doesn't spray well when cold, so I kinda blew it
> > > off. I really like the linseed oil idea, if we could only figure out
> > > a way to increase it's viscosity so it wouldn't drip so badly.
> > >
> > > DM&FS
> > >
> > >
> > > At 08:45 AM 8/17/2009, Allan Streib wrote:
> > >
> > >> VW used something like a heavy waxy/oily undercoating... I remember it
> > >> oozing out around trim pieces, side marker lamps, etc on hot summer
> > >> days. This was in a '91 Jetta. Anyone know if they used the same
> stuff
> > >> on Vanagons?
> > >>
> > >> Allan
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:58 -0500, "Tom Hargrave" <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
> > >> wrote:
> > >> > Your friend is right. Coating the inner panels with oil once a year
> is
> > >> > a trick we used to use in the 70s in western NY State. We did this
> to
> > >> > the beater cars we would drive in the winter. It works, but we used
> > >> > old engine oil and it was a real mess.
> > >> >
> > >> > For this to work, you have to drill access holes and drain holes to
> > >> > all boxed in areas. The access holes are to spray the oil in & the
> > >> > drain holes are for the water & excess oil to drain out.
> > >> >
> > >> > The down sides are - you are always dripping some oil somewhere and
> > >> > you will always have oil stains somewhere on the car body.
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > roger w
> > From Proverbs:
> > Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: a
> > servant who becomes king ...
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>
>
> --
> Jim in NW Pa
> 2007 FJ Cruiser
> 1982 FJ40
> 1987 VW Westy Camper
>
--
roger w
From Proverbs:
Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: a
servant who becomes king ...
----------------------------------------------------------
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