Date:         Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:23:16 -0500
Reply-To:     Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
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From:         Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Electronic Rustproofing?
Comments: To: Andrew Grebneff <goose1047@GMAIL.COM>
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Car makers already use galvanized steel, but the galvanization layer
eventually wears out.

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Tom Hargrave
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
Andrew Grebneff
Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 10:57 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Electronic Rustproofing?

> Well, the title says it all.  I was on the Subie Outback web page and
> saw this little gem.  Apparently some dealers are selling electronic
> rustproofing for your car now.  Can't confirm what country this was
> in, but a reply on the post was a guy from Austrailia fixin' to
> become a dealer for such stuff.  To say the least, she got a lot of
> response saying it wouldn't work and the process was likened to the
> electronic(magnetic) fuel conditioners for sale

If it produces the right5 sort of electrolytic conditions, it might
possibly actually work, to some degree at least. Electrochemists
please respond?

However I would expect this particular item to be complete BS. Proof
is needed that it works. This won't stop people buying it, however.
Look at all the fools who keep the "penis-enlargement" industry going.

I DO know that steel can be treated so that it won't rust, even when
cut or scratched. This treatment is supposedly a New Zealand invention
(yeah, probably a BS claim, as so many Kiwi claims are). It uis used
on ColorSteel roofing/cladding. It DOES work. So why can't the car
manufacturers, if they refuse to build cars out of stainless or
galvanize them, use this process? All it would take is a total dunking
in a vat under near-vacuum conditions to completely rustproof a steel
car body, seams, sealed sections and all. No more worries about
seam-rust developing after a body-stressing accident, either.

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Regards
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
Fossil preparator
Mollusc, Toyota & VW van nut