Toolstation Cavity Wax

[sierraman]

Has anyone tried this stuff? It's £3.80 for a 400ml tin. Thought might be ok for box sections etc. I'm only using it on the Mondog so I'm not after something that's going to preserve it to hand down to my grandchildren, just something that might hold off the grot for a few years.

[mercrocker]

Haven't tried it, trouble is with rust treatment is you only find out if its any good when it is too late if it isn't!    Often the difference in price and quality is down to how well it creeps rather than its inherent anti-corrosion properties.  

 

Let us know how you get on - its certainly a good price, I had some acceptable results with the Lidl stuff inside door panels etc and would imagine this of similar source.

[Retro_Auto]

As a general rule Aerosols are not good value for money as the amount of product in them is usually 100ml, the rest is propellant.

 

If you haven't got access to a compressor then consider one of those hand-pump tins, or even a garden sprayer.

 

Look at the areas that are prone to rot on your particular model, (like the nearside rear door on a Focus) Maybe worth looking at the rear chassis rails on a Mondeo, a weakness on all mid-size Fords for decades.

[sierraman]

For £3 it's handy to use as and when. Waxoyl tends to need warming up beforehand. Ok I guess for use on brake pipes, inside jacking points and the chassis legs.

[mrcitroen]

I have the Waxoyl pump up sprayer. It works, however it is really messy to set up and use. I started using the Bilt Hamber dynax S50 cans with the long hose. Seem to work well, but not cheap. How effective it is I don't know.

[sierraman]

I had one of those Waxoyl Sprayers years ago, it was a pump with a hose with a nail in the end. Awful it was, the Waxoyl just spurred out in an entirely random fashion.

[mercrocker]

Aerosols are not cheap, indeed.   Dynax stuff is the best I have come across for actual application.   However,  I am going to invest in a compressor in the New Year - I am trying to rustproof 4 cars here and spent £150 on aersols this summer.   The Dynax stuff comes in bulk for a lot less per litre than the spray cans.   Agree 100pc on the Waxoyl squirty thing - absolute joke, got about half a litre over the back axle and none in the chassis legs.    

 

I can see some merit in cheap stuff for outer areas like under wings, floors etc with a compressor.   I think I would still rather pump good stuff in where it has to be taken on trust.   

[theshadow]

have used it on quite a few cars,seems fine,also comma wax seal stuff as well,..

[twosmoke300]

That comma wax seal seems to cover well but the solvent takes your breath away .

I've just bought 100 quids worth of dinitrol for the Landy which I'm putting on this week so I will let you know how it goes

[dieselnutjob]

If you do wax a box section or whatever, and then later on something needs welding, I am imagining that the wax will make it difficult / dangerous to weld.  Am I imagining right or wrong?

 

I have all the panels now to start restoring the 604.  I am kind of thinking that I should restore it and get it rot free and then wax it.  The problem is that this will take years.

[sierraman]

A friend of mine burnt his garage out in the circumstance you suggest. Must have been recently applied though as the solvent evaporates.

[mrcitroen]

The guy I use for welding always waxes his work afterwards and has never mentioned the hassle or dangers of re welding. If it was an issue I'm sure he would ask me if parts have been waxed before starting. Don't think he would want his place going up.

[Timewaster]

If the wax is any good then you won't need to weld it again at a later date?

[DodgeRover]

Cavity wax for cavities and under body wax for erm underneath. They have different properties. Incidentally the 3m underbody wax seems to be excellent but pricy.

[rml2345]

Would be interested to know if it's any good. My usual approach to rustproofing is Hamerite Underseal and a brush which is reasonable value but horribly messy and time consuming. Disappointed to know that aerosols aren't an easy way round it.

[DSdriver]

Warning: I had an email from Toolstation allegedly about an item I had bought with an attachment they expected me to open. As I hadn't bought anything I knew it was full of computer debilitating venom but if you have bought something be very very careful about what you click on as their website/email appears to have been infiltrated by malware.

[AMC Rebel]

What are people using to apply was using a compressor - one of those paraffin spay bottle thingies? 

[Kiltox]

Warning: I had an email from Toolstation allegedly about an item I had bought with an attachment they expected me to open. As I hadn't bought anything I knew it was full of computer debilitating venom but if you have bought something be very very careful about what you click on as their website/email appears to have been infiltrated by malware.

More likely that it's just being spoofed - quite common for cybercrime type malware to be distributed via email with spoofed sender addresses and an "invoice" attachment.

[strangeangel]

I've used it on scooter/moped frames, also brake pipes etc. Works great for that, but would likely bankrupt you if you tried to do a whole car or something.

[DSdriver]

More likely that it's just being spoofed - quite common for cybercrime type malware to be distributed via email with spoofed sender addresses and an "invoice" attachment.

You are more than likely correct, but the warning is just as valid and worth mentioning here because if you have just bought something your brain is not always in malware alert mode - just the sort of people they are trying to target.

[paulplom]

I have a 5 litre tin of waxoyl free to collect if anyone wants it.

[DSdriver]

I have a 5 litre tin of waxoyl free to collect if anyone wants it.

Whereabouts generally are you?

[sierraman]

What are people using to apply was using a compressor - one of those paraffin spay bottle thingies?

Did the Mondeo with a 80p garden sprayer then 70:30 Waxoyl and white spirits. Less tidying up doing it like that.

[steveo3002]

pump up or trigger sprayer?

[sierraman]

Trigger sprayer. You'll only get a few uses out of it but it's 80p so... important to let it down with some spirits and sit it in some boiling hot water.

[Bobthebeard]

I use ACF 50 in a trigger spray bottle... Spent hours spraying the rear suspension on the MG ZT. Two months before it had to have most of the parts replaced due to terminal rust. Note to self. Rust proof stuff before it gets rusty and save £££££££'s.

[sierraman]

Don't get it on rubber bushes.

[Bobthebeard]

Don't get it on rubber bushes.

Errr.. Why?

[sierraman]

I don't know why but the make up of Waxoyl in particular can cause deterioration of some rubber bushes.

[Bobthebeard]

I don't know why but the make up of Waxoyl in particular can cause deterioration of some rubber bushes.

Sorry,

Thought you meant ACF 50