Spraying waxoyl?

[yorkie_chris]

Hey folks,

Going to add a bit of rustproofing to the underside of the mighty vito.

Have got some waxoyl-esque stuff from local oil supply place and am wondering how to apply it.

I've brushed similar things on before but it takes ages and is messy, the guy recommended thinning it a bit with turps and spraying it on with a garden bug-sprayer.

I know there are some people with landies on here that must be having (losing) a battle with rust so any experiences welcome :D

[Luckypants]

Thin it by heating up the drum Chris. I had a mate that used to rust proof Japanese grey import cars with Waxoyl, he always heated the stuff so it would flow better. He then sprayed using a normal air powered spray gun thing.

[Specialone]

What about rolling it on Chris? You'll be able to get it on thicker and won't have to thin it.

[yorkie_chris]

What about rolling it on Chris? You'll be able to get it on thicker and won't have to thin it.

Too many nooks and crannies

[embee]

If you use a garden type sprayer (which work OK) bear in mind the solvents in the waxoyl stuff. Garden sprayers usually come in 2 flavours, water based and solvent based, presumably O-ring materials different. I have used a "watery" one with some floor sealant before, and it wasn't very happy a couple of days later though it did seem to recover after a few months.

Heating I agree, some of them seem to be prone to forming wax crystals in the can which can clog things up, a decent strainer on the pick-up recommended.

[yorkie_chris]

Fence sprayer better than a plant sprayer then?

[cdtrim]

I used to work for a company that sold waxoyl, IIRC they sold a dedicated sprayer made by the same people. I think it was a hand cranked system similar to a weed sprayer. Not sure if it would be too thick though to go through the nozzle on a normal type garden or paint sprayer.

[Biker Biggles]

I used to work for a company that sold waxoyl, IIRC they sold a dedicated sprayer made by the same people. I think it was a hand cranked system similar to a weed sprayer. Not sure if it would be too thick though to go through the nozzle on a normal type garden or paint sprayer.

Thats right.I had one and it worked OK but much better if the oil was hot.

[AndyBrad]

Warm it up and keep the tin sat in as warm as possible water bath as your using it.

Secondly it gets everywhere (apart from where you need it) so cover everything or do it on someone else's driveway as its a pain afterwards

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[Sid Squid]

You've got a compressor, get one of the specific sprayers and it goes on dead easy. Loads on ebay, I think I paid about six pounds for mine.

[svrich]

I used the dedicated waxoil sprayer when I did the Landy. It came as a complete kit in its own box ready to fix to a large can. I stood the can in a bucket of hot water while I sprayed it so it stayed thin enough to spray, and put a lot of old card on the drive to soak up the over spray, and took it very easy around the break area.

[sv_rory]

you can get a waxoiler sprayer from halfords, comes with extension probes too for nooks and crannies, pretty self explanatory from there! let us know if you get stuck!

[yorkie_chris]

the guy recommended thinning it a bit with turps and spraying it on with a garden bug-sprayer.

Don't do it! It's not worth the pain!

Proper waxoyl gun be heading my way soon to apply some properly lol

[timwilky]

Chris

I would suggest spraying waxoyl etc into box sections, chassis members etc.

But for surfaces give it a good wash down to get rid of the carp and then spray it with body shutz.

[flymo]

I did same as others, but I found that without warming the tin it simply wouldn't spray. I used a bucket of hot water to pop the Waxoil sprayer within.

[flymo]

oh yeah, top tip from experience.... stay well away from your brake discs ;-) its very easy to get over enthusiastic with the sprayer