S3 chassis preservation

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Nige

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Hi, Albert's chassis is in very good condition for a 23 year old landie! It has been treated in the past
with some kind of 'zeibart' type of treatment. It's starting to come off leaving bear metal with a bit of
surface rust. I want to (in slightly warmer weather) strip as much of the ****e off the chassis & treat
it with some kind of rust inhibitor & then apply a full coat of 'shutz' etc.

Anyone got any suggestions regarding the surface rust treatment, bearing in mind I would really need to
be spraying it on etc due to amount needed.

Cheers

Nige

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Subaru WRX (The Bitch)

Series 3 Landrover 88" (Albert)

"If you tolerate this then your children will be next"


 
I use a wire winch cable lubricant to inject into the chassis. It goes in
like WD40 and dries leaving a waxy sticky film that is excellent. I can get
the name of it if you like. Its cheaper than waxoil and better. For the
outside i use a spray on stone chip underseal. The stuff that builds up to a
thick layer that (later delaminates and traps water) is the death of many a
chassis. Better a thin tough layer than 1/4 inch thick rubberry stuff.

All the Best

Jarvis

(1983 2.25 Petrol 'Rust free' Lightweight owner)


 
Dave Brooks wrote:
> I use a wire winch cable lubricant to inject into the chassis. It
> goes in like WD40 and dries leaving a waxy sticky film that is
> excellent. I can get the name of it if you like. Its cheaper than
> waxoil and better. For the outside i use a spray on stone chip
> underseal. The stuff that builds up to a thick layer that (later
> delaminates and traps water) is the death of many a chassis. Better a
> thin tough layer than 1/4 inch thick rubberry stuff.
> All the Best
>
> Jarvis
>
> (1983 2.25 Petrol 'Rust free' Lightweight owner)

Sounds good, please!

Nige

--
Subaru WRX (The Bitch)

Series 3 Landrover 88" (Albert)

"If you tolerate this then your children will be next"


 
Hi Nige,
Your steering wheel's being posted tomorrow..
The coating of Shultz is not such a good idea as I have found that in the
past the coating gets hard and then water gets in behind it and rots the
chassis without you knowing it.. Best to use something like chassis black
and keep an eye on it when you see it starting to get flaky give it a wire
brushing and more paint, works for me and is easy to scrape off and
maintain..

Rich

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> Hi, Albert's chassis is in very good condition for a 23 year old landie!
It has been treated in the past
> with some kind of 'zeibart' type of treatment. It's starting to come off
leaving bear metal with a bit of
> surface rust. I want to (in slightly warmer weather) strip as much of the
****e off the chassis & treat
> it with some kind of rust inhibitor & then apply a full coat of 'shutz'
etc.
>
> Anyone got any suggestions regarding the surface rust treatment, bearing
in mind I would really need to
> be spraying it on etc due to amount needed.
>
> Cheers
>
> Nige


 
Rich wrote:
> Hi Nige,
> Your steering wheel's being posted tomorrow..
> The coating of Shultz is not such a good idea as I have found that in
> the past the coating gets hard and then water gets in behind it and
> rots the chassis without you knowing it.. Best to use something like
> chassis black and keep an eye on it when you see it starting to get
> flaky give it a wire brushing and more paint, works for me and is
> easy to scrape off and maintain..
>
> Rich
>
>> Hi, Albert's chassis is in very good condition for a 23 year old
>> landie!
> It has been treated in the past
>> with some kind of 'zeibart' type of treatment. It's starting to come
>> off
> leaving bear metal with a bit of
>> surface rust. I want to (in slightly warmer weather) strip as much
>> of the ****e off the chassis & treat it with some kind of rust
>> inhibitor & then apply a full coat of 'shutz' etc.
>>
>> Anyone got any suggestions regarding the surface rust treatment,
>> bearing in mind I would really need to be spraying it on etc due to
>> amount needed.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Nige

Will that treat the surface rust there now?

Cheers for the wheel etc!

Nige

--
Subaru WRX (The Bitch)

Series 3 Landrover 88" (Albert)

"If you tolerate this then your children will be next"


 
No it does not treat the rust and providing you give it a good sanding then
a good coat of paint, I use red oxide etch primer, couple of coats via spray
gun then a synthetic filler primer then the chassis black, and jobs done you
can get quite small spray guns and don't have to mix up loads of paint, but
normally once a year in the good weather :) go round scrap off any loose
paint or rusty bits and spray as above don't forget to do all round the
rails not just the side bits you can see its normally the bits you cant be
bothered to get to that rot out and then give you loads of problems as they
are hard to get to plate up etc: and the rust does not seem to get back
through it !!!!

Rich


> Will that treat the surface rust there now?
>
> Cheers for the wheel etc!
>
> Nige
>
> --
> Subaru WRX (The Bitch)
>
> Series 3 Landrover 88" (Albert)
>
> "If you tolerate this then your children will be next"
>
>


 
Nige wrote:

>
>
> Will that treat the surface rust there now?
>
> Cheers for the wheel etc!
>
> Nige
>
> --
> Subaru WRX (The Bitch)
>
> Series 3 Landrover 88" (Albert)
>
> "If you tolerate this then your children will be next"
>
>

I use Bonda Prima for treating rusty steel. It's made by
Bondaglass-Voss (020 8778 0071). Quite unlike any other red oxide
primer in that it actually kills the rust. Only downside is that it
sheds cellulose top coats, which is not a problem on my, formerly rusty,
trailer. I think that you can top coat it with Hammerite.

I'd also use Dinitrol 3125 for the box sections. More expensive than
Waxoyl but it has the advantage of working. I bought it from Mr
Grumpy's somewhere near Sheffield having seen an ad in Practical Wrecks
or somesuch mag. A search for it will reveal lots of references to it
on classic car sites.

Richard

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Richard wrote:
> Nige wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Will that treat the surface rust there now?
>>
>> Cheers for the wheel etc!
>>
>> Nige
>>
>> --
>> Subaru WRX (The Bitch)
>>
>> Series 3 Landrover 88" (Albert)
>>
>> "If you tolerate this then your children will be next"
>>
>>
>
> I use Bonda Prima for treating rusty steel. It's made by
> Bondaglass-Voss (020 8778 0071). Quite unlike any other red oxide
> primer in that it actually kills the rust. Only downside is that it
> sheds cellulose top coats, which is not a problem on my, formerly
> rusty, trailer. I think that you can top coat it with Hammerite.
>
> I'd also use Dinitrol 3125 for the box sections. More expensive than
> Waxoyl but it has the advantage of working. I bought it from Mr
> Grumpy's somewhere near Sheffield having seen an ad in Practical
> Wrecks or somesuch mag. A search for it will reveal lots of
> references to it on classic car sites.
>
> Richard

Cheers chaps!

Nige

--
Subaru WRX (The Bitch)

Series 3 Landrover 88" (Albert)

"If you tolerate this then your children will be next"


 
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