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[brownspeed]

is ACF50 similar to waxoyl? I have waxoyl in left from the mini refurb which i'm tempted to use on my other car. If ACF50 isn't a significant improvement on it then I'll use the waxoyl. any thoughts?

 

 

[rich_959]

ACF50 is much thinner than waxoyl from what I remember and needs re-applying each season. I've used it before on a Landrover discovery that I ran for  long time, and wanted to protect but didn't want to make a mess off my drive with waxoyl at the time. I thought it was pretty good, and certainly protected the chassis and the bumper bars behind the plastic bumpers when compared to other untreated cars that I knew. But does need re-applying.

 

Depends whar you're using it for I think. I prefer Bilt Hamber stuff these days, and they make specific stuff for inside cavities vs underside etc. Lots of people here use it.

[g0myw]

I would say that Waxoyl will stick around much better
acf50 is brilliant stuff which is why I understand they use it on 'planes.

But as Rich says the bilthamber stuff is my choice for the mini

[rich_959]

ACF is popular with bikers as it's a less obvious/messy solution and can be sprayed over most things without it really being noticed. And a high powered jetwash will blast most of it away, unlike waxoyl and similar. I'm tempted to use ACF on visible areas on my mini, like the radius arms and front arms/assemblies if I decide to ever use it in any wet weather that is! But for the shell, Bilt hamber all the way. 

[Cooperman]

I use Waxoyl, but I mix in a bit of old engine oil and then apply it very warm with a fair amount of air pressure to the gun..

I do the same underneath my old Land-Rover Discovery and it works well.

in fact I am doing this to the sills of my 1990 resto project this afternoon.

[rich_959]

I remember the garage where I used to take my first mini when I was 17 used to just slap old engine oil allover the underside and the rear subframe. Something the front end tends to do itself with the usual mini oil leaks!

[DeadSquare]

I'm wanting to treat the inside of the tubes of a spaceframe, but nobody seems to know what to use or if it can be done.

 

Each tube has a 1/4" hole in it somewhere near either end, and I'm thinking of squirting in Shell Ensis and plugging the holes with a pop-rivet.

[brownspeed]

Thanks folks, I`ll use the waxoyl on this occasion; I have the door in bits so was going to splash some inside whilst its opened up ; I normally heat it in a bucket of hot water before spraying.

[Steve220]

Ditch both, get dynax S50.

[brownspeed]

does dynax also require pre-heating to enable it to spray properly?

[Kaj]

I would also vouch for Dynax S50 cavity wax. Much better than Waxoyl.
Buy the Tex application gun which comes with good application pipes that can be fed through small holes.