Underseal

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Dan
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Any recomendations? I am going to do the edges under the wheel arches where the original underseal has started to come off in places. I have a tin of Hammerite with Waxol. Any good?

mgrays
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Re: Underseal

First you need to chip back the rubber underseal to ensure it is all sound .. what tends to happen is that once water penetrates then it creeps/rusts up behind the rubber.. so make sure you have paint with no rust or it will keep on failing. I tend to use a big old screwdriver.. but then go overboard often with welding chipping hammer, cold chisel and light 12oz hammer, air powered needle gun :shock: .. but there is no weak metal left!..

Then repair paint..
Industrial hot pressure washer .. preferably up in air
Dry dehumidified shed..
power wire brush on 4-4.5" angle grinder (knotted/twisted brushes only),
hand wire brush and blunt screwdriver to get mud out
chipping hammer from your welding set for mill scale :shock:
neutralise with Fe-1-2-3 http://www.rust.co.uk/rust-converters.cfm,
Zinc rich paint http://www.bilthamber.com/electroxbuy.php
top coat of say Hammerite but Rust Bullet would be even better (but expensive),http://rustbullet.com/links.htm
waxy top coat Dintrol 4941 http://www.rust.co.uk/dinitrol-products.cfm ..

I used to use the Waxoyl loaded underseal .. but all underseal has this issue with creeping rust/water.. the real trick is in getting a continous unbroken coating which means spraying to me and hence Schultz gun cartridges and Dinotrol is the more professional version of Waxoyl .. it will stop a bit but expect it to fall off in 18-24mths with more rust if you do not paint first..

Dan
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Re: Underseal

Thanks. I did it on saturday with Hammerite underseal with waxol. I steam cleaned and wire brushed it all off first. I hope it will slow things down for a few years. It didn't take that long, so repeating every year wouldn't be such a bind.