Hi Rob - Here's the web address for the recipe you asked for.
http://www.geocities.com/wallaces_21/waxoyl.html
In addition to the instructions in the recipe, remember how I did it by
heating it in hot water and thinning it out. Doing it on a hot day in
summer would help.
The recipe says to dilute it in Turpentine. TeriAnn says Mineral Spirits.
I suggest you try both. Let me know what you find works best as I'm still
about six months or more from needing to make some for the TR3A I am
restoring now.
Don Elliott, 1958 TR3A, Montreal, Canada
----- Original Message -----
From: "elliottd" <elliottd@look.ca>
To: "Bill Babcock" <BillB@bnj.com>; "'Robert Dardano '"
<19to1tr6@attbi.com>; "'team '" <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 11:14 PM
Subject: Re: Waxoil??
> When I did a body-off restoration of my TR3A from 1987 to 1990, I replaced
> more sheetmetal than what was there before I started. I sprayed Waxoil
> inside the new inner and outer sills, inside the rear quarter panels and
> also in the box section inder the rear valance which was also all new. I
> bought the waxoil in England, had it shipped to Canada and the info said
to
> spray it into place. It came in a kit with a sort of garden manual pump
> sprayer. I had to heat it up in a tub of boiling water to get it to flow
> and I added a lot of thinner to dilute it enough to get it to spray. With
a
> long tube as a spray wand, I fed the tube inside all the box sections and
> sprayed as I withdrew the spray wand.
>
> I sprayed it in 1989 and have driven more than 70,000 miles in the last 12
> summers. I drive it only in the summer months from April to October so it
> never sees snow, salt or slush. During summer driving, I've only had the
> top up for about 3,000 miles. In fact the 3 week trip from Montreal to
VTR
> in Portland, Oregon (7,200 miles) was all top down driving. It only
rained
> for the last 350 miles before I got home. So one good application of
Waxoil
> is sufficient if you're the type who watches and believes the weather
> forecasters.
>
> I'm planning to use the Waxoil recipe I found on the Internet to do the
same
> on the 1960 TR3A that I'm restoring now for a friend who lives in Toronto.
>
> Don Elliott, Original Owner, 1958 TR3A, Montreal, Canada
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Babcock" <BillB@bnj.com>
> To: "'Robert Dardano '" <19to1tr6@attbi.com>; "'team '"
<fot@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 9:04 PM
> Subject: RE: Waxoil??
>
>
> > Ahh, Waxoil. I don't know if there is a messier product available, so
> > just about anything else would be better. the best way to do waxolil is
to
> > have someone else do it for you. the theory is that you need to do it
only
> > once. I dounbt that it true.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robert Dardano
> > To: team
> > Sent: 2/19/2003 4:31 PM
> > Subject: Waxoil??
> >
> > Is there an easeier product to use to keeps these box frames from
> > rotting
> > ?and how offten should it be done? I did mine in 95 -96 but it was a
> > real
> > messy job thanks rob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Dardano" <19to1tr6@attbi.com>
To: "team" <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 7:31 PM
Subject: Waxoil??
> Is there an easeier product to use to keeps these box frames from
rotting
> ?and how offten should it be done? I did mine in 95 -96 but it was a
real
> messy job thanks rob
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