:-) The 'wax' in waxoyl is just that! No it never hardens completely.
Even five years later you can easily remove it with just a thumbnail.
Paul Tegler
ptegler@cablespeed.com
www.teglerizer.com
----- Original Message -----
From "Tim L. Creger" <timlc at agr.state.ne.us>
To: "Spridget list" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 10:39 AM
Subject: Painting over Waxoyl?
> I don't have my box/can of Waxoyl handy to answer this question. Can
> you paint over it once it "cures", or is it never cured to a point where
> paint will stick to it? I'm curious because of the appearance of the
> rust inhibitor on the exposed and painted inside seams of the engine bay
> of my original paint on my '59 Bugeye Sprite looks like the paint
> eventually releases or is decomposed by the solvents in the material
> used on the seams. If I were to remove this inhibitor, which appears to
> be still doing the job it was intended to do, and replace it with
> Waxoyl, could it then be painted?
>
> Tim C.
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