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
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