WAXOYL anyone ?

[Drogos]

When getting OB, we rejected all the BS body treatment that dealer was offering for extra charge. Now that the winter is approaching and **** load of salt will hit the roads soon I am thinking about rust proofing. I do realize that unless it was treated at the factory and everything went into the bath , spray on solutions are questionable at best. Still, I am considering something that would create physical barrier between metal parts and salt. After quick research it seems that waxoyl is the treatment to consider if any. Any experience with this brand ? It's Swiss and highly regarded in Europe. Recently hit us market so it's not very popular yet. Please share your thoughts on rust proofing in general and maintenance that can minimize rust over time.

From what I can tell there are two general theories. 1) wash the **** out of it in winter to rinse off any salty crap that sticks to the car. Seems logical BUT another theory and some of my friends swear by it: wax your car before winter and don't touch it until it's spring again. The logic is that you will not wash of every bit of salt anyways and whatever is left will react with water that comes from washing. Some people take it even further than that by NOT garaging their car in winter. If water is a catalyst in corrosion reaction ...then theoretically, as long as it's cold, ice will not react with metal as readily as water. Each time you pull in to the garage and ice, snow, salty crap melts ...it most likely keeps the whole chassis salty wet through out the night.

your thoughts highly appreciated

[MNOutback]

I wash my cars at the no touch wash at least once a month or more in the winter and I never had a car rust
eta: last car I had that rusted was a 93 caravan and it was the wifes car. She never washed it and it rusted.
My cars 99 Stratus and 2003 Sienna washed regularly and not a spot of rust of them when I got rid of them

[H6UK]

I've been using Waxoyl for 40 years. It's an excellent product. You can spray it into cavities with the applicator supplied, and use a paintbrush on bolt heads, exposed threads, pipework etc. I do my cars at the end of each summer. My Forester is rust free underneath after 14 salty winters. It's actually a British product, ownership and marketing rights have changed over the years, but it's still made in the original Finnegan's factory in Northumberland.

[Drogos]

yeha I woke up little late with that idea since we will be hit with the snow any time now. Do I need high pressure gun ? I heard the regular spray doesn't work that well. How much of that stuff do I need for the whole undercarriage?

[H6UK]

Don't know what sizes it comes in in the US, but a couple of quarts will easily do it. It's good to warm the can in a bucket of hot water. I use a variety of paint brushes rather than spray it.