1988smithy said:
I'm not surprised! The p.o had mine undersealed but it's gone brittle now and just flakes off with little persuasion.
Before last winter I liberally coated the lot in wd40 and sprayed it inside with a garden pressure sprayer :eek::D have to say I'm well pleased with how it came out the other side of winter, I was under it last week wirebrushing and prepping the rear quarter for paint (disco 2...) and it's solid. Wouldn't recommend wd40 long term though lol bodge....
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WD40 is good stuff BUT as you say it isn't a long term solution :D

I would definitely recommend a Hard coating "paint" instead of a thick tar like stuff because it has a habit of letting rust grow unnoticed especially if its painted on a dirty chassis :mad: :)
 
funrover said:
WD40 is good stuff BUT as you say it isn't a long term solution :D

I would definitely recommend a Hard coating "paint" instead of a thick tar like stuff because it has a habit of letting rust grow unnoticed especially if its painted on a dirty chassis :mad: :)
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Yeah that's my concern. In terms of prep I'm carrying out a scrape/chip off of all the old coating and any rust build up then a firm wire brush and a going over with 60grit before a wipe down with panel wipe so I think that's enough for the paint but I'm not sure what to do before I treat chassis internally? Was thinking jet wash with drain attachment then just let it dry. Also does anyone have any experience of Rustoleum? I can get it for the price of a drink of a friend who owns a fencing (wooden posts and such not pointy swords) company. Or am I better off with the buzzweld?
 
Blasting water inside the chassis is probably not the best approach, it would takes ages to dry out. When I had mine done the guy used an extremely high pressure air gun with a needle jet. I thought the chassis was clean until I saw the mountain of crap that came off it. Then used Dinitrol products. Came out like new.
 
1988smithy said:
Yeah that's my concern. In terms of prep I'm carrying out a scrape/chip off of all the old coating and any rust build up then a firm wire brush and a going over with 60grit before a wipe down with panel wipe so I think that's enough for the paint but I'm not sure what to do before I treat chassis internally? Was thinking jet wash with drain attachment then just let it dry. Also does anyone have any experience of Rustoleum? I can get it for the price of a drink of a friend who owns a fencing (wooden posts and such not pointy swords) company. Or am I better off with the buzzweld?
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No experience regarding rustoleum unfortunately.

Don't introduce water because spraying a coating onto even Damp metal will cause it to corrode coz chassis take an absolute age to dry oot lol :D
 
@Sofasurfer @funrover makes sense, have to get it done before the really wet weather sets in then.
@Sofasurfer was that at a dedicated chassis treatment place and would I get an acceptable result with a normal air feed at matey's garage? I can imagine the sh ! t that'd get blown out though :eek:
 
I used waxoyl under seal it comes in aerosol and in tins. I wouldn't advise usuing any paint type products unless you are taking it back to bare metal
 
I think most people concentrate on the underneath tinfoil looking sound proofing which is to stop sound comming through, once the sound is in the cab it bounces round. Apparently the foam that looks like egg box is good as it absorbs the sounds that DO get in. Tempted to use it for my rear roof liner. Doesn't look bad in black either
 
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