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by chrisfell » Wed Feb 28, 2018 9:28 pm
If you are going to use your car, protect it with something. If you intend to keep it warm and dry and only dare to bring it out into the summer sun when there is no danger of any precipitation, no need to.
I drive my car all year round, except when there is salt on the roads. It does get wet. Often. I regard it getting wet as an excuse to wash, rag down and apply fresh polish.
I've been using Waxoyl (other brands are available, indeed I've heard good reports about Dinitrol) for more than 35 years. In that time I've kept just two cars on the road long after their normal lifetime. In each case waxoyling, at regular intervals, prevented the breakout and/or spread of rust. I prefer the clear version rather than the black.
For my E, I use a map of where to inject and spray the waxoyl whch I originally sourced from the web (or it may have been fron this site, but if so I cant find it now). This map was originally produced by or for Dinitrol. Each winter the underside, inside the sills, cross members, door pillars, doors, front wheel arches and inner and out rear wheel arches all get sprayed with a slightly diluted solution of waxoyl. Before that the front arches are cleaned of last year's waxoyl spraying and accumulated road dirt. I also spray the inside of the floor panels, only because my car has never been properly restored and when I inherited it, the floors were a mess of rough patch panels made from various bits of scrap metal and rust encrusted sound deadening. I also spray whole of the boot.
In order to access all the enclosed box sections, several new holes were required. These and a few existing holes, are plugged with rubber grommets.
Is use waxoyl diluted so that it creeps into the smallest gaps between panels. The solvent (usually white spirit) will evapourate leaving just the waxoyl doing its job.
The wheels, chrome/stainless wires on my car, require their own treatment. After a wet run, the wheels are removed, washed with a non-acid wheel cleaner and dried using paper towels and WD40 (other brands are available). Then I use a cloth very slightly dampened with a solution of oil and white spirit wiped over the surfaces. This leaves a dry-to-the-touch finish which protects the finish until the next wet drive. It also attracts dust, which is a price I'm happy to pay.
Others may have their own preferences.
Chris '67 S1 2+2
The jury is out on waxoyl but it has certainly helped preserve my mgb.
