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Re: door glass channel rubbers, gas tank sealer and Cavity wax

To: "Scott A. Roberts" <herald1200@home.com>,
Subject: Re: door glass channel rubbers, gas tank sealer and Cavity wax
From: "T. .R. Dafforn" <td214@cam.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 09:21:16 +0000
When I was at college I completely coated the rustbucket of a car I had at the
time in waxoil. looked horrible, but the water, salt etc just bounced off it.
Anyhow had to clean it off eventually.
Used T-cut (fine cutting agent) and Lots and lots of rags!
Cheers
Tim
"Scott A. Roberts" wrote:

> Anybody know a good, easy way to get waxoil out of a car? The entire inside
> of both rear wings is coated in the stuff, and I'm trying to strip it to
> repaint.
>
> Scott
> 64 Herald 1200 Convertible with unsightly waxy buildup
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "J Constantino" <jjcon2@yahoo.com>
> To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 1:07 AM
> Subject: door glass channel rubbers, gas tank sealer and Cavity wax
>
> >
> > Has anyone found a source for the rubber C channels
> > that the door glass slides up and down in.
> >
> > Spit Bits has them at an OK price.
> >
> > VB and TRF, NO.
> >
> > JC Whitney lists one, 18AS4879T that looks close, but
> > might be 1/32 tall.  Has anyone tried it?
> >
> > I need to order a few things from JCW and was hoping
> > to do one stop shopping. Gas tank sealer and under
> > coating among them.
> >
> > JC lists 3 tank sealers, but one of them won't
> > withstand the alcohol diluted gas (I try to avoid that
> > stuff).  Eastwood offers a similar kit.  Anyone have
> > any experience with it or recommendations on what to
> > use?
> >
> > I want to spray the inside of my frame rails and sills
> > with cavity wax (waxoil or Dinitrol), but I don't live
> > in England and that stuff is hard to find in the US.
> > JCW has some, but I suspect it is just asphalt based
> > undercoating.  Looks like they no longer sell the gun
> > with all the wands and nozzles. :(
> >
> > Any recommendations on what to spray in?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Jason
> > GT6
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--
Tim Dafforn
University of Cambridge
Structural Medicine Unit
Cambridge Institute for Medical Research
Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Mechanisms of Disease
Hills Rd, Cambridge CB2 2XY.
UK
Tel. (01223) 336829
Fax. (01223) 336827
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