[Healeys] Cavity paint.

[David Lodge]

Hello Roland, and thanks for that!  

Yes, I'm familiar with Waxoyl, having taken the trouble to lug a gallon with me on returning from holiday in England years before it became available on this side of the pond!  In fact, I used it on the cavities of my wife's Alfa-Romeo after the primer coat went on.  What I had in mind in this case was a coating which would be easy to apply before the two sills are welded together.  Waxoyl applied under pressure would be an excellent finishing touch to combat the extreme wet weather hereabouts (Vancouver)!  

If this seems like overkill, I'm determined not to have the thing degenerate as it has previously! 

Best wishes, D

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On Wed, 18/3/15, sentenac.rw at gmail.com <sentenac.rw at gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Healeys] Cavity paint.
 To: emmgeeteesee at gmail.com
 Cc: "Austin Healey" <healeys at autox.team.net>
 Date: Wednesday, 18 March, 2015, 19:26
 
 Hello David,
 
 The classic application for
 pre WWII airplanes was linseed oil.  The
 classic application for British Sports Cars has
 been Waxoyl.  The
 challenge for anything
 applied to the inner surfaces is how to make
 sure that every square inch gets covered. 
 POR-15, etc. would be fine
 if you can get a
 coat of it everywhere (put the bare frame on a
 rotisserie, fill the box sections up with your
 choice of stuff, rotate
 it every which way
 and drain the residue out.)  Waxoyl comes with a
 pump applicator and wand, and you're
 supposed to keep applying until
 you are sure
 everything is covered, then let it drain out the
 application holes for a few days.  Messy but
 reassuring; flows better
 when hot.
 
 However, if you are like most
 current Healey owners your car will not
 be
 exposed to the elements a lot, and will be garaged in a
 dry
 location, and not driven in snow or on
 salted roads.  So,  odds are
 that your
 Healey won't rust away in your lifetime regardless of
 whether you apply anything or what you use.
 
 -Roland
 
 
 
 On Thu, 19 Mar 2015
 00:55:55 +0000, you wrote:
 
 >Just about to throw myself into welding up
 the inner and outer sills on one side and it occurs to me
 that there should be something more substantial than a
 primer coating, especially on the inner surfaces (A couple
 of drain holes might not go amiss either, judging by the
 veritable avalanche of rust that came tumbling out of the
 deep end of the old one!).  Does anyone have any
 recommendations, as the selection appears to be truly
 mind-boggling - POR-15, RustBullet, and the stuff that
 Eastwood sells all spring to mind.  Thanks and greetings to
 all.
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