Hi guys.
I've recently bought a new daily - it's a 99 Civic Aerodeck VTi-S. It's pretty rare (13 left on the road) so I want to preserve it as best I can while still using it all year round.
I'm going to take advantage of the dry, hot climate we're getting at the minute and do it now to avoid any moisture getting sealed in. I've heard good things about Dinitrol and POR-15 products. Waxoyl I've heard can dry out and crack, letting water in and holding it against the car which will obviously make it rust faster. I should also add that I live on top of the UK's biggest salt mine so our roads are some of the saltiest in the country in winter.
I was also thinking of adding some cavity wax in the sills, chassis legs etc to prevent it rusting from the inside out - can I get an attachment to use with my compressor to inject wax into these sections? I work in the cavity wax facility at Bentley and we use this method on the Mulsannes, sadly I can't sneak the car in so I need to get something I can use at home! Also I'll need some seam sealer to seal back over the grommets that I'll need to pop out to get into the sills etc.
So can anyone recommend a decent underseal, cavity wax and seam sealer? Along with the methods and any tips that'll help. At work we receive the bodies pre-undersealed so I've no experience in that regard, only in cavity waxing with an air/wax lance. I was going to just brush the underseal on, and use an air-powered doohickey for the cavity wax. As for prep, should be pretty simple right? Wire brush the whole underside, get any dirt off, Kurust any surface rust and then brush underseal on? It's pretty mint underneath (needs a little welding around the front jacking points) so I want to do it once and do it right, then I can drive it through several winters without worrying about what the salt's doing to it.
Is underseal the best way or should I just use old engine oil? Seems to be a pretty popular method in Canada and they have incredibly salty roads compared to here, and it seems to work wonders!
Cheers!
I've recently bought a new daily - it's a 99 Civic Aerodeck VTi-S. It's pretty rare (13 left on the road) so I want to preserve it as best I can while still using it all year round.
I'm going to take advantage of the dry, hot climate we're getting at the minute and do it now to avoid any moisture getting sealed in. I've heard good things about Dinitrol and POR-15 products. Waxoyl I've heard can dry out and crack, letting water in and holding it against the car which will obviously make it rust faster. I should also add that I live on top of the UK's biggest salt mine so our roads are some of the saltiest in the country in winter.
I was also thinking of adding some cavity wax in the sills, chassis legs etc to prevent it rusting from the inside out - can I get an attachment to use with my compressor to inject wax into these sections? I work in the cavity wax facility at Bentley and we use this method on the Mulsannes, sadly I can't sneak the car in so I need to get something I can use at home! Also I'll need some seam sealer to seal back over the grommets that I'll need to pop out to get into the sills etc.
So can anyone recommend a decent underseal, cavity wax and seam sealer? Along with the methods and any tips that'll help. At work we receive the bodies pre-undersealed so I've no experience in that regard, only in cavity waxing with an air/wax lance. I was going to just brush the underseal on, and use an air-powered doohickey for the cavity wax. As for prep, should be pretty simple right? Wire brush the whole underside, get any dirt off, Kurust any surface rust and then brush underseal on? It's pretty mint underneath (needs a little welding around the front jacking points) so I want to do it once and do it right, then I can drive it through several winters without worrying about what the salt's doing to it.
Is underseal the best way or should I just use old engine oil? Seems to be a pretty popular method in Canada and they have incredibly salty roads compared to here, and it seems to work wonders!
Cheers!
