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Car Forum / MINI / August 2003Rust remedies?
Can anyone help me with a certain rust remedy/prevention product that has been mentioned in the Mini magz a few times. I believe it's called something like Zinc Oxide Primer I think. Basically I want to rust proof my Mini, but I'll need to drill holes in the inner sills to get the waxoyl into the cavities. Once that's done I need to use a product to stop the bare metal that's been drilled from rusting and then use a grommet to cover the hole. So if it's Zinc Oxide or whatever, where can I get it from as once again Halfords have nothing like it to offer. Cheers, Taffy Buy a copy of practical classics magazine, they list similiar stuff in the classifieds at the back, it is usually mail order and can be quite expensive. jono -- Barspeed Mini`s - Devoted to the Classic Mini "Persisto Transverbero Adversum" Email - barspeed@hotmail.com The Rover Mini Se7en Register - http://www.geocities.com/minise7en2001/ Barspeed Mini`s - http://www.barspeed.co.uk/ Barspeed Mini`s Group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/barspeed Barspeed Classic Cars - http://www.geocities.com/barspeed3 If you have received this email in error please click below. http://www.nobodyhere.com/justme/nose.php3 > Can anyone help me with a certain rust remedy/prevention product that has > been mentioned in the Mini magz a few times. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Taffy > Can anyone help me with a certain rust remedy/prevention product that > has been mentioned in the Mini magz a few times. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Taffy As a amusing aside, I considered powdercoating the entire shell of my Mk II. Shell, doors, bonnet, boot, everything. Inside and out. Just wondered how much heavier that would make the car tho LOL You're looking for Zinc Primer often called Cold Galvanize. It's an epoxy paint loaded with at least 95% Zinc. >> Can anyone help me with a certain rust remedy/prevention product that >> has been mentioned in the Mini magz a few times. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >Just wondered how much heavier that would make the car tho LOL I was considering that!!! My bike was powdercoated in iridescent metallic purple and it looks amazing. Problem is you can't use filler to shape panels. I was also wondering about galvanising. How hard is it to paint a galvanised shell and about how much do you recon it would cost? Anyone? The Muffin Man > > Can anyone help me with a certain rust remedy/prevention product that > > has been mentioned in the Mini magz a few times. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Just wondered how much heavier that would make the car tho LOL mokes were gal makka > I was considering that!!! My bike was powdercoated in iridescent metallic > purple and it looks amazing. Problem is you can't use filler to shape [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > > > Just wondered how much heavier that would make the car tho LOL > I was also wondering about galvanising. How hard is it to paint a > galvanised shell and about how much do you recon it would cost? I (and, apparently, quite a few other Moke owners over the years) once looked into hot dip galvanising a Moke shell. Hot dip galvanising is the process used for things like boat trailers. It results in a very thick layer of zinc. It also involves immersing the work piece in molten zinc. I have been told by people who should know about these things that hot dip galvanising a Moke body would result in heat distortions and warping, making the body worthless. Like many more modern cars, the very late Aussie Mokes, from some time in 1979 onwards were assembled from panels which were stamped from galvanised steel sheet. This is quite a different process, but you can't do it to a completed shell. > > I was also wondering about galvanising. How hard is it to paint a > > galvanised shell and about how much do you recon it would cost? [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > galvanised steel sheet. This is quite a different process, but you can't > do it to a completed shell. Bummer - shame minis dissolve isn't it ;) The Muffin Man > > > I was also wondering about galvanising. How hard is it to paint a > > > galvanised shell and about how much do you recon it would cost? [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > The Muffin Man That leads me on to think about the extra weight question on powder coating. You could always acid dip your car first to lose some metal thickness. Then the powder coat won't add any extra weight ;-) Just don't leave it too long !!  SignatureRgds Steve steve@dsnclassics.co.uk www.dsnclassics.co.uk
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