Hi as anybody used Waxoyl oil on the underside of a mx5, I am looking at having this done on my 03 plate mx5.
Regards
mark
Yes,I have had my last 3 MX5s waxoyled - my current one is booked in to be done next week!!
Hi is the treatment worth the money as I am being quoted £390:00 for my mx.
Mark
The problem with your question is that these days Waxoyl while a trade name is used by most people to be a general name for blackish goo that goes underneath cars.
There are various Waxoxl branded products some for underneath the car and in wheel arches where there is no protective liner.
http://www.hammerite.co.uk/products/underbody_seal.jsp
Some to be applied inside sills and other body cavities and in wheel arches that have plastic protectors.
http://www.hammerite.co.uk/products/waxoyl.jsp
Stonechip for ourside sills etc
http://www.hammerite.co.uk/products/stonechip_shield.jsp
While it is a good product, it is older technology and Dinitrol and Bilthamber have newer more advanced products that do not need to be heated to apply and tend to do better in tests.
Waxoyl has a name for taking a long time to stop drippping after application and sometimes starts again on a hot day.
In saying that there are reputable garages that have used it for years and claim to have good results and I have applied it for people from time to time and it appears to do the job as do the other rustproofing solutions that I have used.
Your car will need under covers removed, old underseal / stonechip removed, rusty areas treated, certain parts masked, sprayed and the masking removed.
The will take a few days and I reckon if they do a thorough job that price is reasonable about £350 to £450 when VAT is added.
I’ve had a few cars sprayed with Waxoyl and it hasn’t lasted a year, it seems to wash off in time. The spray on stuff is intended for cavities, not the full underbody, it’s too thin. They make a thicker brush on black wax for this purpose but even that doesn’t last more than a couple of years unless maintained periodically. Having said that, it’s good stuff and I’ll be treating my recently acquired MX as soon as the weather permits.
I’ve used Waxoyl for 40 years on numerous cars. Seldom seen or heard of much confusion between the original Waxoyl
and the black underseal that contains Waxoyl ( I still have a 10 year old tin of this, never used, no particular need)
Waxoyl is good, because it works.
Waxoyl is good, because it’s much cheaper than the arm and a leg that one can easily spend on Dinitrol and Bilt Hambler products.
The downside of Waxoyl is that significant water pressure will eventually wash it away.
My useage on umpteen cars is brush it on underneath ,and in the arches. Once a year, autumn, I’ll quickly re-apply in the arches,
and check for any patches underneath where I’ve perhaps grounded the car… and quickly apply some more Waxoyl.
Takes no time at all.
The smell ? Never bothered me, Actually quite like it.
If OP just wants someone else to do the job, and then forget about it, and is OK with £Hundreds, in his position, I’d probably
go the route of the Dinitrol overpriced stuff.
.uase it’s
I’m with you on this one Trufflehunt; I have used Waxoyl for almost the same number of years as you and think it’s brill. Like you say just keep brushing it on as required. I have even used a garden sprayer from Aldi to apply on a warm/hot day. Many years ago I applied to my Cortina 2.0L GLS with the original applicator supplied by Waxoyl on a very hot day from a garage pit and got a very bad headache from taking in the fumes [be warned] the upside was I put the competition sticker [you might remember this comp] in the rear window and low and behold was stopped on the M5 south of Bristol by the Rep to be told I had won £50.00p [a couple of weeks wages then], well worth the effort!
Where are you having done in Cheshire and have you always used same place?
for Waxoil. No need to heat it up to thin it just ‘water’ it down with white spirit. I use discarded trigger sprays that my wife donates for the parts you can see and a Schultz gun and plastic pipe for the box sections.
Our 1992 Mini has had 15 litres injected in to it over the years and still has the original brake pipes. It has not required any body or paint work.
I have started on the box sections of our Mk4 and will continue my top up regime over the years.