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  Sept. 26, 2011 7:18 p.m. BoxheadTim SuperDork

  My wife's Cherokee is suffering a little from surface corrosion underneath and before it gets worse and I have to buy a welder, I figured I put some underbody wax on to essentially choke of the corrosion's air supply. Plus it'll probably cover some of the cracks in the rubberized undercoating, too.

  Only problem is that I'm used to wandering into the equivalent of Pepzone and finding stuff like that on the shelf, but this doesn't seem to be as readily available out here in the desert as it is in the UK. Funny that.

  Anyway, does anybody have any recommendations for a source of this stuff? I know I can get the "for professional use"[1] WaxOyl from RoversNorth but other than that I seem to be drawing a blank.

  [1] I must qualify on account of reading GRM.

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  Sept. 26, 2011 8:01 p.m. EvanB SuperDork

  I thought this was going to be about something else since it was in off-topic...

  You could try homemade waxoyl:

  mgexperience forum said: Take a pound or so of parafin wax and grind it up with a cheese grater. Soak it in a half gallon of mineral spirits until all of the wax is dissolved. This might require allowing it to sit in a closed container for a couple of weeks (I just used a 5 gal. bucket with lid). Stirring will cause most of the wax to dissolve, but soaking should take care of the rest. Generally try to dissolve as much wax as the mineral spirits will hold. After that, dump in a couple of pints of mineral oil ( less of a smell ) or non-detergent motor oil. If the mixture is thick, thin it further with more mineral spirits until it is of a sprayable consistency. Buy a cheap pump pesticide sprayer to apply it. I bought mine on sale at Lowes. That's all there is to it.

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  Sept. 26, 2011 8:14 p.m. 1988RedT2 Dork

  Yeah, I was expecting some sort of new age personal grooming thread.

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  Sept. 27, 2011 5:15 a.m. motomoron HalfDork

  It seems the British car crowd is re-purposing Penetrol.

  See?

  "All my tools are hammers except screwdrivers which are chisels and punches"

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  Sept. 27, 2011 6:11 a.m. foxtrapper SuperDork

  I haven't seen waxoyl and the like for years, used to see it all the time at the car shows.

  Recipies for brewing up your own mix are on the web. No personal experience with doing it.
  

  There was a thread here about a year ago on this subject. And Per (think it was Per) mentioned you can find a similar stuff in spray cans at some boating supply stores. Don't remember the name.

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  Sept. 27, 2011 6:30 a.m. Klayfish HalfDork

  foxtrapper wrote: There was a thread here about a year ago on this subject. And Per (think it was Per) mentioned you can find a similar stuff in spray cans at some boating supply stores. Don't remember the name.

  

  I've got it sprayed all over the bottom of my FX16. And my tow dolly too.

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  Sept. 27, 2011 9:18 a.m. pilotbraden HalfDork

  I use Fabulous B'laster's Corrosion Stop. It has a waxy composition when it dries. I am happy with it's performance. I have a friend that uses CorrosionX first , then he covers it with Corrosion Stop. His contention is the Corrosionx creeps into tight areas very well and the Corrosion Stop prevents water from getting to the tight areas.

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  Sept. 27, 2011 9:21 a.m. Entropyman New Reader

  This sounds an awful lot like motorcycle chain wax. I wonder if that would produce a similar effect.

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  Sept. 27, 2011 9:48 a.m. BoxheadTim SuperDork

  The problem with motorcycle chain wax is that it seems to remain awfully sticky, even the non-sticky variety I use on my ZRX's chain.

  I'll have a look for that CRC Marine stuff - given the number of boating lakes around here that shouldn't be too hard to find.

  Sanity is vastly overrated.

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  Sept. 27, 2011 9:54 a.m. Zomby woof SuperDork

  I have sprayed Maxima chain wax on things I have stored in the back of my barn and it works very well as a rust proofing. I wouldn't put it on my chain though.

  AngryCorvair wrote: and that right there is why 90% of the time i think ZW is a berkeleying douchebag.

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  Sept. 27, 2011 1:53 p.m. Osterkraut SuperDork

  I just painted cheap ATF all over the bottom of the Land Cruiser.

  The hot wife thread is my to-do list. Except yours. O-dawg don't do fat chicks.

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  Sept. 27, 2011 4:00 p.m. EricM SuperDork

  disappointing not the "under body wax" I was hoping for.

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  Sept. 27, 2011 7:52 p.m. Rob_Mopar Dork

  So how do these underbody wax suggestions compare to the main board thread on protecting the under-carriage from road salt? That thread seemed to end up as a dead end.

  I'm still hoping for something to help protect the daily drivers from salt brine this winter.

  Well, everybody knows that the bird is the word!

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