LOL, Now THIS is rustproofing

crazypete · Mar 9, 2006

Forget spraying rubber, it just falls off

THIS is rustproofing, baby! (see attachment)

I am one of those unfortunates with only one car so it gets driven on roads absolutely white with salt. There were salt _crystals_ on the bottom so I said ef this! I need to rustproof! I remembered how clean oily parts of the engine looked so I got an idea....

7 tubes of chassis grease smeared all over the bottom. I pumped that stuff into every crevasse, every hole, the outisde and inside of every piece of equiptment down there with the exception of the exhaust, driveshaft and transmission. Total cost = $18. Total time= 2 nights.

This was MESSY. OMG, you should see what my "work clothes" look like. I'm gonna need to soak them in fast orange for a week! This bad girl will never ever rust again!

CrazyPete in the house!

95GTV8 · Mar 9, 2006

good lord...

dragnazz5.0 · Mar 9, 2006

id make sure there isnt any grease on any rubber lines of any sort because oil breaks down rubber

crazypete · Mar 9, 2006

dragnazz5.0 said:
id make sure there isnt any grease on any rubber lines of any sort because oil breaks down rubber

It does?

Um....oops.

Well, actually........the only rubber line down there is the fuel tank's charcoal cannister feed line and I could care less about that.

Another thought occured to me.....is this stuff flammable? If it is, it will be a spectacular first ride. I just have to drive really fast in reverse to keep the flames away from the gas tank

Repostyle · Mar 9, 2006

HAHA! That's just not right man.

davs5.0 · Mar 9, 2006

man i hope you don't have to do any work under there. you'll need one of those bio-hazard suits.

crazypete · Mar 9, 2006

Well, I expect most of it to fall off in 1-2 rainstorms, except for the out of the way places.......which are the places that rust the most.

I dont expect to do any work down there for a month or two. It will be much cleaner by then.

shallowreef · Mar 9, 2006

Thats gonna be a huge mess later on. can you imagine all the dirt thats gonna collect on that?

90lxfoxbody · Mar 9, 2006

umm, what happens if some of that - even a minor amount - makes its way onto your tires then you have to do something like, say STOP?????

srothfuss · Mar 9, 2006

It seems like a good idea. my thought was about the grease actually retaining water like a spung. I don't know the properties of a thick grease like that.

For that stuff to ignite, you'll need to be parked over a blow torch.

crazypete · Mar 9, 2006

shallowreef said:
Thats gonna be a huge mess later on. can you imagine all the dirt thats gonna collect on that?

Well.....exactly!

Havent you ever noticed how the parts of the chassis near an oil leak have that thick heavy GUNK on them and when you scrape it off....you see virgin metal. Well this is the same concept except applied to the whole car at once.

crazypete · Mar 9, 2006

90lxfoxbody said:
umm, what happens if some of that - even a minor amount - makes its way onto your tires then you have to do something like, say STOP?????

Well, the front tires do all the stopping anyway and if I do happen to hit something, she's so slippery, it'll just slide ride off.

dragnazz5.0 · Mar 9, 2006

i guess its a good idea. and since you have no choice but to drive the car its got to be better than nothing.

jrichker · Mar 9, 2006

This is what you need...

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/appages/paralketone.php

It is applied with a garden sprayer and works for metal seaplanes operated in salt water. The result is a tar like coating that resists rubbing off and once it dries, does not attract dirt. I can't think of a more difficult environment to operate in.

BABstangV6 · Mar 9, 2006

I just took black spray paint to the bottom...

shallowreef · Mar 9, 2006

jrichker said:
This is what you need...

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/appages/paralketone.php

It is applied with a garden sprayer and works for metal seaplanes operated in salt water. The result is a tar like coating that resists rubbing off and once it dries, does not attract dirt. I can't think of a more difficult environment to operate in.

So is this sortof like what they use in truck bed liners? If not i wonder if you could ever use that on the bottom of your car? That stuff is really tough!

Modular2v · Mar 9, 2006

you should have had the bottom done in bed liner or something....what possesed you to do that?

crazypete · Mar 9, 2006

BABstangV6 said:
I just took black spray paint to the bottom...

I think I've emptied over 20 rattlecans down there by now and it will just flake off. Thats why I needed something to penetrate and soak into the scale. Paint is nice but it just cant hold up to new england.

crazypete · Mar 9, 2006

Modular2v said:
you should have had the bottom done in bed liner or something....what possesed you to do that?

My beloved project was rotting away right in front of my eyes! This required drastic measures! Besides, I've done about 7-8 cans of qulity rubberizer too before. Nothing was working.....except an oil leak that was coating the trans tunnel and totally preventing rust.

crazypete · Mar 9, 2006

jrichker said:
This is what you need...

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/appages/paralketone.php

It is applied with a garden sprayer and works for metal seaplanes operated in salt water. The result is a tar like coating that resists rubbing off and once it dries, does not attract dirt. I can't think of a more difficult environment to operate in.

It has the word "ketone" in it. They dont seem to post any MSDS sheets but I'm sure its nasty stuff. I need to be careful with these organic compounds or my kids will come out with 3 arms.

Thats the other thing I loved about the grease. It had no solvents. It was just grease.

LOL, Now THIS is rustproofing

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