Any recomendations years ago I used "jenolite" is there any better stuff available
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Rust treatment for my car?
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Posted 2 years ago #
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The other option is zinc-loaded stuff like Galvafroid, but the idea (iirc) is to use it on metal that has been cleaned - ie remove as much rust as possible - but *hasn't* been treated with phosphoric acid-type stuff (ie Kurust, Jenolite, etc). BTW - comparing the weight of a tin of Galvafroid with some of the other 'zinc-based' primers, it's a *lot* heavier, hopefully there's a lot of zinc in it
There's some other stuff like Galvafroid, called Zinga :
http://www.zinga-uk.com/files/Competition%20Galvafroid.pdf
http://www.marineresourcecentre.co.uk/company_zinga.htmlI'd be inclined to use one of those two, the fact that they're used on external/marine structures is kida telling. Galvafroid's what I've used on the window frames in our 20's house - I'll tell you in 10 years how it's worked
It's also the same stuff my (notional) father-in-law used on their house 30 or 40 years ago, and reckoned it worked well.Getting as much rust off as possible is still a big part of a decent result tho' - I've noticed with the phosphoric acid treatments that they're just turn surface rust black, but scratch it and the stuff underneath's still red. If you *can* grit/sand(etc) blast it, you'll get a longer-lasting result.
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Bilt Hamber Deox gel, it's awesome stuff, you just bog it on with a brush, cover it with a bit of plastic bag so it doesn't dry out and leave it for a day, give a quick scrub with a wire brush then wipe off with a damp cloth.
Sometimes deeper bits neet re-treating but it leaves shiny clean metal, or sometimes holes lol.
It looks like apple sauce when you start but after a few hours it turns into black sludge, amazing stuff!
The scuttle was very rusty, you can see the lip is perforated in places.
Rusty battery tray.
The apple sauce in action.
Gone.
Don't even consider anything else.
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Err...crikey, that looks pretty good - has sorted out all the fine pits ?
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