Under sealing a Starlet

[JamesD89]

Hello there, I have 0 experience at this so could someone clear up a few things for me please? Just wanna know how far do people strip the car down to seal the arches and underneath? Any main areas of a Ep91 that needs special attention that is prone to rust etc? And how much product does it roughly take to do A Starlet in Litres please(aerosol), just the underseal I will buy plenty of cavity wax for future use.

Thanks

James

Edited July 8, 2016 by JamesD89

[5T4R7ET N/A]

For the cavities like inside the door and seals you need waxoyl spray and you need to warm it up before using it. Best thing is to thin it down using white spirit. You wont need much

The the underbody you need to clean of the dirt. Using a good brush and elbow grease. I used a paint on waxoyl underseal. I bought a 2.5 litre tin and its way too much. 2 coats are good enough.

The underbody and arches and pretty good when it comes to corrosion on starlet, make sure you arch edges get good clean and coating.

The rear beam, petrol tank and wishbones rust the most in my opinion, so work hard on them. Ideally removing them and cleaning them up and then putting back in works well.

I used 2 coats of hammerite direct to rust paint in black and put 2 coats waxoyl coating on top. Checkout my thread if you want.

[Pikey009]

+1 for this. I'm half way through this myself and it takes a long time to do it properly.

[JamesD89]

For the cavities like inside the door and seals you need waxoyl spray and you need to warm it up before using it. Best thing is to thin it down using white spirit. You wont need much

The the underbody you need to clean of the dirt. Using a good brush and elbow grease. I used a paint on waxoyl underseal. I bought a 2.5 litre tin and its way too much. 2 coats are good enough.

The underbody and arches and pretty good when it comes to corrosion on starlet, make sure you arch edges get good clean and coating.

The rear beam, petrol tank and wishbones rust the most in my opinion, so work hard on them. Ideally removing them and cleaning them up and then putting back in works well.

I used 2 coats of hammerite direct to rust paint in black and put 2 coats waxoyl coating on top. Checkout my thread if you want.

Thanks for that mate, exactly what I needed to know. I will check out your thread for sure.

James

[glanzanut22]

Best applying waxoyl with an air line as well. Gets a really good fine mist going, as long as you keep it nice and hot