EasyJimbo
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| posted on 22/11/09 at 07:17 PM |
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waxoil
Guys
I have a powdercoated MK chassis but wondered if I should Waxoil the chassis also? it this overkill?
cheers
J
be gentle I am new to all this :-)
blog: http://mkjimbo-mkindybuild.blogspot.com/
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UncleFista
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| posted on 22/11/09 at 07:33 PM |
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I think the general concensus is that the internal combustion engine will be banned long before our chassis' have rusted away.
Ours is 7-8 years old now and lives outside, when we came to replace bits of the chassis, there was only a dusting of surface rust inside the tubes 
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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Staple balls
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| posted on 22/11/09 at 07:52 PM |
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I'd waxoil up the lower outer tubes, as they're open, then plug them with something, just to be safe.
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 23/11/09 at 08:44 AM |
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It will not harm, but might-make it look messy (can attract dirt), personally I would and am going to.. Mine is hand panted so there is more reason to
do this. Having said this the powder coat can be good, or not depending on how well done it is some have had some issues with powder coating, once it
starts rusting your in trouble.. do a search..
If you use a rag to put a coating of waxoil on the tubes this will fill any small pin holes in the powder coat (like said should'nt be any
but...).. You will find you can just leave a waxy coating that can be buffed up after it drys a bit, still not as shiny as leaving without, and will
attract dirt.
Dan
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