did both my cars in it last Summer, a full underseal on freshly brushed down and clean metal, with all old underseal and treatments removed....all the work I did has today revealed itself to have almost completely have all flaked off.....its all just hanging off like dead skin, allowing moisture to the metal below.......this is the last time I use this stuff, going back to my preferred formula of used engine oil with a little diesel added......that lasts for years......oil is the one thing that is 100% effective in preventing rust, not like these wax based coats that dry, but then flake off after less than a year:loopy: fortunately no rust has set in, but it was quite a worrying sight.....

hello g/f

that sounds bad, i once used some jenolite rust treatment on an old mk4 cortina estate, the latch for the tailgate was a water trap, you had to loosen two 10mm bolts to let the water run away, anyhow i drained it and got it dry, it was very rusty (but not flakey rust) and i coated it with the solution which turned a very dark blue and took on the consistency of plastic...
the car stood on the drive for a few more years before going to the scrappers but before it went, i once again drained the water trap, wiped it with a dry cloth and it looked just the same as when i'd coated it two or three years earlier...

i'm going to get some more to use on my midget once i get into repairing the bodywork:thumbsup:


regards, john:)

I usually use 2 coats of Jenolite, followed by 2 coats of black smoothrite, follwed by waxoyl.

I did this the first year I got the TVR, then I check it every year. usually just needs a top up of the waxoyl on the front of the bottom wishbones.


If you really want to protect your car i'd suggest using POR15 from Frost. You just have to be very careful as it is a 2 part epoxy.

I usually use 2 coats of Jenolite, followed by 2 coats of black smoothrite, follwed by waxoyl.

I did this the first year I got the TVR, then I check it every year. usually just needs a top up of the waxoyl on the front of the bottom wishbones.


If you really want to protect your car i'd suggest using POR15 from Frost. You just have to be very careful as it is a 2 part epoxy.

No it isn't.

Its a single part, moisture cured Polyurethane - very good though :cool:

No it isn't.

Its a single part, moisture cured Polyurethane - very good though :cool:

I stand corrected :)

I stand corrected :)

I said that the other day when I sat on a bottle of Tippex.

I jumped up after it burst all over my trousers shouting, "I stand corrected."

OK I'll get my coat.



I sat on a razor blade once and got arsenic poisoning

I will have to try out other things...however, the one car that has never rusted is the one continually re-coated in used engine oil underneath every year....nothing gets past engine oil.....downside its always messy, but it sure does the job...and of course its FREE from your own oil changes..... diehards of this technique mix it with 50% diesel to make it more 'flexible' in complex areas......the diesel then evaporates away leaving a thick oil coating....

My local garage mixed old engine oil with Waxoyl and that kept the dreaded away from my Stag for 15 years or so.