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Homemade Waxoyl update
Posted by Brad Barkley
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Topic Creator (OP)
Nov 28, 2000 10:44 PM
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I sprayed my homemade waxoyl last weekend, and it seemed to work really well. It clung to exposed surfaces (wheel wells) but flowed well enough to run into cracks, etc. For those of you who don't recall my old posts, I balked at the big price tag on the basic Waxoyl kit, and so made my own waxoyl and bought an $8 pesticide sprayer to apply it. So far, I have spend less than $15 bucks on the whole thing, including all the stuff to make the waxoyl. Maybe I'm cheap, but I'm maintaining my car on a really tight budget....
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Nov 28, 2000 11:07 PM
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Nov 29, 2000 07:01 AM
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sure, John....
Take a pound or so of parafin wax and grind
it up with a cheese grater. Soak it in a half gallon of mineral spirits until all of the wax is dissolved. This might require allowing it to sit in a closed container for a couple of weeks (I just used a 5 gal. bucket with lid). Stirring will cause most of the wax to dissolve, but soaking should take care of the rest. Generally try to dissolve as much wax as the mineral spirits will hold.
After that, dump in a couple of pints of mineral oil ( less of a smell ) or non-detergent motor oil.
If the mixture is thick, thin it further with more mineral spirits until it is of a sprayable consistency.
Buy a cheap pump pesticide sprayer to apply it. I bought mine on sale at Lowes. That's all there is to it.
Take a pound or so of parafin wax and grind
it up with a cheese grater. Soak it in a half gallon of mineral spirits until all of the wax is dissolved. This might require allowing it to sit in a closed container for a couple of weeks (I just used a 5 gal. bucket with lid). Stirring will cause most of the wax to dissolve, but soaking should take care of the rest. Generally try to dissolve as much wax as the mineral spirits will hold.
After that, dump in a couple of pints of mineral oil ( less of a smell ) or non-detergent motor oil.
If the mixture is thick, thin it further with more mineral spirits until it is of a sprayable consistency.
Buy a cheap pump pesticide sprayer to apply it. I bought mine on sale at Lowes. That's all there is to it.
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Nov 29, 2000 08:18 AM
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Nov 29, 2000 10:05 AM
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Nov 29, 2000 12:00 PM
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Nov 29, 2000 06:19 PM
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Nov 29, 2000 06:28 PM
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You should consider marketing your waxoyl recipe. It would go over well as a cheaper alternative. Perhaps, your publishing contacts could steer you to an automotive product agent. Or,persuade John W. to help. By the way, I finished Ben Sherwood's novel, "The Man Who Ate The 747", and although a decent read, "MONEY,LOVE" is far superior in every way. Look forward to your next!
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Nov 29, 2000 06:43 PM
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Nov 29, 2000 07:10 PM
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Thanks Sam....
the only payoff thus far for the waxoyl is that I can show my wife the $60 starter Waxoyl kit in Moss and say, "Look, I saved over $40!" Which in turn means, of course, that I can then spend that $40 on some other part of the car.
As for writing and money...it is a nice second income at times, but that isn't why I do it. I tell my students, if you want money, get an MBA degree, not an MFA (Master of Fine Arts). I do it for the same reason we pour so much money and self into these cars: for the love of it.
the only payoff thus far for the waxoyl is that I can show my wife the $60 starter Waxoyl kit in Moss and say, "Look, I saved over $40!" Which in turn means, of course, that I can then spend that $40 on some other part of the car.
As for writing and money...it is a nice second income at times, but that isn't why I do it. I tell my students, if you want money, get an MBA degree, not an MFA (Master of Fine Arts). I do it for the same reason we pour so much money and self into these cars: for the love of it.
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Nov 29, 2000 07:14 PM
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Nov 29, 2000 07:22 PM
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Nov 29, 2000 08:44 PM
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Nov 29, 2000 08:56 PM
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You're right about that writing for pay. I've been published in Better Homes & Gardens three times, but not recognized as I was ghost writing for the automotive editor. Then I acted as technical consultant and ended up writing 3/4 of a book entitled, "How to Get Good, and Honest, Auto Service". I told the author not to include prices as they would be different in various areas of the country, but he did anyway. Inflation went rampet during the second printing and the book was obsolete in nothing flat. All the above events took place in the 1970s at the end of which I bought into a business. That stressed me out and blew my mind, and I just never got back to writing. I joined and becme president of our local chapter of Writers Guild, but wrote only short stories for our own publications. I thought being in the Guild would get me going again, but the fire was out.
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Nov 29, 2000 09:19 PM
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It may have been john who suggested making one's own....I found a recipe online (at a 240-Z site I think) that recommended the basic recipe but with chain saw oil, and then found another site that recommended the mineral oil, and John is right....I saw a chance to save some bucks and ran with it, plus I was really interested in the tinkering aspect of it, just wondering if it would work. Seems like it is, and I have to thank John too for the idea to make the mixuture more thin than thick, so it can flow into cracks. Also, I forgot to add, like real waxoyl, I heated mine in hot water before spraying. WOrks great.
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