Soaps are not waxy, per se . . . they are slippery because of the lye
that they contain.  I wouldn't think that that would be a good thing to
put on the paint . . .

Marc Perdue

Mark Dorm wrote:

>
>
> Older soaps would be more waxy than todays synthetic soaps... back
> then made from real coconut ect... and a derivative of a derivative...
> I washed my vanagon with a bar of old fashioned soap... boy was it
> waxed well... water beaded everywhere...
>  >From: Robert Steven Fish
> >Reply-To: Robert Steven Fish
> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >Subject: Re: Fan Belt Squeal
> >Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 13:19:52 +0100
> >
> >I could be wrong here... but I always learned that applying any
> sticky
> >substance to a "fan belt" can really screw things up in there.
> >
> >We always used the parrafin wax trick, or sprayed belt dressing
> (which I
> >still do not really know what is in there), or used a bar of good
> hard soap.
> >
> >The belt, when you buy it new, I believe, has a coating on it, on the
> pulley
> >side, which allows it to gracefully slip a bit when necessary... and
> not to
> >squeal.
> >
> >I have no idea what the results would be if you applied any sticky or
>
> >gluelike substance onto the belt... but it sounds strange to me, and
> I would
> >not do it until learning from a few "experts" otherwise.
> >
> >Just my 2 Euro worth.
> >
> >RSF
> >
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> >Robert S. Fish
> >Salzburg, Austria
> >1987 Wolfsburg Vanagon 2.1 GL Weekender
> >1987 Golf Cabriolet
> >1991 Golf
>
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