I used this product and it's made from lanolin. I bought a gallon can of the
pure stuff and mix it in a spray bottle and keep it in the garage. I spoke
to a farmer and he used it to cote all his farm machinery and equipment to
keep it rust free.

http://www.fluid-film.com/

Jim

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@gmail.com>wrote:

> Dear Rusty
>
> altering the linseed oil to ease its viscosity is not a good idea ...
> it is what makes it work properly ...
> the dripping ... well park your rig on a slant over grass and your dog will
> likely lick all the drippings ...
> and the word is linseed oil is god for dogs joints too
> yours
>
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@cfu.net
> >wrote:
>
> > That might've been something called Kosmolene(sp.?) . As an employee
> > of a VW dealer during high school, the new VW Beetles came from
> > Germany with this wax sprayed on them so the ocean's salt water
> > wouldn't eat the paint up before they got to the US.  It was a bitch
> > to get off the car even with kerosene.  I didn't last long doing that
> job!!
> >
> > I bought some stuff from a British company called WAXOYL that was
> > purchased from a company here in the US called the Proper MG.  It
> > comes in an aerosol can(very expensive /oz,) or you can get the pump
> > can in bulk and shoot it in the cracks that way.  It smells a lot
> > like the Carnuba wax you protect the painted surfaces with, but I'm
> > no chemist.  it doesn't spray well when cold, so I kinda blew it
> > off.  I really like the linseed oil idea, if we could only figure out
> > a way to increase it's viscosity so it wouldn't drip so badly.
> >
> > DM&FS
> >
> >
> > At 08:45 AM 8/17/2009, Allan Streib wrote:
> >
> >> VW used something like a heavy waxy/oily undercoating... I remember it
> >> oozing out around trim pieces, side marker lamps, etc on hot summer
> >> days.  This was in a '91 Jetta.  Anyone know if they used the same stuff
> >> on Vanagons?
> >>
> >> Allan
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:58 -0500, "Tom Hargrave" <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Your friend is right. Coating the inner panels with oil once a year is
> >> > a trick we used to use in the 70s in western NY State. We did this to
> >> > the beater cars we would drive in the winter. It works, but we used
> >> > old engine oil and it was a real mess.
> >> >
> >> > For this to work, you have to drill access holes and drain holes to
> >> > all boxed in areas. The access holes are to spray the oil in & the
> >> > drain holes are for the water & excess oil to drain out.
> >> >
> >> > The down sides are - you are always dripping some oil somewhere and
> >> > you will always have oil stains somewhere on the car body.
> >> >
> >>
> >
>
>
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> roger w
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