Rust protection (new build)

[rockinroyston]

Hi

Just a quick question re rust protection on a new build (before I bolt too many bits on...)

I've done:

Grot traps in engine bay with dintrol

dinitroled the inside of the de Dion tube

I know to do wings with underseal to prevent cracks

So other big ticket items:

Do I underseal the whole underside of the floor pan? would seem a good idea but it looks so clean & shiny...at the moment...

Do I underseal the Diff enclosure area? this would seem a good idea too..

propshaft tunnel?

I have my ACF 50 for the inner ali panels etc

Will varnish the wooden boot insert

These look like good tasks for my trainee pit crew... & will also distract me from the engine & gearbox project...

 

 

 

 

 

[SM25T]

Maybe paint floors inside and out with an etch primer (Hammerite special metals primer) then a black satin paint.

[Gloucestershire AR]

...and engine compartment. Easiest to do before you put the engine in. Makes it look good too.

[rockinroyston]

Thanks, Hadn't really thought of doing the engine bay & quite like the Ali look, any pictures?

Also found this which would match the body work sort of... if I rolled it over in a ditch...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hammerite-Direct-Galvanised-Metal-Paint/dp/B00N4ZC2UO/ref=cm_wl_huc_item

I'll see what other feedback I get before I commence operations.

[DJ.]

I sprayed Dinitrol 3125 cavity wax all down the transmission tunnel, round the fuel tank and behind it, all over the diff/rear suspension area, under the floor and the engine bay sides. I then gave the floor a coat of 4941 black wax. It turned my nice new chassis into a brown slimey mess, but after almost six years and 28000 miles it's holding up pretty well.

Still don't drive it on salt though.

Duncan

[Paul McKenzie]

My car had the '96 special powder coating' when they skimped on pre-treatment, so after the first year, I brush painted all the tubes that don't show plus the DD with 'Hammerite with Waxoyl', and they're still good.

[rockinroyston]

Thanks for the input!, I'm going for Dinitrol underneath & then going to make a decision on the interior floor (probably the black hammerite product) at a later point... At the moment its a storage area & I'd have to decant elsewhere & there is no elsewhere at present...