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I see an opportunity for a product like this.............
Internal Frame Coating w/Spray Nozzle - Undercar Coatings - Undercar & Drivetrain
Watch the video as well, this could be very effective.

 

Huh.........
Looks like some good stuff.

 

When I did the "rustoration" on my E-Type I used WaxOil thruout the internals to make sure it didn't rust again. It wasn't very expensive and the local dealer loaned me the spray gun to put it in......I used a whole gallon!

Here are a few pics from the repairs...

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/505677

 

Hey Dave,

Amazing job on the e-type! Great write up as well. I did my TR6 back in 85 the same way and used first Eastwood's Corroless, and then the WaxOil inside the frame too.

Cheers
Mr. Jim

 

Hi, Lotsie. Mind sharing your experience with getting the rust addressed?

Alas, just as you wrote, my '03 has rust that appears to have originated somewhere below the rear driver's side brake light or within the light housing. I took it to a locally respected body shop where another Mini happened to be parked in front. I showed the rust to the owner, and he said about "90% of the repairs" (hyperbole?) he does to Minis is fix rust in that area and, as he showed me on both the other Mini and my Mini, rust on the top of the trunk handle. *SIGH* He said to take it to the dealer and have them take responsibility for what he considers a design flaw that lets in moisture.

Again, any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Respectfully, MidwestMini

 

Welcome to M/A Midwest

I think the best course of action would be to present your MINI to the local dealer & see what they say. Hopefully they will make it right.

As you know the back of our cars are dirt magnets & in winter they are salt magnets. Keeping them hosed off is the only prevention I know of.

 

Have not heard of it before, but if you look at the picture on the right with the rusted vs clean parts a chrome plated wrench would not rust unless the chrome came off. So it would not look still chrome plated after treatment????

Always leery of miracle products......

 

I have seen this product advertised, but have no personal experience with it. That pic is weird, why would they go and place good condition chromed items in that pic? If you look around the sides of those items you can see raw metal rust removed wrenches, etc. That was a very deceiving pic.

That being said, this is a soak type of product and likely does work to some extent, but you might find that it takes a lot longer to soak than you expect. Also you have the issue of reclaim as you likely do not want to dump the product after you use it to soak something just cause it ain't cheap, etc. I believe this product is non-toxic and environmentally friendly so if you had a 55 gal drum of it then you could dump it more readily.