Thanks Owen, I suppose my question was is it likely that I can preserve the life of the wings significantly by trying to tackle this now. I mentioned the edge issue to Kevin vernon when I first noticed it and his comment was that the die had been cast long before my ownership of the car. The car is waxoyled now and I think it had been done prior to my stewardship, but I think the car had been a bit of a garage queen in its previous life, but I don't think much preventative medicine had ever really been done - I think it had only ever been serviced when it changed hands for its first 21 years
Simon On 11 Aug 2012, at 10:52, Owen Jenkins wrote: > Simon, > Older wings have the edges rolled around wire. If you have corrosion coming > through from the inside, there is very little you can do about it, if you > failed to arrest it early on. Waxoyl is very effective at stopping corrosion > (by excluding water and oxygen), but you must get things properly dried out > before attempting to do so. Drying out water from inside rolled edges is no > mean feat. > > My 4/4 is 24 years old, but it has had lashings of Waxoyl splashed around > under it over the years, topped up regularly. The result is that it is not > doing this. I was looking at a chum's 42 year-old 4 seater on Thursday and he > has plenty of rust coming through in the same place as yours. Rusty though it > might be, the original wings are still in place. > > So, it's up to you - stay with the low-cost, temporary remedial action and > think of it as patina, or get the wings off and really do the job on them > (blast cleaning etc.), if they are otherwise still sound. If they aren't, > it's time for new wings. > > Cheers, > Owen. > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Fay" <[email protected]> > To: "mogtalk2" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 9:57 AM > Subject: [mogtalk2] Wing management > > >> Following on from Tims comments re wing degradation. Some views on >> management would be appreciated. My 4/4 is almost 24 years old with original >> steel wings and paint. I have noticed over the last 12 months or so some >> increasing bubbling along the wing edges. and there are a few chips on the >> front faces of the wings. >> >> I have been using one of those touch up kits from halfords, here and there, >> but I wonder what longer term strategy I should employ. Is it worth (or >> possible) to deal just with the bubbly edges getting then smoothed out and >> repainted - the rest of the pain on the wings is in pretty good shape. Or >> should I just keep on touching up the flaky paint on the edges and replace >> the whole wings when they are thoroughly rotten. >> >> Cheers for thoughts >> >> Simon > > > > ------------------------------------------- > View posts on The Mail Archive > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] > > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=22459785&id_secret=22459785-4a39ddf8 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
