====== Paint, Rustproofing, etc. ======

===== Rustproofing =====

=== Dinitrol ===

I use Dinitrol as it seems to work well and is easy to apply.

The major bugbear with Dinitrol is their numbering & descriptions are really confusing and they seem incapable of putting a simple table of products & applications on their website.

Anyway, the TL;DR is:

^ For cavities | Use Dinitrol ML then 3125 |
^ For chassis | Use 4941 |

=== Electroplating / Electrical rust removal ===

I've used these methods and they work very nicely, Geoffrey Croker on Youtube has one of the best videos explaining it: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-PtnwtOR24|Electroplating - Easy DIY Nickel, Copper, Zinc Plating]]. He's also restored a Series Land Rover so is clearly a Good Sort.

=== Waxoyl ===

Is a pain in the arse, and frankly any paint or coating that people tell you you should really re-apply every year sounds utterly ridiculous in the modern world.

However, it did give us one of the most entertaining threads of all time: [[https://forums.lr4x4.com/topic/17140-scampi-waxoyled-cats-the-pulley/|Scampi, Waxoyled Cats, and The Pulley]].

=== Buzzweld ===

They talk a good game but having used their products a few times I've been pretty disappointed, having spent a lot of time stripping, cleaning, priming & painting the bullbars on the ambulance to have them look like this a year later and maybe only a few thousand miles of driving:

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