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[Madmitch]

Or speak to London & Brighton Plating in Brighton, they are the people my old company use and they do everything.

[gaffer1986]

Thanks I'll look into it. I assume it will need shot blasting first?

[oblomov]

I stripped and painted my wishbones with POR15 last spring when I did a complete suspension refresh, and this winter my intention is to further coat the paint with something when I put new shocks on, soon as I get the old springs repainted.  I was planning on Dinitrol but after reading Kurt's post about the Mike Sander's stuff I think I'll probably order some of that.

 

I've used most of the 'wax' rust proofing products over the years and to date through trial and error found Dinitrol to be the best, but the Mike Sanders stuff,sounds even better.  Waxoyl doesn't even come close to Dinitrol.  It's OK for internal boxed structures where there is no exposure to the elements but where there is, Waxoyl dries out and becomes permeable far too quickly, whereas the equivalent Dinitrol product doeas not.

[Zoobeef]

I injected dinitrol into the chassis on the Noble. Good stuff but forever leaking out now

[KurtVerbose]

I was planning on Dinitrol but after reading Kurt's post about the Mike Sander's stuff I think I'll probably order some of that.

 

By the way - I've not tried it myself.

 

I'm currently trying to prolong the life of my elderly Range Rover with a zinc based paint - similar to the undercoat they use on the Forth bridge. I don't know if I'd do the wishbones the same way - think I'd prefer plating as it's a lot easier to plate a wishbone than a whole Range Rover.

[Tibbles Stryker]

Just a thought but they've lasted 15 years so far with standard paint, do they actually really need a specialist coating or would just a sand, coat of red lead and a coat of hammerite suffice?

[oblomov]

 

I was planning on Dinitrol but after reading Kurt's post about the Mike Sander's stuff I think I'll probably order some of that.

 

By the way - I've not tried it myself.

 

I'm currently trying to prolong the life of my elderly Range Rover with a zinc based paint - similar to the undercoat they use on the Forth bridge. I don't know if I'd do the wishbones the same way - think I'd prefer plating as it's a lot easier to plate a wishbone than a whole Range Rover.

 

I would have plated myself but I live in the sticks and couldn't get anyone to do it,  One bloke too busy for 'small' jobs, one bloke incapacitated with a broken ankle, one bloke could do it in eight weeks time, and two potentials who never replied to messages left.