What's the best Rust Proofing for a Trailer?

[livinthedream]

Just about to go camping up at Teewah and I'm taking my box trailer. Anyone got any suggestions on a good rust proofing product? It has been suggested to me that I try Lanox. At $60 a bottle I want to check that it's the right product for the job.

[toymod]

fish oil is the go but word of wisdom..........put it on quite a bit before as it wont dry and you will ome back with a trailer that you could use as sandpaper... Learnt this with my 4WD now how can I say no beach :( 2 years on and its about half gone ;D....oh well no rust though ;D

Also have a look at lanolin I have just bought one off ebay for $18 for a litre (liquid). It is a brisbane based guy that sells it.

[muzz30]

That Lanolin is great stuff when you can get it i would also recommend it try &
make sure that most area on the trailer that have lip's and creases are not
a trap for sand and water if the water and sand can be removed freely this will
also help you lot's...

Murray

[munch]

I have always used a mixture of tectyl and fish oil, the fishoil helps it seap into the hard to get at places

[grayson]

Lanolin/Lanotec is awesome. I also re-sprayed a boat trailer with Kill-Rust enamel paint (don't know price because it was left over at work) then I sprayed fish oil inside all the opened RHS sections. I wrapped the springs in denzo tape (an oily tacky cloth tape) which we used for protecting areas of our crushing/conveying plants from corrosion. A year later when I got rid of the boat (sob, sob) the trailer was still in great nick.

[lippa]

tectyl, full stop

[vossy]

I've also used tectyl. Great stuff!

[Geoff_Atkinson]

Lanolin comes from sheeps wool, particularly Merino sheep.

Go to a sheep market, buy a big Merino ram or ewe (in full wool) and rub them all over the bottom of the trailer. Then shear the sheep, sell the wool, keep him (or her) to fertilise and mow the lawn for a year, shear him again and then sell him (or her) off.

That would be a very low cost way to do it.

Cheers

[Gbanger]

raider you missed the part about the big sunday roast where you get a spit and invite all the ausfishers around for a mass feed.. ::)

[Geoff_Atkinson]

Ha Ha,

Thats right, better than feeding them the coral trout in the freezer!!!

Cheers

[CHRIS_aka_GWH]

lanoguard also comes in a grease if you put a dollop inside chasis as you spray in the liquid then park on a hot road it'll drop, spread & coat. The grease is also good to wipe over parts that'll get sand blasted.

Guys with no idea will tell you that it makes the salt stick. Sand will stick but the surface is sealed.

[Stu]

Hi,

Im thinking about the the tectyl solution.
Whats the best way to apply it.

I was thinking of giving the trailer a good was with something like salt x first to get all the salty crap off first.

My trailer is only about 6 months old, gets washed after each launch and retrieval but is still showing signs of pending corrosion. grr.

Cheers
Stu

[Slider]

Shell Ensis fluid - V (thick fluid) and Rustcoat 945 mixed 50/50. Live at Teewah and have used on several vehicles with no rust issues.
Available from Blackwoods at Coopers Plains but needs to be ordered in from Shell.

[rebelone]

Old thread I know but have just read it for first time (been away for 2 months). I used to be a sandblaster / industrial spraypainter. Short of whipblasting it and applying an inorganic zinc paint ( similar to Galmet but better ) now that I am no longer in the game, I use a product available from Bunnings and other hardware / building suppliers called " Ormanoid Brushable Duraseal". It is a bituman & aluminium mix paint and sticks to just about anything. I have spray painted it also using a pressure spray pot and it gives a much more silver finish than if brushing. Excellant for painting over new or slightly weathered Gal. Just think about it, the elements have got to get through it first before it even starts to break your gal. down. ;)

[rebelone]

Whoops ! sorry about the product name in the above post the correct name is Ormanoid Silvershield - good stuff :-X

[tuppence]

why do you all want to waste your money :'(take it from a good source a mate of mine panel beater cum rust inhibitor expert did his own tests with all type of metal hanging of a jetty belive it or not old diesel sump oil beat the lot a bit messy but it works and its free. ;D

cheers
tuppence.

[Roughasguts]

Been using Penetrol made by Floods. Seems pretty good dries clear.

Takes about 3 days to dry though.

[NeilD]

A few years ago the sandmining equipment on Straddie was treated with Linseed oil, Teribine (I think thats how you spell it) and some enamel paint to give some colour. It never dries under the surface skin.

Neil