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#16 Cooperman

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Posted 11 January 2014 - 06:58 PM

That looks good. Wurth is a well respected company.



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Posted 11 January 2014 - 10:29 PM

My dad used to work for Wurth, and I use the above spray cavity wax on my mini. The same as my dad has on many of his previous classic cars.

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Posted 11 January 2014 - 10:47 PM

Wurth have always made good products



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Posted 12 January 2014 - 10:23 AM

Worth are good, but they haven't come out as well as BIlthamber in most if not all recent tests in the magazines. I did a test at work a few years back with a range of waxes. We used 10cmx20cm pieces of mild steel coated in a thin layer of various products and left them outside. Old fashioned underseal was the worst, a few were ok bit the bilthamber Dynax s50 was still perfect when we checked nearly THREE years later. They had been left in a very exposed location and were free to flap in the wind and hit each other. We then tried similar doing salt dips and again the s50 came out on top.

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Posted 12 January 2014 - 03:00 PM

I agree with the bilt hamber comments. Brilliant stuff. Also the application is a lot easier than waxoil. Comes in a big can with a flexible hose that easily fits into the small box sections and sprays not just out the end but out the sides of the hose end to ensure full coverage. No pumping required as the can is pressurised anyway.

Ive had it on my mini for the past year. Its not long so cant comment on how it copes under time but i wont be using anything else. Feels like you're doing something pro-active to help deter the rust as well and will re-apply once a year, probably as part of my preperation for winter service :)

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Posted 12 January 2014 - 08:47 PM

Be interesting to test it up against Ensis Fluid, which was designed by Shell for North Sea exposure and anti rust, seeing as the creator of Bllthamber products came from there it may have similar properties.



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Posted 12 January 2014 - 08:49 PM

Be interesting to test it up against Ensis Fluid, which was designed by Shell for North Sea exposure and anti rust, seeing as the creator of Bllthamber products came from there it may have similar properties.


If you have a bit of ensis fluid spare Dave, I am happy to do back to back tests. I have some Dynax s50 and UB at work.

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Posted 12 January 2014 - 08:59 PM

Dinitrol for me by a country mile. If Major manufacturers like Boeing and Airbus use it on all of the airframes then its good enough for a car. Massive temperature differential tolerant and considering the different conditions aircraft operate in not only on the ground and in the air it needs to be good.

 

It has to be oil resistant as well in certain areas so making it very durable.






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