DIY rustproofing

You have been watching Roothy.

Wherever you spray it sand will stick to it :(

Gday Guy

shouldn't hurt anywhere, just have and estinguisher or garden hose handy if it lights up on the exhaust the first time you run it........fish oil smoked like hell on my last car, but didn't light up

Cheers Andrew

I am inclined to the theory that a few days of salt air will not do much harm and a good pressure spray or a paddle in fresh water will remove it. Vehicles these days are pretty resistant to rust not like the old days when a lot of stuff was earthed thru the chassis. I do like to spray wd40 or similar in the doors and channels from time to time and make sure the drain holes are clear of dust or mud. I used to own a 2wd hilux that spent its first five years at Robe River mine, a notorious salt area. It looked a mess with all the surface rust but a clean up and amateur paint job kept it going for another ten years service and its still going down on the bros farm. It is twenty two years old.

I take my 4wd hilux on the beach no worries and I keep an eye on the under carriage. A good hose down and plenty of water thru the channels ay. Six years old this one. I call it my twenty year car. I will be too old to care about driving by then and anyway I wont be able to afford the fuel, way things are going.

Owen

Heres the real deal . When you get back hose all the sand out from in the chassis and under the troopy . This may take a few days of fiddling around looking for sand . Try to be anal about finding sand in strange places because it will be in places you didnt think of yesterday . Rip all of the carpet and vinyl crap from off the floor . Buy some floor mats . Hose the floor out . Try not to wet the seats too much and dont get the dash wet . Its a troopy right . Take the side panels off and chuck them away . Get a 9 litre garden pump sprayer . Fill three litres with old sump oil strained thru a chux . Add six litres of diesel and mix . Spray all under the troopy (wipe off any oil from rubber parts) then spray inside the interior panels . Take the rubber bungs out from the rear floor and spray in there . Next week try to find more sand . cheers .

I do this to my vehicle before I go to inskip or fraser,
Avoid if possible the exhaust.
Apply it a least a couple of days before you go.
Wash and polish the paint work, seems to help keeping the salt out of the scratches and chips in the paint.
As mentioned in the other posts, once home you WILL be finding sand for quite some time, what the manufactures don't mention is that most 4x4's have a "sand gland" which manufactures and stores sand for later regurgitation, say a few days after you've spent all day cleaning after the beach trip.
If you have the time go over one of the under wash places after you get off the beach, then when at home wash underneath with something like a massojet in all the nooks and crannies, go away for an hour then have a look at all the places you've missed and do it again when your happy and its dried out hit with the lanotech again.
Always have a good time on a beach trip, it helps remembering when you're soaking wet, covered in sand, under the 4x4 in the driveway :))