Zintec? & Gibbs Brand

[malcolm]

Malcom, I was away a bit and noticed on the last page you sprayed gibbs on and left it exposed to rain. No, that's not the main intention of that product...it's for indoor storage of metal that it shines at. It's wicked good stuff but not so good that you can let mother nature pee all over it...

It was an accelerated test

The other test is still running. This time the Renault hood is out in the sunshine - it'll get condensation at night, then dry off during the day.

So far after 4 days bare metal is worst, car polish is next worse, and everything else is doing OK. Though notably the gibbs (wiped on thickly but not wiped off) is the best for catching flies, possibly because it's pink. Engine oil is the next best for fly catching. I think that's a bit of leaf in the waxoyl rather than rust.

 

[timinder]

My can of Gibbs arrived yesterday morning, thanks to the Post office for that...

I've been spraying everything in sight to see what happens / stops happening!

 

[rtbcomp]

When I was waxoyling my Landrover hundreds of creepy-crawlies arived and started eating it, I guess it was the white spirit they were after.

Re those rust spots on the Renault bonnet - are you sure it wasn't rusting from the inside?

 

[JimM]

Malcolm, any update on the test ? I've ordered a couple of cans of Gibbs to protect sheet stored indoors and would be interested in how well it's performing

Cheers

Jim

 

[malcolm]

My test was badly designed. It turns out it tested how resistant the protective coatings were against being washed away by heavy rain.

The winner for the longest time with no corrosion at all was WD40.
Winner for the biggest patch of steel protected for longest was waxoyl (though it was a bit of rust in the waxoyl in the photo above).
Gibbs and engine oil were similar in performance.

However indoors the bare metal Renault is still in tip top condition after about a month. Just rubbed Gibbs on that one with a cloth.