I cant stand cosmoline! It drives me nuts. My personal preference for
springs would be powdercoat for sure but thats just my take on it.

On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Dave C. Bolen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Bert,
>
> I am pretty sure they had it listed by the quart(1 lb) also...I don't think
> you are going to do much better than that for $14.45....after all it's not
> going to ever go "bad" is it?
>
> If the melting point is between 140 and 170 degrees, I doubt that you are
> ever going to spray it except with some special heated equipment.....
>
> Cheers, dave
>
> On Tue, 5 Jul 2011, Bert Knupp wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Dave,
>>
>> Actually, the company that makes Cosmoline Rust Veto (the original
>> product)
>> is still at it.  But they'll only sell in industrial quantities:  see
>> http://www.schafco.com/cosmoline.asp .  I'm mainly looking for a
>> can-at-a-time retailer.
>>
>> Bert
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected]
>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave C. Bolen
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 2:36 PM
>> To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List
>> Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Cosmoline for seat frames
>>
>> Bert,
>>
>> As always, Google is your friend!
>>
>> http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=26344/Product/RUST_VETO
>>
>> By the gallon and the initial price looks quite reasonable. $34.95/gallon
>> + shipping?
>>
>> I had remembered a buddy that is in to guns having a formula to make it,
>> so
>> just looked up...how to make it....and ended up at the URL above.
>>
>> I think painted rather than speayed would be better.
>>
>>
>> Cheers, dave
>>
>> On Tue, 5 Jul 2011, Bert Knupp wrote:
>>
>>> Volks,
>>>
>>> The metal springs of our old beetles came coated with a flexible waxy
>>> Cosmoline covering that did a pretty good job of preventing rust.  In
>>> getting the frames cleaned up and repainted, I usually end up damaging
>>> and
>>> partially removing some of this Cosmoline.
>>>
>>> I've found the Cosmoline Web site.  Sadly, they won't sell spray cans of
>>
>> the
>>>
>>> stuff in quantities smaller than a case.  A writer to one forum says that
>>> Eastwood Heavy-duty Anti-rust is the same stuff.
>>>
>>> Anybody know where to find small quantities of Cosmoline at retail?  Know
>>
>> of
>>>
>>> any more readily available products that do the same thing -- that is, a
>>> flexible, waxy, permanent coating for seat springs?
>>>
>>> Bert Knupp
>>>
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