Geoff Gariepy (geoff snipped-for-privacy@nospam.hotmail.com) wrote: : I've been reading (on the MML) recently about Canada's Krown anti-rust : treatment. Here in the States, places like Ziebart have gotten a bad rep : because their treatments sometimes plug the drain holes that would allow : salty water to run out of the vehicle.
: Is this Krown stuff any better? Is it worth the time for a five year old : car if it hasn't visibly started to rust yet? Is the dripping and leaking : of the stuff after the application a huge mess?
Ziebart (at least the stuff we used to have - they are no longer here locally) was a black petroluem-smelling product that was sprayed on. When wet it looked like tar, and eventually hardened. As you say, it was thick enough that it could block drain holes. Also, it worked best on new cars. If there was any dirt or crud that it was sprayed over, eventually it would break away or could trap moisture under it.
Krown is something like the consistency of thin liquid soap. I don't know what it's actually made of. But it stays wet and goopy, and doesn't harden. If exposed to road spray it will eventually wash away, which is why it needs redoing every so often. Inside body cavities it is great. It displaces mositure and is thin enough to fill seams between panels where water can collect. I would highly recommend it.
After application your car will drip for a while - probably a few days. The stuff will wash off your driveway though.
-- Greg Beaulieu snipped-for-privacy@chebucto.ns.ca Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada