A Warning...

I sure do wish a label like this had been on the galley hatch when we picked up our tear.



Even though I didn't know what Woody Wax was, a coat of any wax would have made owning a CI a much happier experience, rather than having to find out the hard way. We had no warning like some folks here.

Hilditch

 

Hilditch,
Since seeing Evan's photo of the oxidation issues he has, and the rough estimate of a couple of hundred hours needed to buff it back down to base metal, I have been thinking exactly along the lines you are recommending. We pick our 560 up in late August and I was thinking of taking it directly to a car wash detailer and having a good coat of Woody Wax applied. Has anyone done this?
Jim

 

I wish everyone here would do themselves a favor and go to sharkhide.com and read about this great product and then CALL CLINT the owner and talk to him personally. We used it and the application was extremely quick (30 mins. tops). 2 coats with 2 days "curing" time in between each coat. It's been stored outside since March with the cover we purchased and it looks brand spanking new - this is NOT a clear coat. It keeps the skin from corroding. We plan on taking it out this week for an extended trip west and I'll be posting pics of it. But if you look at any brand new 560 that's what it looks like! Again, talk to Clint at sharkhide.com. It's a fantastic product regardless of what anyone says - I'm the guinea pig and the only one that I know of on this forum that had the guts to use it!

 

So, has anyone tried the sharkhide "polish". They claim it is a one step aluminum polish that works even on plexiglass(which I believe is the front windows on the 560) I am considering doing the polish before the protectant this fall. My old teardrop I used the nuvite, that took me a month to do! The walberizer looks promising but still time consuming. I really liked the outcome of nuvite...a mirrored surface that annoys everyone else on the road, and would love to do the same with the 560. Any thOughts?

 

Bill/Linda: do you use the metal protector? aluminum polish?

 

Matt, I can't say one way or the other between Sharkhide and Woody Wax except that Cary says the Woody Wax will work and he would stay far away from the Sharkhide. Linda's experience may tell otherwise in time, but the Woody Wax has been shown to work already.

 

Has Cary actually worked wiht the Sharkhide material? I'd gladly pay for a quart and send it to him, and he can play with it on some scrap aluminum.

 

Just ordered the woody wax kit. The sharkhide is promising, but not 'time tested'. Maybe next year after the guinea pigs share the longterm outcome of sharkhide, then I will try it. Keep us posted ladymc!

 

Matt: Can you tell us which "kit" you ordered?

Is it the CPR product? http://www.woody-wax.com/woody_wax_cpr_system.php

Thanks!!

 

Hmm. It had the woodys wax, metal polish, a brass or copper Brillo pad and a brush. Yes it is the CPR kit, I worked on the front of the trailer last weekend and the results were good. However the walberizer will be applied this fall befOre I apply the woodys fOr the winter(the trailer gets used year round).

 

thanks for the info

now, which Walbernizer product do I buy?.....

 

I just got it from camp inn. It's too complicated!

 

Hello-ooh......... Walbernize is a cleaner. If it ain't dirty, you don't have to clean it now do you? If you keep it waxed from day one you won't have to use Walbernize because the dirt won't get to the aluminum, it will be on the wax. Right?

WALBERNIZE IS A CLEANER. WAX PROTECTS.

Besides, as I have stated before, Walbernize is not made for this aluminum. It is made for Airstream aluminum and is a fine rubbing compound. A normal medium rubbing compound as used for a car is a much better and easier choice if some deep cleaning is necessary.

Hilditch

 

I was a late waxer, so there are some stains from mud and a bug spray mishap. The woodys was applied to keep it frOm getting worse til I actually have time and cooler temps to outright clean it. Hilditch, are you saying the walberizer gallon I have won't work?

 

No, I'm not saying it won't work. I'm saying it is at least twice as much work. You'll see. Craig's smiling face and clean shirt on the CI site is pure photo-op BS. As Steve mentioned, his crew spent 80 to 100 hours using Walbernize and he still has 20% to go - meaning at least 40 more hours.

The lucky, or smart, folks will never have to Walbernize or even think about it.

Hilditch

 

Hilditch,

Mick is wondering if there is a brand of medium rubbing compound that you would recommend?

 

Ugh. Well, it's still quicker than nuvite! Are you saying use the turtle wax polishing compound(green can)? Does it affect the milled look of our aluminum?

 

That was going to be my next question.

 

The picture on the Walburnize link isn't Craig...but it is his arm that you see using the buffer on the teardrop.

 

Yes, but when I close my eyes and think of Craig, I see a smiling face.