Barrier
Coating plus Non-Stick Coating for Land Rovers
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What do we do - steps
(1.) to (6.)
              (1.)
The Land Rover (or other 4 x 4) is put on a lift and all the underbody wax is
removed. (Incidentally, Land Rover's own wax coating will give you very little
protection in my opinion. It has no rust inhibitors in it as far as I am aware
and will only protect the underbody from slight abrasion damage. Because it
is sticky, loads of mud will cling to it.)
These shots show a Land Rover underbody once we have stripped Land Rovers sticky goo off. Click on thumbnails for large picture.
(2.) The vehicle is carefully masked out. (3.)
The underbody is first coated with
a
super tough anti-corrosive barrier coating. This coating contains laminar
pigments. These are microscopically thin platelets. When the
coating cures, the platelets are squeezed tightly together forming
an impenetrable barrier to oxygen and moisture. It is also extremely tough and
durable. Nick & John Jennings Land Rover 90 was given the
treatment
in July 2001. It has been used for off-roading nearly every weekend between
then and June 2002 when we examined it. Nick tells me that he has done a lot
of trialling in it and very often grounded it on rocks. When I examined it there
were very virtually no signs of damage to the coating though. To simulate stones
and gravel hitting the coating I fired a bb gun, a catapult, and a high powered
air rifle at a test plate coated with KLEENtect. A plastic pellet fired at 135
mph from a bb gun (click here to see calculations)
made dents in the steel test plate but the Barriertect coating was completely
undamaged. (I will be glad to supply a test plate to anyone wishing to verify
this for themselves). Even firing sharp flints with a catapult did not always
make chips in the coating. (click here and here
to see videos of our test rig in action) A high-velocity air rifle firing lead
ammunition did however make chips in the coating.
(4.)
is then applied over the Barriertect. StayKLEEN is a high gloss, non-stick clearcoat.
It contains PTFE. So just as you can clean a non- stick frying pan very easily
after cooking an omelette, any mud or salt can easily be washed off the KLEENtect
finish. Once the underbody has been treated with KLEENtect, much less mud will
stick to it. Wet mud will not stick at all but just fall off. Any mud that does
stick will usually fall off once it is dry. Pressure washing is no longer necessary.
Where any mud is still sticking (usually in places that trap the mud) you just
need to play a garden hose gently over the mud and it will fall straight off.
Note: you can still use a pressure washer if you wish but please use a fan
nozzle. The KLEENtect finish will resist abrasion and will withstand any number
of mud baths and wash offs. To restore the high gloss finish at
any time just use a sponge and some warm water with washing up liquid.
Test plate showing 6 applications of mud and six wash offs (testing continues) Click on image for larger picture.
A beautiful, high-gloss finish (click on thumbnails pictures for large image).
(5.) All cavities and chassis box sections, doors
and A posts of bulkhead are then injected with good old Waxoyl.
(6.) Masking is then removed and the Land Rover
is carefully valeted.
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Land Rover 90
after a years hard off-roading and test panels
after 6 applications of mud and 6 wash offs Click
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