{"id":74,"date":"2017-06-09T19:43:31","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T19:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.diysprinter.co.uk\/?p=74"},"modified":"2017-06-09T19:44:59","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T19:44:59","slug":"cleaning-up-the-front-axle-area-waxoyl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diysprinter.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/06\/09\/cleaning-up-the-front-axle-area-waxoyl\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleaning up the front axle area, waxoyl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an effort to keep the inevitable Mercedes rust away I&#8217;ve been working my way around the van dealing with rust and preventing it where I can prior to respraying the bodywork.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diysprinter.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_2677.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"79\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/diysprinter.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/06\/09\/cleaning-up-the-front-axle-area-waxoyl\/img_2677\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diysprinter.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_2677.jpg?fit=3264%2C2448&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3264,2448\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6 Plus&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1497023490&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_2677\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diysprinter.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_2677.jpg?fit=525%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-79 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data-permalink=\"https:\/\/diysprinter.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/06\/09\/cleaning-up-the-front-axle-area-waxoyl\/img_2678\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diysprinter.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_2678-e1497036532487.jpg?fit=1600%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6 Plus&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1497025440&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_2678\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diysprinter.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_2678-e1497036532487.jpg?fit=525%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-80 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diysprinter.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_2678.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diysprinter.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_2675-e1497036606831.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"77\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/diysprinter.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/06\/09\/cleaning-up-the-front-axle-area-waxoyl\/img_2675\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diysprinter.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_2675-e1497036606831.jpg?fit=1600%2C1092&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1092\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6 Plus&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1497023482&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.03030303030303&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;6&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_2675\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diysprinter.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_2675-e1497036606831.jpg?fit=525%2C358&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-77 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diysprinter.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_2675-e1497036589126-300x205.jpg?resize=300%2C205&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A combination of a wire brush collection, Jelonite rust converter, Waxoy, Hammerite spray paint and a few other products have been used to clean up the areas around the drivetrain and also respraying our steel wheels black. Taking on a family member&#8217;s advice I&#8217;ve treated the brake lines with Waxoyl from front to back, especially around the supporting brackets. The exterior areas of the brake callipers have also had a quick coat of rust converter and paint as they were looking terrible.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an effort to keep the inevitable Mercedes rust away I&#8217;ve been working my way around the van dealing with rust and preventing it where I can prior to respraying the bodywork. A combination of a wire brush collection, Jelonite rust converter, Waxoy, Hammerite spray paint and a few other products have been used to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/diysprinter.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/06\/09\/cleaning-up-the-front-axle-area-waxoyl\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cleaning up the front axle area, waxoyl&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8JZnd-1c","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diysprinter.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diysprinter.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diysprinter.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diysprinter.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diysprinter.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/diysprinter.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83,"href":"https:\/\/diysprinter.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions\/83"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diysprinter.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diysprinter.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diysprinter.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}