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Earthmover
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Can you fella's tell me how you rust proof your quad frames when you go to the beach?
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stu Fifty Arrrrrrrrr
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cover it in WD-40 or equivalent, and wash it after every ride.
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sioux
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ceramic coating
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bigjon
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| Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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| stu j wrote: | | cover it in WD-40 or equivalent, and wash it after every ride. |
+1
I also spray WD40 (or any other water dispersant spray) after wash and dry.
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Dino
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Good things rusting and beaches just sort of go together, Earthmover 
The real damage is inside the frame where you can't see it. Pressure cleaners easily put the corrosive stuff where you can't see it. 
Getting it spotless and then dry and treating with wd40 or similar helps. 
The real keen beach fishermen get their whole chassis galvanised and go for fibreglass panels OR just keep trading them in. 
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Earthmover
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| Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 7:03 pm Post subject: Rust Proofing |
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i just stripped the plastics off the CF 500 IT will be the beach bike. coated the whole bike with lanolin including the motor gbox diffs and stuff and sprayed in all the drain holes i also made a few of my own i learnt form an old ag bike about rusting from the inside out galvanising is a good idea
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Rossco
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| Hi Earthmover, I degrease my quad with Koala care degreaser, then wash it with (CT18 Truck Wash). Following that I totally soak the whole thing in (Easy Sheen), it's a silicon that I buy from a company called Autosmart . I've tried using the spray can silicon but that's way to expensive. |
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Big Jb TRX450
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| sioux wrote: | | ceramic coating |
pricey but well worth the spend + all the other ideas mentioned here, cant hurt
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muzzgit
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I wash the quads after EVERY RIDE. I use a soft hand brush with truck wash + a splash of degreaser.
I use a pump spray bottle & cover the entire frame + all metal parts in CRC (not the brakes, plastics or seat). I buy CRC and degreaser in 5L packs (heaps cheaper).
If you use a pressure cleaner, don't get too close. You will push crap into spots you don't really want to.
Don't clean the chain with a pressure cleaner. Use a brush and CRC.
Use WD-40 or CRC as chain lube before you ride in the dunes. Heavy chain lube is sticky and holds sand the same way grease does.
Try not to put the bikes away when they are wet.
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