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toomany2cvs
Firing on two.
Joined: December 26th, 2008, 9:40 pm
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Location: Surrounded by 2cvs...
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 Re: gritting: tips and tricks and ideas please Jono wrote: I regularly wash and hose my car off underneath in the salty conditions btw. Yeh, it'd be a bugger if wood-rot set in to the floors...
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Jono
Firing on two.
Joined: December 8th, 2008, 5:58 pm
Posts: 1404
Location: Near Matlock, Derbyshire
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Re: gritting: tips and tricks and ideas please toomany2cvs wrote: Jono wrote: I regularly wash and hose my car off underneath in the salty conditions btw. Yeh, it'd be a bugger if wood-rot set in to the floors... 
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Chris 2cv
Firing on two.
Joined: February 2nd, 2009, 10:25 pm
Posts: 293
Location: Hampshire
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Re: gritting: tips and tricks and ideas please Sod washing it just learn to weld!
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Russell
Firing on two.
Joined: November 29th, 2008, 10:05 pm
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Location: West Sussex, U.K.
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Re: gritting: tips and tricks and ideas please Chris 2cv wrote: Sod washing it just learn to weld! +1.
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toomany2cvs
Firing on two.
Joined: December 26th, 2008, 9:40 pm
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Location: Surrounded by 2cvs...
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Re: gritting: tips and tricks and ideas please Russell wrote: Chris 2cv wrote: Sod washing it just learn to weld! +1. I don't really do car washing. I've just bought a welder.
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louise2cv
Firing on two.
Joined: December 23rd, 2008, 9:43 pm
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Re: gritting: tips and tricks and ideas please Surely the time to worry about this is in the summer. Starting from now, save up, get whatever needs welding welded and then on a nice day in the summer waxoyl/rustproof to your hearts content in the sunshine... which will have helped make the waxoyl runny.
You won't ever stop the rust, so why make life miserable (and possibly dangerous) for yourself by trying to regularly wash the car in freezing conditions? Stay in the warm!!! By all means get down the jetwash station when its warmed up a bit (they seem to be closed for elf&safety round here at the mo) and wash the bottom then, but don't worry so much!
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J-dub
Aircooled Idiot
Joined: April 24th, 2010, 10:01 am
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Re: gritting: tips and tricks and ideas please fair comment louise
i have a mig (well my uncle is giving me one) im just waiting for him to contact me back so i can collect it
im going to learn to weld by trial and error (on scrap metal!!!) and take it from there
my plan is if i get the job im going for in march (its 100 yards from my house) then i can take the car off the road for a feww week, probs take body off and start with a clean canvas
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louise2cv
Firing on two.
Joined: December 23rd, 2008, 9:43 pm
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Re: gritting: tips and tricks and ideas please Sounds like a plan! Its a good skill to have, esp as a 2cv owner!
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samfieldhouse
Firing on two.
Joined: February 11th, 2009, 12:32 am
Posts: 3324
Location: Chichester, West Sussex
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Re: gritting: tips and tricks and ideas please Jameswallace wrote: my plan is if i get the job im going for in march (its 100 yards from my house) then i can take the car off the road for a feww week, probs take body off and start with a clean canvas I think 12F is scheduled to be down for maintenance then
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Jonathan
Firing on two.
Joined: January 1st, 2009, 7:37 pm
Posts: 4708
Location: Disunited Kingdom
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Re: gritting: tips and tricks and ideas please Shhhhhhhhhhhh! Quiet. 
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