Is there a nice cheap way of getting waxoyl to spray into difficult nooks and crannies, inside box sections etc?

If I watered some down with say white spirit would I be able to get it to work in a normal household plant sprayer, for example?

Anyone got any tried and tested cheap homemade diy solutions? I don't want to spend a fortune on kit. I've spent enough bloody money on welding and brakes and so on recently.

I warmed mine up in a bucket of boiling water plus had a wall paper steamer pipe into the water to keep it very warm. The tin conainer with the waxoyl in it tried to float but a string around the handle of the bucket and tin holds it down in the water. The waxoyl is nice and thin without using thinners.

I put mine in an old electric kettle lovely and runny but I much prefer using engine oil

Buy a welder and don't worry about all the mess of waxoyl.

Got the welder:

Belt and braces, me!

Parafin gun

I used an old gearbox oil bottle ....with enough "bodgery" you can extend the plastic tube [using bits of other tube] to get further into the box sections.....once heated,the waxoyl squeezes neatly outa the bottle.

I also heated the waxoyl in an old saucepan on a camping stove* ....outside of my garage and with a bucket of water handy in case it caught fire

*Usual disclaimer applies ....ie,dont blame me if you try it and it all goes "tits up" and you burn your garage/house/garden fence/etc down.

T.

To answer other parts of your Q, Smiffy, using thinners can be very effective as I believe it'll allow the Waxoyl to creep into the tiniest seams and joints by capillary action, so is a good idea imo. I often use a small amount of petrol ( ) as a thinner as it evaporates very quickly after application, but obviously its a wee bit flammable.

Bear in mind the stuff will be thinner, of course, so when it dries it won't leave such a thick protective coat behind. However, this shouldn't be a problem in hidden areas such as inside doors, chassis parts etc as they don't tend get 'worn' off in any case, like under the wings might. For exposed areas, I use the Waxoyl 'neat'.

The best applicator I've used is an electric airless sprayer - one of these cheap jobbies from 'Earlex' and the like which vibrate at mains frequency. You can pick them up for less than £20, and you'd be surprised at how well they blast out the Waxoyl mix - you can have a jet, a spray or virtually a 'vapour-cloud' by tightening the nozzle. I've done the sills of my Zafira and removed the plastic plugs along its length. When blasting in at one end, the Waxoyl mist was coming out all the other plugs along the full length of the sill - pretty sure it did a good job of coating every nook and cranny in there.

If you make the effort of a good welding job, why not get a professional tectyl gun for the compressor with a ~50cm hose to spray it in sills, crossfloor etc.
Looked for a picture, but google is not my friend at the mo.