War and peace show 2012

[Dave Page]

Hi, the best thing I have found is spray on cooking oil (Pam et al) spray the undercarriage before going into the field then the mud just falls off. Make sure you liberally coat the exhaust too, so that when it burns off it smells like someone is cooking lunch.
Cheers,
Dave

Originally Posted by horsa

Looks like a fun way of making the best of the muddy situation you guys had at the show this year. I've washed my carrier suspension twice now and it is still grubby from our last event driving through muddy slop.

[horsa]

That sounds like an interesting solution. The rubber on the road wheels would look glossy and new like they had been prepped with armour all for a car show

As it sits, there is clay residue on the wheels and lower suspension. Looks fairly clear after a wash while still wet, but then it dries whitish in color. Comes from driving through soupy muck following the two Shermans and a Stuart that we were running with. They tended to churn up the mud puddles a bit more than our own carrier would have done on its own.

The mud at W&P looks cleaner if that makes sense. The type that will dry in chucks and drop off once you drive it again.

[Marc van Aalderen]

Originally Posted by horsa

The mud at W&P looks cleaner if that makes sense. The type that will dry in chucks and drop off once you drive it again.

Hi David,

Beltring mud is terrible stuff. Once dry it hardens and becomes cement. It also penetrates your semi-gloss or matt paint and will never come off again.
Repainting is the only solution. That is why I left my Carrier and Dingo at home this year.

Cheers,

[Dave Page]

Hi Guys,
you should try the Virginia clay, it is orange, almost red and it does turn to cement when dry. However, the cooking oil works very well as it prevents the mud from getting into the pores of the paint. When you get off the field and park most of the mud or clay will just fall off by itself. Just was your car with soapy water (I use Simple Green) and it is clean again.
Cheers,
Dave

[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by Dave Page

Hi, the best thing I have found is spray on cooking oil (Pam et al) spray the undercarriage before going into the field then the mud just falls off. Make sure you liberally coat the exhaust too, so that when it burns off it smells like someone is cooking lunch.
Cheers,
Dave

PAM is aerosol canola oil. It has been mentioned as a cheap mold release agent for fibreglass rifle bedding compounds (although I wouldn't trust it that far). If sprayed biodegradeable cooking oil protects paint work, maybe there is a market for it with the other offroad communities .... $$$$

[Bruce MacMillan]

The rain & mud didn't seem to keep people away on the Wednesday when I was there.

Some of the outlying camps were a bit tricky getting to, even for landrovers. These two needed the dozer to pull them free.

Not much mud on the carriers yet.

[carrierbarry]

How many carriers went to W & P ?
Rick did you take the Comet ?
Andrew did you drive home ?

Barry
London

[Marc van Aalderen]

Hi Barry,

Just 4 Universals and 1 T-16 made it. Mine was left in Holland because of the mud. Friends had been there a week before I arrived and they warned me not to bring the lowloader and vehicles.
I think next year should be a better record attempt. Richie, Ben, Hans and Manfred should have theirs ready by then hopefully. Shaun is also going to talk to Rex to get support in transport for the UK based vehicles and fuel compensation for the ones from abroad.

I did not see Rick's Comet and believe Andrew (who I unfortunately did not meet!) trailered his T-16 home.

Cheers,

[eddy8men]

hi fella's
sorry to say the cromwell was not ready in time for the show so it was just the carrier with me this year.

maybe next time

rick

[RichardT10829]

with plenty of fuel too........