[urq] Wax coating

[Bob D]

Isnt it officially called "Cosmoline" or something like that?


MikeDes156 at aol.com wrote:
> My first "real" job out of High School was as a New/Used car mechanic at a  
> Volkswagen/Porsche/Audi dealer. All the new cars that came in were coated with  
> this "wax", and I had to steam clean it off as soon as they arrived at the  
> dealership. A few times I went to the dock yard to pick up a new car and drive  
> it back, but I always brought a scrapper to clean off the glass. I was told 
> then  (late 70's early 80's) that the wax was to protect them from the salt air 
> on  their long ship voyage from the Fatherland. The cars were sprayed with 
> the wax  in Germany before the journey to the states. Just thought I'd share a 
> bit of  this useless info.
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