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Jordan1249
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Stop rust

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So i was talking to my mum about the galant and she said when i change the carpet in it i should smear fish oil to preserve it and prevent rust as its what she use to do in her old HQ


Is this true to what you do ?
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Re: Stop rust

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It's an old school trick yeah....it's a cheap way of treating the metal
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bruggz351
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If you choose to use fish oil, use the deoderised one. Trust me.. :|

I've used fish oil on alot of previous cars. Tectril (spl) is another option.
There is quite a few others. Lanolin comes to mind.

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Jordan1249
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Re: Stop rust

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:O you can deorderised ones :O

i was planning once new carpet was laid to filll the car with air freshners and spray carpet deorderiser
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I can actually say this works... old guy who owned the car before me would poor fish oil into the doors to prevent rust! Even after 7 years of me owning the car there are still traces of it there toady but no rust... a bit gross when you have to work on door interiors.
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Fish oil is always tacky, so if you stick carpet underlay directly to it, it will get stuck in the oil film. Which is not a problem until you want to remove the underlay.
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I got told wait for dry before laying new carpet
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