Undercoating & Rust
Proofing Limitations
Undercoating and spray-on type rust proofing
(rustproofing) insulates the metal from moisture and oxygen by
covering it with a protective coating.
There are two main disadvantages of this method.
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It's impossible to cover every area on the
vehicle with this method and hard to reach places are left
unprotected, often these are the areas that are most prone to
corrosion.
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It's effective as long as the protective surface
is not damaged. In real terms this is not possible and where damage
occurs, no matter how small, rust will occur.
Cracking at the body joints, stone
chips, scratches, peeling and brittleness of the undercoating can
result in water getting trapped between the metal and the
undercoating allowing rust to form where you can't see it until it's
too late. This is why many rust proofing and undercoating companies
recommend that you get your car or truck inspected and re-sprayed
every year. This, of course, costs you more money.
Even if your vehicle already has some
type of undercoating it will probably still rust.
RustStop® RS-5 electronic rust protection
compliments any undercoating
or spray-on type rustproofing (rust proofing) application giving
maximum effectiveness.
RustStop® RS-5 is our New and Improved
electronic rust protection system.
It replaces the RustStop® RS-4 and RS2000 System.
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Capacitive
Coupling Limitations?
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