Ziebart treatment

[Unkel Kunkel]

In the seventies, getting your car Ziebart cavity wax treated was quite the thing.

One used to see cars with a sticker :

What happened to them?
Are there  classic cars that are now   remarkably rust-free because they were treated?

You would think it might be a good selling point- have you seen  it it mentioned in an old car advert?

Was it an “elixir of youth” for cars ?

Edited June 6, 2023 by Unkel Kunkel

[Pete Lewis]

I had the 2000 done by Rustmasters  about 5 years ago but locally they have disapeared 

has a nice hologram on the screen 

Pete

[Colin Lindsay]

Sometimes they'd plug the holes with a very snazzy cap:

[FranksVitesse]

I had a Fiesta back in the day which was ziebarted,WTL333W.It is still on the dvla data base but not taxed since the early 90s.

[Gully]

One of our locals has a TR7 which was Ziebarted - it's survived very well with no welding required.

Gully

[PeteH]

Still About?. https://www.ziebartworld.com/en/service/rust-protection

Was always an expensive "option", I think Father had his Second Anglia "Super" done. And it cost a serious amount of money back in the Mid/Late 60`s. That car is no longer on the DVLA database, so I expect it`s gone the way of many more, despite the "treatment".

Pete

[Gary Flinn]

I'm sure it's helped many a Triumph survive, especially the later ones built after 1975 with the poorer quality foreign steel?

Gary

[trigolf]

Did it stay flexible longterm? Looking at cars that had been treated, I always felt that it was like underseal gone hard?

[ed.h]

I use an aerosol product that looks, feels, and smells identical to what Ziebart used.  It dries sort of waxy, and doesn't go hard (at least not in ten years or so).

Ed

Edited June 9, 2023 by ed.h

[andybeau]

I had a dog poo brown Dolly about 15 years ago that had Ziebart and it was solid. Wish my current TR7 had 🙄😢

[brian GT6.]

Mine was ziebarted from new and has no rust. It was kept in a garage all the time though.

[johny]

I think the quality of the application made a big difference as well - some technicians just did the easy, obvious bits and signed the car off....

[brian GT6.]

On 12/07/2023 at 18:37, johny said:

I think the quality of the application made a big difference as well - some technicians just did the easy, obvious bits and signed the car off....

I think so. Mine has holes drilled in the sills and in other places. Ive since covered it inside and out with modern cavity wax, forgotten the brand, but it comes from Frosts in aerosols with tubes.