Finnegans Number 1 Primer & Jenolite online stockists?

Post by **Chief** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 4:05 pm

Okay, now the latest club magazine for stone chips reccomended jenolite and Finnegans. However the local garage here couldnt get hold of any as they (and their suppliers) had never heard of the stuff

So im limited to online suppliers, now jenolite I found online (is there anything bigger than 500ml bottles?) but Finnegans just came up with Irish songs or nothing at all when I told it to do an exact search

so does anyone know of any online stockists for it or will I need to ask if one of the minor centres can sell me some

Or is there a primer thats better than Finnegans (I plan to do quite alot of priming and painting and it would be good if I could get spray paint) all this depends on whether the Easter holiday thats starting this weekend for two weeks will actually be dry

Thanks

Post by SR » Wed Mar 30, 2005 8:39 pm

ello chief, i paid £10 for a litre of jenolite last wek at my local store,keep searching web i suppose mate,steve

Post by **rayofleamington** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:17 am

I've seen them both at local motor factors, so just keep looking.

Post by **Kevin** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 12:14 pm

Well I found this 1st time
http://www.mgocaccessories.co.uk/acatal ... t_165.html

It might be easier to try your local Partco or similar, and maybe they had not heard of it because its a Hammerite product, I think Halfrauds also sell it.

Post by **Chief** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 4:58 pm

ah- I had no idea that Finnegans was a Hammerite product

So i've been looking for a company called Finnegans who make primer

(and ignoring all references to Hammerite products

)
This explains why I never found anything (though I did find the Jenolite at about £22 incl. p&p and vat). oh well I live and learn

Btw does Hammerite dip rust remover remove it to bare metal or is it just a convertor (if so why have Hammerite kurust?) and which is best/safest jenolite, kurust or dip rust remover?:)
Thanks:)

Post by SR » Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:44 pm

my votes for jenolite bruv ,been using it for over ten yuears now ,also read on websearch ,MOD use it

Post by **Chief** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:38 pm

Id have thought they'd (MOD) have used Jenoseel which from sites on the net appears to be a kind of heavy duty type made by the same people (Shell according to what I read) which was used on the ex-royal yaucht britannia

I guess Jenolite will be alright- im hoping that ill be able to get most rust off and down to nice bare metal- then a coat of jenloite just to make sure I get all the rust (im taking no chances) then primer then paint, and hope it dries fully this time

Post by **les** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:01 pm

I also like Jenolite but have had trouble getting the 'gel' sort. So I tried hammerite dip, I think, well it was the one that uses water to dilute at 9 to 1, I couldn't believe how well it worked when immersing parts overnight, wire brush after drying and there's bright metal! No good if you can't immerse though.

Post by **Chief** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 6:09 pm

Just to let people know i've discovered Finnigans Number 1 Primer is now a discontinuedproduct. I believe its now been superceded by Hammerite Number 1 Rust Beater (which I bet is the same formula with a new name;))
And thanks to Kevin for letting me know it was a Hammerite product, that made all the stuff easy to track down, including the 'gel' rust remover

Post by SR » Sat Apr 23, 2005 8:37 am

how did it go chief, wadya reckon on the jenolite mate?

Post by **Chief** » Sun May 01, 2005 11:09 pm

I did mention it in passing in another post, but anyway so far the results are mixed. In some places the jenolite did nothing, in the majority it wiped down to bare metal or converted some patches... then the rain fell. So I now (well i was away for a week so dont know whats happened since) but it started raining, so I wiped it down quick and got it inside. Next day went to look, a nice yellow and white deposit now covers the metal

It does say "Do not get wet" and I think I know why, guess i'll have to attempt to wire brush off the deposits and hope the metal is okay underneath

Btw slightly ot, I know there are many threads that suggest good paint removers but are there any that dont need washing off (thinking of the paint/rusted area where the back seat goes that I want to totally do up) there's probably no such thing but I may as well ask

Post by **NZJLY** » Mon May 02, 2005 2:36 am

Grinder? ;)

Post by **bigginger** » Mon May 02, 2005 1:35 pm

Yup, with a nice wire brush in it. Wear gloves and goggles (personal experience on both counts...)

Post by **Chief** » Tue May 03, 2005 4:45 pm

I'd been using a drill and wirebrush

works well (ish) but im doing work on a car with the carpets etc still in and I can imagine what id manage with stray sparks from a grinder if i ever used one.

Post by **bigginger** » Tue May 03, 2005 5:44 pm

It's not sparky on rust, but bits of paint and rust head for your face at great speed.