How do i protect my shiny nuts!?

[Torqu-E-Cycles]

After years of misery the mini shell is finally painted yay! And the rebuild has begun!

I'm sat in the garage looking at my shiny new subframes, suspension etc all of which is bolted on with new nuts and bolts thinking "thats not staying like that for long!" Some is a2 stainless but others are zinc/nickel plated standard rubbish... anybody recommend something I can spray/wipe on to help keep it good?
I don't want to bury it all in waxoyl as its a sunny day show car but will inevitably see some rain from time to time.
There will also be chipped paint around the bolted edges which I know can't be helped but maybe some kind of ceramic coating or carnuba wax? I've no idea just thinking out loud!

 

[Haz87]

ACF50 will help but you'll need to refresh it every so often (depends how often the cars actually going to see the road, or more specifically non-dry road).

 

[frank horton]

I repair / restore all kinds of auto stuff....unless it's a museum qual car everything, unless structural get S/S.....
I reg make specials from bar of hex stock....
the only bolts that seem to last rust wise is the yellow ones.....they are /we're call Zinc n Yellow Passivate...

 

[Hood]

XCP Clear is what I use on my bike, works well.

 

[Morrisman]

ACF50 will help but you'll need to refresh it every so often (depends how often the cars actually going to see the road, or more specifically non-dry road).

I drown my bike in that over winter. It tends to attracts muck, but it stays on, stops rust, stops things seizing up etc. Come the summer warmer weather a dry day I’ll give the whole bike a really thorough soapy wash to get it all off and polish it a bit.

 

[Robotstar5]

I drown my bike in that over winter. It tends to attracts muck, but it stays on, stops rust, stops things seizing up etc. Come the summer warmer weather a dry day I’ll give the whole bike a really thorough soapy wash to get it all off and polish it a bit.

We didn't have any fancy coatings in the 70's, my bike was my only form of transport so it was used for commuting, before winter I would paint the chrome wheel rims and spokes with a mix of grease and EP90, after a couple of weeks they would be black with dirt/salt but come spring I could clean them off and the wheels were fine

The mid-winter look.

 

[voipio]

XCP Clear is what I use on my bike, works well.

Does XCP leave a clear coating? Does it rub off easily, or is there some chemistry between metal and XCP?

 

[Onoff]

Denso tape...

 

[Hood]

Does XCP leave a clear coating? Does it rub off easily, or is there some chemistry between metal and XCP?

It is just a spray that covers the part, it won't last forever and will need reapplied every so often. It is the same style of stuff as ACF50.
Bennetts did a test on all sorts of rust inhibiters and XCP and ACF50 did well.

Video and write up regarding the products tested HERE

 

[voipio]

Thank you for that info.

 

[CompoSimmonite]

Leave a jar of Waxoyl "open to the air" and it will turn into grease type consistency.
What about the Lanoguard grease ?

 

[Tom O]

Surely there are nuts and bolts available that don’t rust, back in the 80’s I worked at a newspaper that used a bolt stamped “ Supertanium “ they were great on the Norton and never lost their shine.