I gotta bad feeling about this Eastwood Heavy Duty Anti-Rust I sprayed between the firewall and dash. The car is totally apart and just before it was sent off to have the bodywork/paint done, I noticed surface rust in the inner spaces where the ducting for the heating and ventilation are. The rust wasn't serious so I sprayed the Eastwood anti rust as far as I could reach. This stuff has a thick oily base that repairs itself when scratched. I thought the smell would dissipate, but now concerned that it may take a seriously lengthy amount of time for this to happen.
If I install my interior without addressing this, I may end up with a cabin full of stinky rust proofing smell that may make it too noxious to drive.
Anybody have any ideas on this? If it still continues to smell, I have to clean it out and worst case scenario is I remove the firewall to get at it unless someone has a better idea...Gulp.

What is the temperature in the garage where it is stored? The "smoked crayon" smell will go away once it fully dries/cures, but it can take a while depending on how thick it was applied and the temps where it is sitting.

I sprayed a LOT of that product in my rockers, and it took a month or so to fully dry and stop smelling.

Worse comes to worse, it is easily removed (even when dry) with mineral spirits on a rag.

Eric, did you use this same product? (Eastwood Heavy Duty Anti-Rust) It smells like you said, a chemical waxy odor. Enough to make a drive with this smell blowing in your face very unpleasant.
I cant wipe it away easily. It's sprayed into Camaro purgatory, the space between the firewall and the dash. The only way to get to it would be to cut the firewall out and then you would have access to it. I asked the Eastwood techs what they thought and they suggested keeping the area warm which would speed up the drying process. If that works, so be it. If it doesnt, I need an option before hacking into it.

I'd look into what they say the ideal cure conditions are, i.e. temp and humidity. Being in Oregon, it's probably hard to meet those right now.

I would go to Home Depot and get some Damp Rid kits and place a couple of the tubs inside the car and a couple underneath it along with maybe a couple packs of activated charcoal if you can find it. They make some for vacuum cleaners. Then I'd just set up a fan to keep some air circulation going. Those oily petroleum-like smells are the worst.

I'd look into what they say the ideal cure conditions are, i.e. temp and humidity. Being in Oregon, it's probably hard to meet those right now.

I would go to Home Depot and get some Damp Rid kits and place a couple of the tubs inside the car and a couple underneath it along with maybe a couple packs of activated charcoal if you can find it. They make some for vacuum cleaners. Then I'd just set up a fan to keep some air circulation going. Those oily petroleum-like smells are the worst.
Those work extremely well, don't get it on your skin, it will literally suck all of the moisture out and leave you with a nice red rash like spot of skin.
After you drive the car for a month or two, it will take on it's own old car smell like most of ours do.
Took about 2 months to get a musty garage kept smell out of mine, keep the windows down.

louie,

i'm in arizona...you know the "dry" heat state...anyway the anti rust took 6 - 10 days to fully cure. and when fully cured, the aroma dissipated.

Louie -

Yes, I used the same product. Eastwood is about 15 miles from my house, so I use a lot of their stuff. I just used the Anti-Rust on the bed of my Tundra, on the bed metal under the drop in bedliner, and it was the same deal. Smelled bad for about 2 weeks, now it's gone.

I don't think Damp Rid or anything like that will help much. The car would have to be sealed up really tight. Just a little plug in space heater with a fan, or just give it time.

Alright, I'll keep my chin up. These 2 pic's show my dilemma. Getting an oily coating of thick tar out of here would be very difficult. I'll warm it up and let it ferment a little longer.




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