“BONDERIZING.”

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 51, Issue 175, 8 May 1931, Page 3

“BONDERIZING.”

NEW TREATMENT FOR RUSTPREVENTION. Still further increasing the value of its product, the Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited, is now treating against rust the wheels, fenders and ■other parts of the Ford car and tiuek which are most likely to be scratched and marred. The process is known as Bonderizing. The exposed metal parts of the Ford ear are made of rustless steel which will not rust or tarnish. Bonderizing is a process of treating steel to lesist rusting. In the manufacture of the Ford car, the wheels, fenders, running, board shields, iioiit splash shields, engine hoods lamp tie rods, rear light bracket, and miscellaneous nuts and bolts, are treated with Bonderite before they are enamelled or painted. In addition, the running boards on the commercial cars and side arms on the open models aie similarly treated. . . . No matter what kind of a finish is criyen a motor-ear, there is always the possibility of the enamel being scratched Wheels, fenders, and other parts of'the car are often damaged thus while the car is being narked When the surface is scratched and the bale metal exposed rust sets in almost immediately. Not only does this corrode the metal itself, but the rust growth nets as a. wedge which creeps nndei tiie adjacent enamel surface and causes n to peel off. When this occurs the car soon takes on n shabby appearance. The Bonderizing treatment prevents this Even if the enamel should he scratched to such an extent as to expose tlie bare metal, the treatment will prevent rust. —Advt.