Keep Your Car (Or Truck) From Rusting! You Must Do This!
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Date: 2023-06-09
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yvind
Hi Eric O! I live in southern Norway and our climate requires rust preventive treatment. They use salt on our roads every winter. The most used stuff here is a Valvoline product called Tectyl. Comes in two variations, thin fluid for sills, frames, door bottoms. Its highly penetrable and is applied with a gun like the one you use. The other version is thick and wax like and is for all underside use. Its applied with a high pressure air gun. Doesen't drip after application. I love this stuff and it keeps the metal worms away. There is also a product called Dinitrol, but I know little about it. I think both products are made in USA.
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Hi Eric O! I live in southern Norway and our climate requires rust preventive treatment. They use salt on our roads every winter. The most used stuff here is a Valvoline product called Tectyl. Comes in two variations, thin fluid for sills, frames, door bottoms. Its highly penetrable and is applied with a gun like the one you use. The other version is thick and wax like and is for all underside use. Its applied with a high pressure air gun. Doesen't drip after application. I love this stuff and it keeps the metal worms away. There is also a product called Dinitrol, but I know little about it. I think both products are made in USA.
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Knobbies
You must have Fluid Film dreams at night. It is my experience that the smell of FF sticks with you for a while. Foam in the Wiffs Jeep GC stops me short of blasting every thing. On the plus side, I don't see many GC's rusting out. Just hit the under carriage. My late model F150 gets Wool Wax or Fluid Film in select places. It seems there is always some place I missed after years of rattle can applications. FWIW I use Wool Wax in areas likely to get a lot of road spray, FF the latches and where I want it to creep.
If I had a 50 gallon drum, it would be Fluid Film.
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You must have Fluid Film dreams at night. It is my experience that the smell of FF sticks with you for a while. Foam in the Wiffs Jeep GC stops me short of blasting every thing. On the plus side, I don't see many GC's rusting out. Just hit the under carriage. My late model F150 gets Wool Wax or Fluid Film in select places. It seems there is always some place I missed after years of rattle can applications. FWIW I use Wool Wax in areas likely to get a lot of road spray, FF the latches and where I want it to creep.
If I had a 50 gallon drum, it would be Fluid Film.
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FreeKanal
I am just preparing for undercoat, i tested many things and best results i have is Lanoline/Vaseline + naphtha/white spirit(as carrier) it is transparent and smooth surface. I also tried Lanoline + Isopropyl alcohol so it would be super safe for environment and i wouldn't need mask to spray, also safer for rubber elements but Lanoline doesn't mix so well with it as with naphtha or white spirit and surface is a little bit uglier: D My Toyota Auris 2013 has already some surface rust so it is time to do that. Thanks for the video!
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I am just preparing for undercoat, i tested many things and best results i have is Lanoline/Vaseline + naphtha/white spirit(as carrier) it is transparent and smooth surface. I also tried Lanoline + Isopropyl alcohol so it would be super safe for environment and i wouldn't need mask to spray, also safer for rubber elements but Lanoline doesn't mix so well with it as with naphtha or white spirit and surface is a little bit uglier: D My Toyota Auris 2013 has already some surface rust so it is time to do that. Thanks for the video!
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msloanofd196
I did zebart rubberized under coating in my 05 2500 it killed it. Found a local shop that did fluid film. Had them do my 09 and 13. Every time I bring it in for service mechanics always praise me for the condition as well as the easy of working on it. Minus getting greasy when you work under the truck, it s fantastic. I will never buy a used vehicle around NY without it being previously filmed. I usually by a southern vehicle and bring it back up, first stop is the fluid film shop. HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend!
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I did zebart rubberized under coating in my 05 2500 it killed it. Found a local shop that did fluid film. Had them do my 09 and 13. Every time I bring it in for service mechanics always praise me for the condition as well as the easy of working on it. Minus getting greasy when you work under the truck, it s fantastic. I will never buy a used vehicle around NY without it being previously filmed. I usually by a southern vehicle and bring it back up, first stop is the fluid film shop. HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend!
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MoutainMan3000
As a youth I worked at the Walmart in town and we did undercoating. I had a guy with a truck maybe 10 years old that was in real nice shape (live in the salt belt, he asked me to do a good job so I asked him if he cared if it drips a lot. He said no. Well as a bored teenager on a quiet day, I went nuts on that thing. Think I used a good 6 or 7 gallons on it. There were no unpainted surfaces ANYWHERE that I missed. And I put it on so thick it probably dripped for a month!
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As a youth I worked at the Walmart in town and we did undercoating. I had a guy with a truck maybe 10 years old that was in real nice shape (live in the salt belt, he asked me to do a good job so I asked him if he cared if it drips a lot. He said no. Well as a bored teenager on a quiet day, I went nuts on that thing. Think I used a good 6 or 7 gallons on it. There were no unpainted surfaces ANYWHERE that I missed. And I put it on so thick it probably dripped for a month!
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Chris
I don't remember if it was the last time you talked about this, or somewhere else online, but. I remember people saying they don't bother doing this, instead they just do weekly car washes with underbody spray jets. I understand the appeal, because that makes your car look nice too. That is not enough though, that is not a replacement for this. You have to protect the metal itself. That salt is just eating away at your car/truck in between washes if you don't protect the metal.
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I don't remember if it was the last time you talked about this, or somewhere else online, but. I remember people saying they don't bother doing this, instead they just do weekly car washes with underbody spray jets. I understand the appeal, because that makes your car look nice too. That is not enough though, that is not a replacement for this. You have to protect the metal itself. That salt is just eating away at your car/truck in between washes if you don't protect the metal.
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xlandros
I finally decided to give the yearly oil treatment a try with my 2019 Caravan. I go to Rust Check, 200 a treatment. Have it done in Nov/Dec their stuff isn t as thick as Fluid Film, so still seems to seep into places even in the cold weather. I do use cans of Fluid Film to reapply in wheel wells, and other spots during winter. Still undecided on it, but will keep doing it until this van stops driving, or just rusts out like my other three Dodges did!
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I finally decided to give the yearly oil treatment a try with my 2019 Caravan. I go to Rust Check, 200 a treatment. Have it done in Nov/Dec their stuff isn t as thick as Fluid Film, so still seems to seep into places even in the cold weather. I do use cans of Fluid Film to reapply in wheel wells, and other spots during winter. Still undecided on it, but will keep doing it until this van stops driving, or just rusts out like my other three Dodges did!
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John
Hi Eric. Love the content. I have learned a lot from you. Just a comment. There are companies that paint office cabinets in the office environments. They use some sort of electric voodoo to have the spray paint magnetize? to the cabinets and not on to carpets furniture etc. Would a system like that reduce the spray fog work for you? P. S. My apologies from Canada. The forest fires are emanating from the province of Quebec. It is French smoke.
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Hi Eric. Love the content. I have learned a lot from you. Just a comment. There are companies that paint office cabinets in the office environments. They use some sort of electric voodoo to have the spray paint magnetize? to the cabinets and not on to carpets furniture etc. Would a system like that reduce the spray fog work for you? P. S. My apologies from Canada. The forest fires are emanating from the province of Quebec. It is French smoke.
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Aaron
Do you find if you wash the vehicle a lot this comes off? I live in PA, so we can get salt/snow I don't think to NYs extent, but I under carriage wash my cars after every break of salt during the winter. When I purchase something new though next, I still plan on doing a coating. Especially to cover the hard to wash areas. EDIT: You answered towards the end and said towards the end to avoid the car washes!
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Do you find if you wash the vehicle a lot this comes off? I live in PA, so we can get salt/snow I don't think to NYs extent, but I under carriage wash my cars after every break of salt during the winter. When I purchase something new though next, I still plan on doing a coating. Especially to cover the hard to wash areas. EDIT: You answered towards the end and said towards the end to avoid the car washes!
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William
Hey is stuff safe to breathe! What s crowning!
Should be wearing something and a suits too! Doesn t look too bad I see why you highly recommend it. Especially in you area. Guys here claim they can t adjust tie rods completely rusted solid? If they did it a few years earlier so doesn t make sense. Don t trust anyone anymore!
Regards.
Love your comments they are really funny!
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Hey is stuff safe to breathe! What s crowning!
Should be wearing something and a suits too! Doesn t look too bad I see why you highly recommend it. Especially in you area. Guys here claim they can t adjust tie rods completely rusted solid? If they did it a few years earlier so doesn t make sense. Don t trust anyone anymore!
Regards.
Love your comments they are really funny!
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Nick
Thanks so much for sharing this. I never even knew it was a possibility until I saw your first video on it. My trouble is I don't usually buy new vehicles and by the time I get them, I might only get a couple of years out of them before they fail. The next one I am going to get coated when I buy it and maybe I can at least slow the process down. Thank you. .. from a fellow PRNY resident.
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Thanks so much for sharing this. I never even knew it was a possibility until I saw your first video on it. My trouble is I don't usually buy new vehicles and by the time I get them, I might only get a couple of years out of them before they fail. The next one I am going to get coated when I buy it and maybe I can at least slow the process down. Thank you. .. from a fellow PRNY resident.
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EDDIE
We are lucky in the U. K. the winters are getting milder so the is not a lot of salt getting put down so most of are cars last a lot longer sum cars you see are 30y old and may have the front wings starting to rust the the exception area cars that live near the seaside I can remember in the 60s Neighbours would buy brand new cars and after 6y they would be on the way to the scrap yard
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We are lucky in the U. K. the winters are getting milder so the is not a lot of salt getting put down so most of are cars last a lot longer sum cars you see are 30y old and may have the front wings starting to rust the the exception area cars that live near the seaside I can remember in the 60s Neighbours would buy brand new cars and after 6y they would be on the way to the scrap yard
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Lee
I watch your videos and am still amazed at the rust scourge, having lived my childhood and some of my adult life in Texas this was foreign to me and working in the Middle East and desert, no rust. I was watching a Watch Wes Work video and an oil pan rusted out, rear differential cover. Never knew this could happen. Keep up the good work, love your honesty, family and pets.
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I watch your videos and am still amazed at the rust scourge, having lived my childhood and some of my adult life in Texas this was foreign to me and working in the Middle East and desert, no rust. I was watching a Watch Wes Work video and an oil pan rusted out, rear differential cover. Never knew this could happen. Keep up the good work, love your honesty, family and pets.
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AngelFish
Celebrating Willi Ninja
save money by doing the DIY method use Diesel and used oil in a pump-up sprayer! do this on a gravel driveway that you don't care about killing grass or find yourself lots of cardboard to place underneath the vehicle please note that your car will smell like diesel for a while but it will save you lots of headaches in the long run!
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Celebrating Willi Ninja
save money by doing the DIY method use Diesel and used oil in a pump-up sprayer! do this on a gravel driveway that you don't care about killing grass or find yourself lots of cardboard to place underneath the vehicle please note that your car will smell like diesel for a while but it will save you lots of headaches in the long run!
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David
Growing up in the desert it still blows my mind that you have to do something like this to keep your car from rotting away. I've seen cars left outside for decades that are fine with just a layer of surface rust. We do partially pay for it with plastic that become brittle and breaks into a thousand little pieces if you look at it wrong.
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Growing up in the desert it still blows my mind that you have to do something like this to keep your car from rotting away. I've seen cars left outside for decades that are fine with just a layer of surface rust. We do partially pay for it with plastic that become brittle and breaks into a thousand little pieces if you look at it wrong.
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Robert
Nice thorough job! Fluid Film is the best and on my 2019 f150 it looks like new underneath. I did 2 full sprays (2 years apart) and 3 touch ups (every fall) since new! I live in Northern Ontario, Canada! (salt country) Any protection, done regularly, is essential to protect against corrosion!
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Nice thorough job! Fluid Film is the best and on my 2019 f150 it looks like new underneath. I did 2 full sprays (2 years apart) and 3 touch ups (every fall) since new! I live in Northern Ontario, Canada! (salt country) Any protection, done regularly, is essential to protect against corrosion!
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mundanestuff
What's this service cost at your shop? I'm not that far away and have been considering it for a 2004 Towncar we brought up from Florida that's in perfect shape, and I'm concerned that the first winter in NY will destroy it, catching up with 19 years of winter in 1. Couple hundred bucks?
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What's this service cost at your shop? I'm not that far away and have been considering it for a 2004 Towncar we brought up from Florida that's in perfect shape, and I'm concerned that the first winter in NY will destroy it, catching up with 19 years of winter in 1. Couple hundred bucks?
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Michael
Back when they had out door shit houses and kerosene lamps I did this at a new car dealership it paid 2hrs flat rate, some guy's just sprayed the bottom to make it look like they did it, I never did I have a saying perfect is good enough. The product was rusty Jones some kinda wax substance
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Back when they had out door shit houses and kerosene lamps I did this at a new car dealership it paid 2hrs flat rate, some guy's just sprayed the bottom to make it look like they did it, I never did I have a saying perfect is good enough. The product was rusty Jones some kinda wax substance
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Greg
I grew up in Detroit during the 50's and 60's. The cars only lasted about 2-3 years before the bottom of the rocker panels, fenders and doors started to grow brown holes. Seemed like such a waste of money to pay for a new car. Seems like it still is if you live in the salt belts.
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I grew up in Detroit during the 50's and 60's. The cars only lasted about 2-3 years before the bottom of the rocker panels, fenders and doors started to grow brown holes. Seemed like such a waste of money to pay for a new car. Seems like it still is if you live in the salt belts.
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