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Pro or self application.

Pro or self application.

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[–] • 3 pts

I’ve used fluid film in my shop for about ten years. It’s a great product. Without a lift diy would be a pain.

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Not easy to find people that have heard of any of these products, let alone finding a shop that applies them. I'm in the north and only just heard of them. Seems like they should be wildly popular.

Some of the products are said to damage rubber and plastic, I think Fluid Film warns against getting it on rubber, also that it could strip factory undercoat (paint or wax). Can't tell if they are just covering themselves or if it is a real issue.

Did you see or hear of any downside after application?

[–] • 1 pt

I haven’t seen any negative side effects. Only time I’ve seen undercoat cause bushing failure is with petroleum based products. The best test for me was my cousins 2011 f250. We fluid film it every fall. No rust anywhere when he traded it in for a 2021. He also does a good job washing it in the New Hampshire winters.

[–] • 2 pts

The main ingredient in them is boiled linseed oil. Farmers have used it for over a century as a rust preventative on equipment.

[–] • 1 pt

Raw purified linseed oil paint for the win. If your area has wet and high humidity add 20% zinc white. Best paint ever. A lot of old wagons still have it on them. Henry Ford used it on tractors and undercarriages. A light coat of plain raw linseed oil over it every 15 years or so will keep it look’n like it was freshly painted. Best used with an “airverter” spray system, but a brush or roller works just as good.

For wood, a mix of raw linseed oil, beeswax and pine tar. Good shit, I use it on all my wood and leather works. Fuk all that better living through modern chemistry bullshit.

[–] • 0 pt

Is this in order of use? Would like to try it out

[–] • 1 pt

No, you mix them together. Look up boat wax online. Lots of different recipes out there now that it has been “rediscovered”. I like adding in the pine tar. Pine tar is a good wood preservative. Vikings if I recall correctly used this mix on their boats. The amount you add of it depends on how much you want it to tint. I generally shoot for equal parts each and try to get the consistency of Johnson’s Minwax. I discovered Solvent Free Paints makes a really good version of it and tried it about three years ago. A little pricey, but a lot less hassle and you don’t have to deal with inconsistencies resulting from varying grades of the three components and that’s why I said I shoot for. Making your own is old school fun though.

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I had an Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera once. It had a self-oiling bottom, but I don't think that counts.

My garage has a permanent oily spot from that piece of shit.

[–] • 1 pt

I keep blowing lines on my old jeep.. and the self oiling has worked flawlessly.....

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I used to get undercoating on my car, when my Dodge cars rusted. Now that I buy Korean my cars don't rust any longer, so I don't get undercoating.

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I choose fluid film on my truck but I’ve only been doing it two years now not a spot of rust but it holds dust

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Any downside? Damage to plastic lines or rubber?