Last time I bought Fluid Film it was around $8 at NAPA.

 

Im gonna go w the wd40, the test that guy did in my first lost has me sold on it. Heck the fuild film didnt even make the final cut. Being an avid gun collector i trust a fellow gun lovers opinion. He really did a good job with that test imo.

 

ive used fluid film for years and its a good producvt. Ive seen the wd 40 varents but have yet to try them. If someone does try it post your experience with it. Looks like it could be a great investment.

 

Get a pump sprayer and used motor oil. Damn near "free":

 

Ya, but messy and dirty looking. That, and what kind of fire hazard does that present?

 

If it's a fire hazard, better dial it back some!

 

When spraying oil, I cover the exhaust system with rags and block the holes in the fender that expose the manifolds with card board. I also cover the brake assemblies with garbage bags. Then I spray all the oil and let the truck sit for a day dripping onto cardboard or a tarp in the driveway. Finally, I start the truck and let it idle for 15 to 20 minutes to let anything that may have landed on the exhaust burn off. Piece of cake, just takes a little patience.

 

I wouldn't expect motor oil to be any kind of a fire hazard. It's not uncommon to hear of an oil leak dripping on hot exhaust manifolds, and I've never heard of a fire from that yet.

No idea about the product we're talking about, but regular WD-40 is flammable.

 

Home Depot 10 versions of WD-40 but not this one

 

I saw it at Fleet Farm last night, it was $12.95 for a 6-ounce can. That makes it about three times the cost of a can of Fluid Film for me. I'm very interested in how it does for those who are gonna try it, but I'm gonna stick with Fluid Film for this winter.

 

Well I picked up a can of the wd40 CI to try out.

My first impression is, it didn't go very far. I liberally sprayed it up inside the bottom of my doors though as they were pretty bad, I've already done the outsides of the door lowers with rust bullet.

But anyways, in liberally saturating the inside of the doors, both main doors and both extra cab doors, enough that I didn't stop until I saw it running out. That pretty much used the can up. I sprayed what little was left into the exposed rust inside and out of my lone rusty wheel well, and that was the end of the can.

I've not used fluid film before but the consistency of this stuff was pretty thick, reminded me of spray can adhesive when it first comes out of the can

 

What are you all using the Fluid Film for exactly?

 

its something you can get into area which are unable to be properly prepped and painted, at least in my case.

Some guys use it to undercoat their trucks each fall to ward off corrosion.

I wire wheeled, wire brushed, prepped, primed, and painted any areas i could get too on the under body.

But areas like inside the bottoms of the doors, inside some of the metal channels under the truck and so on, one us unable to get any prep or paint in there.

in my case the Fluid film, or its WD-40 Counterpart can be sprayed up inside areas like that to coat the rust and prevent further corrosion.

 

Lowes carries fluid film now. So does autozone and napa.


I have seen the variations of WD40 but I don't think it will stick well enough.

 

according to the test in the original post I started this thread with....the WD40 beat fluid film