Kudos To Fluid Film!

[OK-944]

Got my ‘87NA up on my lift yesterday because I was curious to see how its bottom has been faring over the course of what has been, so far, an extremely salty (roaded) Vermont winter - and am delighted to see that all looks great…that the existing undercoating is still doing its job, and that those more vulnerable areas which I’d liberally dosed with Fluid Film all appear, when examined with a very bright light while wearing close up glasses…just as they did when I’d sprayed the stuff on. Whew!

Such a relief - seeing as how every other week or so I’m down at the car wash (on the manual-wash side, thank you!), spraying mucho white crusty deposits off of the body paint…while being very careful that any spray directed underneath the car is indirect, as I’ve heard that anything amounting to a pressure wash can remove a Fluid Film application.

At any rate…I’d been kind of holding my breath about this, but am now a believer. Thank You, Fluid Film!

[944 Ecology]

Don't park your car indoors for about a week after applying fluid film. The stench is overpowering.

[996c4s]

There is a better product now. Its called surface shield. Look up the comparisons on youtube. It lasts much longer... from what I have seen. I have only used it once... strangely enough I used it on the rear bumper pads on my 924... just wanted to see if it would bring back the dried out sections... and oh yeah it made them look brand new. Oh and also... anyone who has never removed their bumper pads... I suggest you do this carefully but get in behind them and put some surface shield on the area that the studs go into. Otherwise they will eventually rust out and begin to push away from your bumper. Front and rear.

[OK-944]

Thanks for the reference to Surface Shield. I did look this up and it looks good...although I did notice a mention of a potential issue relating to its lower flash point as compared to Fluid Film.

Another aspect discussed generally...that to get this stuff to spray out of a can it needs to be a bit thinner than the bulk stuff - and there have been some thoughts about how this might make it somewhat less effective - although one might also think that a thinner mixture would penetrate a bit better into various nooks and crannies.

Thinking back on how I applied Fluid Film...I would have actually preferred to do this as a "brush-on" application - but as far as I can tell the only way to purchase these products in such a form is to go with large quantities.

[Monkey Wrench]

the type of sprayer and the tip size might be important. a setup for house paint is a lot different than a gun for car paint , lacquer etc.