Rust Prevention : 101

[Hybrid]

I have been using Fluid Film for years. My old 4Runner was full of the stuff, it would have burned for weeks . Its great stuff, you want something that stays wet - if it dries out, its no good. Keep in mind. You can fill your wheel wells full of what ever you want, if you didn't get rid of the rust first, you only created a cocoon for the rust to grow. Water/dampness can get almost anywhere, one way or another.
In my opinion, oil the car = good, dripless undercoat = better. I touch my vehicles up periodically over the winter with Fluid Film, wheel wells, inner truck etc. Wash you car lots, just don't freeze your doors shut!

[mrvinyl33]

Have you ever used it for undercoating like they now show on their website? I know its done with the non-aersol version using an air compressor...just wondering.

[91accord4door]

i dont see why people dont do what i did to my civic. i learned with my previous 2 cb7's that rust doesnt fuck around...once it starts it doesnt stop. follow what i said in the first posts on top and youll be fine. fuck the oil solution...it only works for so long.i cant stand why people do that......dumping oil on your inner wheel arches....lol wtf is that. do it right or not at all. ill say it again.....this is what i did to my rust free civic to keep it rust free. i removed the trunk interior (all of it) i taped off were i didnt want to get overspray. and i used Duplicolor Truck Bed Liner ($6 a can at walmart) and i sprayed the entire inside if the trunk, including the inner wheel wells. before i sprayed i cleaned the trunk and wheel wells with a degreaser. i did like 2 entire cans of the bedliner just for my small trunk. it drys black and as hard as rock. its just generic rhyno lining. also i removed my rear bumper and took off my rear wheels and used the same duplicolor truck bed liner and sprayed the entire underisde of the rear fenders,rear fender wheels etc. and completely under the rear bumper. and i removed the rear ruber strips and sprayed under them, and then i replaced the rubber strips again and i siliconed them on so now nothing can get in the strips...not even water. so now there is no way at all rust can form. its literally imposable. theres no way salt will eat through 5+ coats of truck bed liner. theres just no way. i am going to do a few more coats this week when the weather clears up and ill do a few coats each year. this is the right way guys. and not expensive. any other way is only a temp.. stay away from the motor oil trick. i used that on my accords and it worked for like a couple weeks., just do what i said here and you dont even have to worry about rust again. trust me i know. my shit is protected to the max. salt wont do shit to my car now. ill enjoy staying %100 rust free for years to come.

[91accord4door]

actually i may do a nice DIY on this with lots of pics. becuase i dont think people understand how good this actually works.

[Hybrid]

Have you ever used it for undercoating like they now show on their website? I know its done with the non-aersol version using an air compressor...just wondering.

No, none of my local shops actually spray fluid film around here. The stuff I get done "I think" is called Durashield. In my opinion it's similar stuff, goes on in a liquid form and thickens into a grease.

91accord4door - If your system works for you - great, time will tell. Just in my opinion your covering up the problem. It may be rusting underneath and it will just take longer for you to see what has happened. Hence, creating more work down the road. I may actually try your way if it was a brand new car. Either way, let us know how it works out, a DIY would be a great idea!
The only ideal solution is to put our precious CB7's away for the winter, which I have done the last 5 years. Now just my poor Tacoma faces the winter assault.

[AccordWarrior]

I'm gonna try that Fluid film stuff when I park my car the end of this month to go back to school. I figure if its just sitting there, I don't have to worry about salt getting into it. I'm not sur ethough.

[JaK FRoSTWhiTE]

I'm gonna try that Fluid film stuff when I park my car the end of this month to go back to school. I figure if its just sitting there, I don't have to worry about salt getting into it. I'm not sur ethough.

Have you gotten your can yet Mike?
I know my old frostwhite had a little bit that needed to be taken care of.

[91accord4door]

No, none of my local shops actually spray fluid film around here. The stuff I get done "I think" is called Durashield. In my opinion it's similar stuff, goes on in a liquid form and thickens into a grease.

91accord4door - If your system works for you - great, time will tell. Just in my opinion your covering up the problem. It may be rusting underneath and it will just take longer for you to see what has happened. Hence, creating more work down the road. I may actually try your way if it was a brand new car. Either way, let us know how it works out, a DIY would be a great idea!
The only ideal solution is to put our precious CB7's away for the winter, which I have done the last 5 years. Now just my poor Tacoma faces the winter assault.

no way possible. it cant rust becuase there was NO rust to begin with. and underneathe all the coats of ryno lining is dupont sealer......you do know what sealer is right. i sprayed all the seams and were rust is likely to form on hondas. theres no way possible for rust to even start. theres not one spot of bare metal and basically my entire rear ends under a 8th inch thick of ryno lining. and just to make sure your understanding me........i did not cover up even a spec of rust, therefor theres no way rust can even begin.if you read my first post in this thread you would see that this is only for cars with no rust, or for cars that have had there rust removed/neutralized.trust me if theres anyone that knows about rusty cars its me i went through 2 cb7's with very very bad rust.......much worse than accordwarriors, so i sold them both. bought a rust free car and did my rust prevention 101 too it and its been pefect. theres no way ryno lining can chip.....i painted my brothers bronco entirely with it (granite cb7 knows) and he gos mudding with it and everything....and not a scratch. its good shit. all im saying if you really think about what i did theres no way rust can start again. cheap and very effective. out my my 5 years this is the only thing thats worked.
1.Prep
2.Seal
3.Ryno line
so with you statement, please tell me how im "covering up the problem", and how is it rusting underneath like you said? im not trying to be a dick but your making no sense.

[mrvinyl33]

Well if the car is just sitting there a good wash, clay/wax, and a good outdoor car cover wouldn't be bad either.

[91accord4door]

Well if the car is just sitting there a good wash, clay/wax, and a good outdoor car cover wouldn't be bad either.

indeed. dont get a cheap cover from walmart. if it cant breath it'll trap moisture and from rust.

[Hybrid]

ok, you may have a rust free car - but most here don't. All I was trying to get across is that by doing what your saying, someone may get the wrong impression. Your job will only be as good as your prep job, and by the sounds of it you have a good base to start from. I hope your system works, keep us updated.
In the long run, I think its also fair to say that undercoating of any kind is not going to hurt anything.
Rhino lining is great stuff - my truck bed is done with it, and so far I have been impressed.

[91accord4door]

ok, you may have a rust free car - but most here don't. All I was trying to get across is that by doing what your saying, someone may get the wrong impression. Your job will only be as good as your prep job, and by the sounds of it you have a good base to start from. I hope your system works, keep us updated.
In the long run, I think its also fair to say that undercoating of any kind is not going to hurt anything.
Rhino lining is great stuff - my truck bed is done with it, and so far I have been impressed.

yea i understand what your saying. like you said most here have rust so you would have to take care of that first of course. i said that in my first post but for the record..... people do no rynoline or undercoat over rust (lol). that wont do shit except mask your problem. before you do what i did make sure you take care of the rust. and i agree the job is only as good as the prep done.

[i97supratti]

My rust-free Accord is starting to crumple in this winter weather. It's starting to bubble out on the Driver's side quarter panel. It's not really noticeable, but it's there. What can I do now to stop it? I might have a body shop drill it out and bondo it up.

[J-specCb4]

how much does five coats of bedliner weigh if it covers pretty much the whole rear of the car i have a lil bit of rust to get taken care of this spring however i want t o prevent it just worried about all that weighing a lot

[93CB7]

A 55 gallon drum set weights about 1030#. A drum set will do about 32 truck bed liners. You will probably be using about half as much as would be used on average in 1 truck bed. So 1030/32*.5= 16 pounds.