How I PROTECT my vehicle from SALT and BRINE - Fluid Film application tips and tricks for new / used 

Good choice of words in the beginning, “protecting your ‘liability’” rather than ‘investment’. A lot of people think cars are investments, they aren’t. Cars are liabilities

This is by far the best undercoat video on RU-vid. Clear, concise and with multiple examples of its effectiveness. Good job!

This is how it should be done!!! Just yesterday I spoke to a professional undercoater, who told me it takes him ONE HOUR for a complete, start to finish, undercoating job, and the charge is $300 for a sedan and $350 for a truck or suv. I can't fathom how one could do a complete car in 60 minutes. Taking off wheel well liners, cleaning loose rust or even just washing the dirt off, removing the protective plastic shielding that most new cars have on the bottom, and then undercoating every nook and cranny, including inside the frame and doors, all in one hour just isn't possible. Doing a slap-together job...sure. What they do in this video is how it should be performed the right way, I would do this myself, but I don't have a lift. I will have to visit a couple of local shops that advertise undercoating and see how they do it. If it's something not as meticulous as how it is done here, WALK AWAY. Hoping I can find someone local here in Southern New England that will do the job as thoroughly as the video creator. I have 4 cars that need this done before Fall.

Im sure people from warmer climates think it looks like a disgusting mess. Those of us from up north think it looks beautiful! That ford is a pristine salt belt specimen right there. Congrats!

My 10 yr. old F 250 has been Krown sprayed every year since new. ZERO rust and for $150.00 or so a year, it's a no brainer. The only downside is missing a fluid leak early. Great video!

I also live in Wisconsin and couldn’t agree more with you. I swear by this stuff. I also used the Amazon gun and switched to the fluid film gun which was much more efficient. Great job 👍🏻

Make sure you get inside the box frame. On pickup trucks, it's especially a bad spot inside the frame, right behind the cab, where it turns upwards to the box. Everything that gets inside the higher part settles in that low spot. My truck frame was great on the outside, but rotted from the inside out in that spot. When I opened it up to repair the frame, it was full of wet sand and stones, and it had been sitting dry for a couple months in the summer. Since salt attracts water, and there was salt mixed in with the sand, it had pulled water from the moisture in the air in and soaked the sand and dirt that was sitting in that spot. It was a similar story for the valley between the inner and outer rear fender. Best bet there is to take out the tail lights and pressure wash that area out and then get the wand in there and get the top area inside the rear quarter cleaned and coated well.

Great video brother! vehicles are looking good!!! Can't wait to do my truck too!

Great post. Been doing fluid film for 12 years on my vehicles no rust no problems. Heavy salt and brine used here in the GTA. Greater Toronto area. Ontario. Thanks

Thank you Scotty for all you do. Because of you countless amounts of people like myself have learned to do our own maintenance Potentially saving us thousands of dollars.. we appreciate all your hard work. Cheers from mass ole.

I love how you call what it is a liability.

Great video! Fluid Film works great. After spraying the vehicle, wait until dark and use a flashlight to find any areas that were missed and get those with the spray cans with the flexible wand if needed. And even if a couple of places are missed Fluid Film wicks its way towards them over time.

Ive been using FF on my 2015 since day 1. Recoat every other year. No underbody rust so far in the rust belt

Very thorough job! Tremendous work sir!

Thank You, lots of great information and tips. I've a 1986 Diesel Blazer that has never seen Winter, it has only 36K miles on it with zero corrosion, this process and product look to be exactly what I need. I live in Northern Michigan, the road salt is terrible, this undercoating will give my Blazer a fighting chance.

Thanks for doing a thorough job, if you were local, I know where i would be going. I bought a used 2019 Jeep Wrangler this year which wasn't oil sprayed and its going in today for diy fluid. Better late than never!

Outstanding job undercoating your truck. Cars and trucks are so expensive these days, we need to keep them running as long as possible. You are a great communicator, and thorough with your procedure. I Thank You for your time and effort for sharing your expertise and wish you great success on RU-vid!

Great video, I really appreciate the thoroughness of your work there.

Great experience with this product on salty norwegian roads to. Cant beat it!

Just had my 05 Land Cruiser and 08 Tundra undercoated by a competitor over here in Michigan. I was happy with the work and very glad I got it done, but they definitely did not take the wheels and well skirting off. I imagine I paid less as a function of it, but your approach is very impressive.

Awesome man. Been spraying my tundra for years now. Great product

Thank you so much for this video. You’re good people.

When I was in Mi. Used Rust Check. Worked well. Fluid Film wasn’t well known or popular like today. The poor guys rust preventative was used motor oil and kerosene mixed. And a pump sprayer. Def helped.

Awesome video! Thanks so much. I learned a lot. Great work!

Good work. I also do my own trucks up here on the east coast of Canada. I have a couple of 42” wands that help get in boxed sections of frames etc. I use rust check coat and protect and it has worked over the last decade for me. My new tundra is my first vehicle with felt liners and I have to drop them down before winter and do that extra step!

Lol agree on the total PIA of filling Fluid Fill gun. Been doing my vehicles for years and it's the best thing possible you can do for your vehicles.🤘

I can highly recommend repurposing a big plastic syringe (100ml or more)! Cut of the front and attach some kind of adapter for a suitable bigger tube. I 3d printed an adapter for the tube and simply glued it on. Filling the Tank takes much less than a minute and there is near to zero spill of fluid film 😊 Love this stuff, messy but effective! Thank you for showing your results.

I use a gallon of 30w bar and chain oil with a tube of red tacky grease ratio heated up in a crockpot ! Spray it on hot with a undercoating gun.

Wow, your truck looks new and better than my 09 taco in NJ garage kept with 200,000 miles. I regret not doing any rust prevention measures now it is time to start with a free frame replacement.

Nicely done! I know trucks are heavy duty; but I'd like to see more CARS done. They sit lower & get most abuse than a 4WD that sits higher. Thanks!

Well done. For my truck in addition to the Fluid Film i use a high temp grease on the oil pan as well as the drive shaft. I put it on by hand with rubber gloves. I holds up better on the oil pan as well as the driveshaft than the Fluid Film.

Great video! I've been using Woolwax for 5 years now on all my vehicles its Fluid Film but thicker...Doesnt wash off from road spray or car washes! Highly recommend

I do the same thing on my vehicles. I use Cosomoline in the really inaccessible areas, when I do the initial treatment. It helps to drive down a dusty road after treatment - builds up a protective layer on the undercarriage. Low pressure garden hose wash is OK - just no pressure washing. I treat mine annually here in PA salt belt.

I did the exact same thing to my Subaru in the fall. Pulling out all the plugs, fender liners, splash shields, and such was my thinking too and I'm glad I did! There's an insane amount of areas where the car can rust out from. Simply coating surfaces doesn't do much when the rust starts from inside, I learned that on my 08 accord haha. Great video.

I loved your data, great stuff

Solid video! Last year I took up the task to fight the good fight of WI brine and chose CRC 06026 on my new F150s frame. And would highly recommend using on new trucks if you have customers that prefer a clean finish. One thing to add- stay away from coating GM 1500 and up frames as they continue to coat with wax from the factory (even though their coating will prematurely fail after 1 year anyways). Fluid film and all lanolin based products will penetrate the wax causing the factory wax to sloth off exposing more bare metal. Keep up the good work.

Brand new lol we have been using fluid film on the farm for years on parts that sit for the season inside air seeders compartments had to give you hard time good video

Great video, I ordered the product and gun to do my new Bronco Wildtrak. Thank You!!!

F150 looks awesome for 4 winters. I do my vehicles but buy cans. I may need to up my game as many family members could benefit from using a coat of fluid film. Much faster for sure. Never though of taking wheel liners out. My new 22 Corolla will need to get that done. I'm in Northeast NYS bad winters too.

Aeesome stuff. Thanks for the info!

If I only had a lift! I used jack stands inside my narrow garage. It was a pain in the ass. Did not remove the tires or wheel well liners. But I did remove the skid plates and dust covers inside the front wheel wells. Im pretty sure I dont have to worry about it. Brand new '23 Toyota Tacoma.

Excellent video.

Awesome video! I didn't think about removing the whole inner fender liners to apply but that helps a lot. If you get a customer vehicle in that's about the same age, 4-5 years and wasn't treated yet, would be a good comparison video for how the treatment helps in your particular area in comparison to no treatment. 👍👍

Wife’s spoon got me in a lot of trouble. I prep the 5 gallon fluid film with a paint mixing drill bit / drill. I hold a heat gun against the surface while I’m mixing until it liquifies.

With the cost of new vehicles manufactures could do a LOT more to prevent corrosion.

Appreciate the video !

WOW seeing these trucks on a lift with the liners removed. That sucker would be rotted in a couple of years. Great job!!! Fluid film the world !!!

I live in NW Illinois and drive a 2014 Jeep JKUR Rubicon. I FF it every fall and it still looks good underneath..

Hi from central part of Norway! (Your name suggests Scandinavian heritage) We know all about salt and brine on our roads, a good undercoat is essential here, and on your roads also, I understand

Building a garage and equipping it with a hoist seems like a great investment!

Great video. I wish more people that live in high salt areas would be more aware of this.

Great video! God Bless!

thank you for your video and advice

a cheap amazon hand pump for the bucket makes filling the gun very easy. also using a pressurized cup gun or even better an airless paint sprayer works better than the cheap suction type guns. the Rodac gun is half the price of the Fluid Film gun and is pressurized and has wands. used airless paint sprayers can be found pretty cheap at yard sales and dont require an air compressor and can take a 1 or 5 gallon pail

Get a pump for your 5 gallon pale. I buy it by the 55gal and use a pump on the drum. Fills the container with 2 pumps.

I used AMSOIL Heavy Duty Metal Protector on my Tacoma. First coat went on when the truck was new, the second coat went on at 3 years. After 9 Ohio winters I traded the truck in with no rust anywhere on or under it. The underside was not dirty or oily and I sprayed the bottom of the truck at every cleaning. I know FF works, but it needs applied every year and it will wash off.

Did this to my 2019 Ram . First gravel road I drove had a rusty looking cloud of dust. Looked like the whole under body was rusted. Rusty tint is now gone.. I also spray black paint over the fluid film in the wheel wells. Looks better.

Wish I knew about this stuff long ago. I'm your neighbor have the same issues in MN. I used Blaster surface shield last year on my 22 Tacoma and like in your vid you can see where you missed. Both products will make your vehicle last until your engine or trany fail! With out it you know rotted out frame by 7-8 years.

Great video, maybe next time show using the tubes on the spray gun? I do this to all of my vehicles as well, never thought about pulling the wheel well liners, I will be doing that. Thanks!!!!

peanut oil goes on the exhaust. Get the exhaust hot and It bakes right on leaving a coating. It will look stained though. But better than rust.

Awesome I had mine done by Krown oil Not sure if they went to those lengths but hopefully they sprayed it good on my 2021 Buick Enclave. I live in Michigan

I do this same thing with my hondas living in Michigan but I have to crawl under them and that becomes a pain but it's sure does work.

Ive been spraying fluid film for a few years on a older plow dump truck trying to save it from the salt.if it isnt washed off in the spring it mixes with the fluid film and makes a corrosive paste that isnt effective for the next winter. In years past we would use used transmission oil on our beach fishing rigs to protect them from the salt along the beaches and ocean spray.

This is beneficial as long as the place where you take it knows what they are doing, otherwise the brand new vehicles with the sensors can get messed up from this stuff.

Nice video fyi I use a a pancake it works fine but I don’t have a lift so it has more time to keep up. They have a 360 wand for the aerosol cans and I find it easier in the doors.

fluid film really atomizes good can see those clouds of it in video. I could maybe use face shield like you guys have also disposable beanies.

You should do a video of gown it holds up after a wash? When the roads get salted I have ocd and need to get that washed off

It’s nuts how cheaply made are those trucks. Great video.

I use fluid film.. drive down highway at 60 mph in rain... film is gone from spray areas. I now use cosmoline on open areas first, when it dries, I use fluid film for all the nooks and crannies. I have a 3 foot flexible wand with 4 way nozzle to get inside holes.

Just sprayed my F250 this past weekend. Just wish it didn't smell so bad even days later 😅.

Thanks bud !

Also old auto trans fluid with 10% acetone is good to put inside the doors

Impressive!

I used FF for years but switched to wool wax. It's made by FF and it's basically the same stuff but thicker and doesn't smell as much. You can also get it in black.

On the fence on doing my 4Runner after reading that this stuff is hard on rubber bushings, boots, and electrical connections. Looks good, though.

Sir, just an AWESOME VIDEO on protect a vehicle from salt and that nasty brine, GREAT JOB!!!

Nice work. So where should I bring my car for FF. I’m ready;)

If you're cheap like me, you can do what my grandfather used to get paid to do way back in the day, and spray used motor oil underneath. Stinks like hell, kind of messy to apply, but I kept an '07 Silverado 1500 alive with it until I sold it this year. Automakers will continue to cheap out on metals, so you've got to do something if you don't have a big money tree growing in your back yard, dropping $100 bills everywhere in piles. I've noticed that newer vehicles (Late 90's and up) keep the paint looking good for a lot longer than the older stuff (80's and back)... BUT, the stuff that counts - the FRAME, and suspension - rots away 10x faster than the older stuff ever did. I'm certain 2023 models don't stand a chance!

Great video. How long after you completed a vehicle were you able to drive? Also how much trouble do you think it would be if you had to do the complete vehicle with the spray cans ? Again Thanks, Steve

I have a 2016 Chevy Silverado that I fluid filmed the same week I purchased it new from Holz Chevrolet in Wisconsin. When I went in for my first oil change they told me my vehicle was now void of any warranty protection. 7 years later now still no rust and no warranty so I'm glad I did it but for years worried about not any factory warranty.

Another spot to get is the bottom of the doors. Spray inside the doors using the door drains.

spray those running board brackets heavily. all the salt saturated snow builds up right behind the front wheels and hangs there and really beats them up..

Awesome

You can use pb over rust and it still protects

I think I'm going to be doing this to my car for the first time ever this year. I'm not sure what the best way of jacking it up so I can get underneath properly is going to be though. It looks like it's going to be very tricky for someone to do at home.

To late for me....had to replace the front and rear subframe (and associated parts) on my 2010 Legacy. That at 110,000 miles after commuting 30 miles into Boston for about 10 years.

Great video .how much does it take to do a sub compact car .does the fluid film coat shelves and other things in your work shop

I live in southern Wisconsin. How does on hire you to treat a vehicle? Business page? Great video. Thanks!

I do like it , But when you have to do any work on the underside it's messy. Because I did a lot of lifts on trucks and when I seen it's been done I know itts going to be a long messy day .

Think there's any benefit to every few years doing a powerwash down and re-applying fresh? Obviously just recoating is easiest, but wonder if there are any disadvantages to recoating over and over the grime that collects.

Buy this man a dictionary. It is a nice video.

My dad use to do this to all his plowing equipment and when he retired, he left me some of the fluid film tools, what are you changing to do a job like this? I might get me a pal and do some other peoples cars too... Just curious.... TIA!

Thanks for the video. What if you vehicle already has some crustation? will this stop of slow this?

Where in Wisconsin are your? How much for a 2023 Rav 4. Thanks for the great video. Mike

Question about the application: I'm an Automotive detailer in the northeast and considering offering this type of service. And one thing I worry is the paint when installing this. Are you not worried about this stuff getting on the paint with it being an aerosol and leaving imperfections and if it does happen is it easy to compound out and polish. Would love some feedback. I understand you can put a cover on top to avoid all of this. But for my own sanity, I would like to know. Thanks In advance.

Doesn't cavity wax do the same thing ? It's also sticky and remains on the vehicle for a long time. Is it a good idea to do the underbody with the wax ?

What is the product ..... Thanks . Good job !

Is all of your driving on paved roads? I live on a gravel road and the dust gets stuck everywhere underneath the vehicle. I find I have to power wash before going for my undercoating.

Does this stuff freezes in bitterly cold? If it does then spraying on suspension plastic boot must be a big no.

I’ve heard great things about FF, but I’ve also heard it swells up rubber bushings and destroys them. Thoughts?