Cleaning before spraying rustproofing

[Donald]

For people that spray their own vehicle with Fluid Film or CarWell or NH Coating how do you clean the vehicle prior to spraying more rustproofing?
One shop uses compressed air and a local guy that sprays for people he knows uses a pressure washer.

Dust or dirt tends to stick to the rustproofing. Don't want to remove the existing rustproofing just want to get the dust that is stuck to it off.

I was thinking garden hose. Not high pressure like pressure washer.

Also considering the NH Coatings salt remover product then a garden hose.

I am not pressed for time so I can use a garden hose than wait a day for it to dry then spray the rustproofing.

 

[Rand]

you dont need every spec of dirt off and you dont need the old goo either way.

I'd use one of those ryobi pressure washer brooms .. maybe some compressed air on a long nozzle or electric leaf blower to encourage it to dry.. wait a day and spray.
Garden hose with cold water will do absolutely nothing for the most part, but that was your point.

 

[bruckus]

I spray my vehicles with Woolwax. In the spring I just wash mine with a garden hose, or a underbody wash at the local car wash. I'm not trying to get everything off just dirt accumulations. The majority of Woolwax remains but I usually do a touch up before winter.

 

[HankHill]

I spray my vehicles with Woolwax. In the spring I just wash mine with a garden hose, or a underbody wash at the local car wash. I'm not trying to get everything off just dirt accumulations. The majority of Woolwax remains but I usually do a touch up before winter.

Agree with wool wax observations and method. My old wool was app basically last for two years before I saw any signs of bare metal.

 

[B1974]

I go to the wand wash and spray down my truck and then wait two days that the truck sits for and then Fluid Film it. I'm going to look into wool wax to see if I can get it here, sounds like it outlasts Fluid Film.

 

[bruckus]

I go to the wand wash and spray down my truck and then wait two days that the truck sits for and then Fluid Film it. I'm going to look into wool wax to see if I can get it here, sounds like it outlasts Fluid Film.

Great to deal with. Usually have discount codes around the holidays, several times a year.

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[MStarmer]

Watch Repair Geek on YouTube. He really has some great videos on the variety of products, fluid film, wool wax etc. Here's one to get you started.

 

[JTK]

The floor/body areas of my vehicles treated with woolwax wind up a greasy, dirty mess, but it stays put in areas that don't get road washed. It's not going to wash off unless you shoot it with brake cleaner. I'll deal with the greasy dirty mess any day over rust and seized fasteners.

 

[KGMtech]

The best RP products have an affinity for metal, so these will migrate to the metal regardless of what film exists on the metals surface. Will it go through 5mm of mud? it might if the muddy stuff stayed in place long enough for the RP to get to the metal, but I doubt this is going to happen.

Clean off the heavy dirt, and spray whatever you like. Sleep well

 

[bonjo]

What I did was first to inspect the underside of the car to see where the rust areas are.
I then sprayed the underside with snow foam product paying attention to areas with rust those that are difficult to rinse during a normal wash.

I use garden hose to rinse it all. After a drive and a day or two, I sprayed the rust prone areas with rust neutraliser (2 coats) and after a day's wait waxoyl underbody rust protection with added waxoyl.

You probably have a much better range and selection of products over there

 

[mattd]

I do a full pressure wash prior to coating with the truck on the lift, wheels off and wheel liners out.

 

[Donald]

I do a full pressure wash prior to coating with the truck on the lift, wheels off and wheel liners out.

What is left when you are done with the pressure wash? Bare.metal? Clean but a thinner layer of the rust prevention product?

 

[mattd]

It’s down to whatever paint they put on at the factory. The oil coating washes right off, but it’s collected a lot of dirt so I wash that mixture off and start fresh

 

[Rand]

dirt doesnt really hurt anything as long as the product is keeping the metal isolated from oxygen.
It does become a nasty mess but that is better than crust and rust.

A lift makes it way easier to do a good job.

 

[buck91]

I'll do a good garden hose nozzle spray especially focusing on some nooks and crannies that like to build up debris. On my F150 I also like to flush out the enclosed rocker panels a couple weeks before I re-fog them.

 

[Fordiesel69]

I use a wide spray garden hose and simple rinse the vehicle. Then several days later simply re-spray it.

I use krown first as a creep fluid usually in the summer months, I firmly beleive it travels and creeps more than any other fluid available, and then I top coat with fluid film as I feel it lasts longer in the winter.

Now with regard to the wool wax, I cant wait to try it. I still have fluid film left over and need to deplete it all first.

 

[slomo]

I use a deck and fence paint brush and slather my used engine oils on. Great way to recycle used oil. Also the cost is fairly attractive to undercoat an entire car (free).