Rust Prevention

[chorky]

So. What's everyone doing for rust prevention??

Its no surprise these trucks are costly. Add to it the aftermarket goodies we all do and they're a pretty penny. For those of us in the north (Montana for me) what are folks doing?

In the past for my other vehicles I have done the following using Eastwood products:

• Wash the frame and under body as good as possible
• let dry
• scrub any building rust with a wire wheel
• wipe down with Eastwood Paint Prep
• spray any bit of rust with Eastwood rust converter
  • 2 thin coats and one heavy coat letting each coat fully cure for 24 hours before applying the next
• spray with Eastwood rubberized rust encapsulator
  • its a thin paint style of under coating, rubbery so it flexes
  • 2 thin coats and one heavy coat letting the first 2 coats dry for 4 hours before re-applying and waiting 24 hours before applying the 3rd heavy coat
• also use Eastwood interior Frame coating (green stuff) in areas not accessible such as inside a boxed frame

Below is a picture of the result in my recently sold (to buy a Gladiator) F350. It worked very well... But I still had to care for it and re-apply every 2-3 years.


I am asking because I really want to protect and extend the life of the Gladiator. I likely will have the exterior wrapped just to help save the paint. As I am really hoping this will be a 20 year rig for me. But the garbage spray they use on the roads here destroys vehicles. I have already called nearly every body shop within 2 hours of me and none of them does undercoating anymore. Not sure why. Not even a 'custom' shop will do a coating of such. Also, it doesn't seem anybody has any of the northeast 'oil' products that I have seen floating around. Kinda strange seeing as how everyone knows the spray is terrible stuff. Maybe what I did for my old truck and TJ is what I will end up doing but hoping there might be a better more robust and longer term solution.

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[Mac]

Spray the frame and other undercarriage parts with Fluid Film, works well against preventing rust, is safe for rubber and plastic and is reasonably priced. They sell it in clear or black. I sprayed mine when it was new and touch it up every year.

 

[Forum Crawler]

Fluid Film

 

[NachoRuby]

Fluid film is what I use on my old VW. In the jeep, I've just been keeping it clean, and spraying over any chips in the frame coating with VHT. I don't want to fluid film it because then I need to work hard to degrease it before touching up

 

[Glad_he_ate]

Had z-Bart do mine. Take it back every summer. They chip off loose coating and reapply any bare spots. Used it on the last 3 trucks I’ve had. I know a lot of people think it hides and or speeds up rust/rot but I’ve never had a problem. I think many people just have it done the first time and don’t take it back for the upkeep. It also helps if you get it done asap when the vehicle has little to no miles on it. I also had the rust prevention spray done in all the body panels. They reapply that ever two years at no cost. It’s a waxy greasy stuff they spray inside all the doors rockers hood tailgate and bed. Then I had it ceramic coated along with all the trims. That has a 7 year warranty.

 

[Gvsukids]

Many threads about this...
https://www.jeepgladiatorforum.com/forum/threads/rustproofing.18389/
https://www.jeepgladiatorforum.com/forum/threads/rustproofing.2545/

I use the car wash.

 

[Mjolnir]

Fluid FIlm.

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[Maximus Gladius]

My post will give you 2 for the price of one.
My neighbour is from Afghanistan, he under coats his truck with diesel.

I picked up my JTR last February when it was snowing and lots of salt on the roads so I had the dealership undercoat it.

I then ordered “3M Cavity Wax Plus” with the spray wands and did inside the door panels and interior frame and any other panel hole I could get the wand into got a healthy dose of wax.

I then picked up CRC Marine Corrosion Inhibitor spray and hit everything else the dealership couldn’t undercoat. The underneath shows no signs of rust.

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