Rustoleum spray on bed liner question

I wire brush and paint my welds. Then I use some cheap lubricating spray in all the sandwiched areas of the frame and the leaf springs. I also use the little red tube to spray up in the weep holes in the pinch seam in my rockers panels. I hose it up in there really well and let it drip back out on the gravel in my driveway.

 

if I'm reading this correctly... after 3 low mileage/garaged winters in salty NY, if I'm gonna get the frame back in to shape of my 03, cleaning up the frame/wire brushing as needed, spraying with regular rustoleum (not bed liner) and doing FF in the fall is as good a route as any?

 

Rustoleum is a brand name, it doesn’t mean that every product it makes prevents rust. The bed liner is not a rust preventer.

Do not spray this on your frame. It will defeat the purpose of the fluid film.

 

@PackCon copy that. A rust inhibitor spray would be fine, just not the rubberized “bed liner” types? I sprayed the engine compartment section when I rebuilt the radiator mount & D/S inner fender - has held up good over 3 years... but needs it again.

I’ve heard the FF treatment is about $100 here in upstate NY. TBH, it sounds like it’s nothing more than an used oil bath - luckily there are still “redneck” sections of NY, otherwise this would never fly here!

 

I’m not the person to ask about frame rust protection. I’ve never done it and as long as I have to pay for it I won’t do it. Toyota can buy my new frame or I’ll can the truck and go back to a Ford (and lucky us frame rust doesn’t impact value on these trucks lol). If I need rust prevention Toyota needs to foot the bill not me.

I would not spray any coating on a frame that isn’t brand new. All it does is hold in contaminants to the steel expiditing the rust process.
You have to completely clean the frame to do that.

Fluid film would be easier.

 

Found this thread online .... https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=266327

Midway down “garagewarrior” ran a test on multiple products. FF fared the best. Until reading this, didn’t know FF was an actual product. Also read and confirmed my suspisions that “oiling up” is nothing more than just dousing with used motor oil. Next step, hang a motor from the tree - call it art! Makes me think... could have a use for the used transfer & diff fluids, plus my must change every 1000 miles Honda Rebel oil.

 

Here’s FF’s Youtube video for the DYI-ers. Plenty of comments about not wearing any PPE. Their website now has a post NOT recommending airless sprayers, although comments from FF in the video suggest it is not an issue. Better atomization of FF & coverage from an air spray gun, as well as far less wasteage/overspray, is the rational.

I’m asking them what they recommend prior to FF treatment if one wanted to clean up/paint (aestetics) undercarriages... we’ll see what they say.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0lJDuCWFlA