What to put on new frame

My truck is going in to get a new frame next week, we usually only have a few snows a yr if that. And means that I work 3 Miles from home the truck doesn’t get drove much and when it snows I’ve always kept it washed off as well as underneath. I’ve read on here about new trucks having surface rust on the frames on the welds. My question is when I get the truck back, what’s the best thing to do to it? I’ve always kept my first gen coated in fluid film , my only complaint with it is that everything sticks to it. But what is gonna be best to do to the new frame?

 

woolwax, similar to fluid film, can be had in black and doesnt stink, a penetrating/weeping type coating is still your best bet for protection

 

Well, ideally you would have got your hands on the new frame prior to installation and brought it to be galvanized. You would never have to worry about it again.

 

Where are you located? If there is a Rust Check or Krown near you, i would get it oil sprayed yearly. After the winter, use your powerwasher to spray it all off.

 

I’ll definitely look into it! If the military uses it it must be some pretty good stuff..

I’m in ky, it hasn’t even snowed in my area yet this yr but maybe a dusting.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/rust-prevention-treatment-consolidation-thread.355928/

 

I live in the NE. I have done FF from day one of owning my 2015. I invested in a pancake compressor and undercoating gun. I apply every fall and it’s been rust free. I buy it buy the gallon and a gallon will last 3 yrs.
I lower the spare tire and get that area good also. My next gallon will be wool wax.

 

Do you have any experience with Woolwax? I applied FF for the first time about 1-2 months ago thinking that in applying in the Fall I would be good for the Winter, but it's mostly gone already. No car washes or anything, I'd say it's about 75% gone from road spray alone already. I don't understand how people are cleaning salt from their FF coated frames without spraying the FF off with it. Anyway, I'm thinking about Woolwax instead cuz it seems more durable...

 

As one who's spent the last forty years in polymer science and coatings R&D, I thought the Canadian Defense report was a little light on the materials science part. The materials tested were a little haphazard in how they were selected, generic descriptions of the "soft" coatings weren't provided in any detail, and the results seemed not be be part of a consistent overall experimental design. That last part is understandable, I guess, as it's a review paper. But not clearly explaining exactly what were the various "flowable" corrosion resistant coatings made the report less useful than I'd originally hoped.

Perhaps some of the references in the fairly complete citations are worth checking out -- I'll follow up on some of those.

PS: The discussion of the non "soft" coatings was pretty interesting, and brought out some technology I'd not been aware of before.

 

The replies here have it covered well.
Based on the title, I thought "the body" .....but I'm into the egg nog tonight...