Oil & Fuel Fluid Film

[number9L]

WOW, there should be a sticky about this stuff!

Ran across mention of Fluid Film here and found Lowes carries it. Picked up 2 cans and used it on everything that doesn't have a grease zerk on my tractor. 3pt lift arms, HF QH levers and linkage, seat rails and suspension, every linkage joint under the tractor, etc. this stuff ROCKS! Everything it's applied to works as smooth as ice on glass. The controls on my tractor have never worked as smooth and slick.

I've used other lubricants - WD40 (sucky lube actually), liquid wrench, PB Blaster, etc but nothing comes close to Fluid Film.

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[FatTire]

Yeah, FF is definitely one of those things that you always want to have available once you try it. I coat the inside of my snowblower chute. It uses a quite a bit, but if it saves one or two major blockages its worth it.

 

[sixdogs]

There have been lots of FF comments and I think there are a few threads on it. FF is definitely great stuff. For me, I use it where I don't want things to rust. I use regular JD spray lube on basic tractor and implement lube stuff but anything with FF on it is not going to rust. My fertilizer items get cleaned after use, sprayed with FF and 15 years later look almost unused.

 

[k0ua]

Yep, good stuff. I have been hooked on it since I requested a trial can. They sent me a small can of it, and soon I was buying more.

 

[gwdixon]

Be sure to shake the can well. The chemical composition of FF makes it thicken when it sits. (There is a special chemical name for it but I can't remember!) Once shaken, FF returns to normal consistency.

My preference is to buy it in gallon cans for a considerable per/oz savings. Then use an squirt oil can to dispense it. It is a bit too thick for a water squirt bottle.

FF can be thinned with motor oil, which I have done before with 0-20W. But it attracts more dust and dirt.

The bright face of a plow was sprayed with FF in the fall and next spring it was still rust-free. I also coat any hydraulic cylinder's bright shafts when they won't be used for a while. On a backhoe, there is no way to retract all of the cylinders.

 

[EddieWalker]

I bought some a few years ago after reading about it o here too, and love it. I no longer buy WD40, but I always have a can of Fluid Film in my truck and in my shop. The smell is very unique!!!!

 

[Krookz]

Yep that stuff is great. I originally got it for rust/corrosion resistance but it always left a mess. I still use it on everything else but for rust this concoction is the stuff: Easy DIY Rusproofing | Mechanical /Maintenance Forum | Bob Is The Oil Guy

 

[Ford850]

A little goes a long way. It will creep for months, covering a larger area. I sprayed the inside of my truck doors, and it continued to creep outside and around the doors painted surface for over a year. I would wash it off, and within a couple months it would be back, slowly moving up the outside of the doors. So I know it's coating the inside of the doors. Good stuff!
I use it on my water hydrant by my barn. Spray a little on the handle hinge area, and on the vertical rod, then open the hydrant and repeat. Works smooth as silk and lasts many months.

 

[Ivan49]

Does fluid film dry and does dust and dirt stick to it

 

[aeblank]

It will creep for months, covering a larger area. I sprayed the inside of my truck doors, and it continued to creep outside and around the doors painted surface for over a year.

That's awesome to know. I got a "new" truck a couple months ago and am planning on doing it up with FF this fall. Not sure if I should just use cans (at $10 each) or invest in some underbody sprayers and gallon jugs or what exactly. Starting with the cans.

So far, I sprayed at the clamp-on wheel weights hoping it would weep under and not corrode the aluminum wheels. I mostly wanted to see what FF was like....

 

[Krookz]

It sticks to it. look at my post above

 

[bcp]

A little goes a long way. It will creep for months, covering a larger area.

I carefully put about a drop on an AL screen door hinge. Several months later there is about a 20 inch long, 2 in wide area that looks like it had been sprayed with FF.

Bruce

 

[LarJea]

Besides using it on implements prior to storing. I use it to undercoat my Jeep in the winter.

 

[Ford850]

That's awesome to know. I got a "new" truck a couple months ago and am planning on doing it up with FF this fall. Not sure if I should just use cans (at $10 each) or invest in some underbody sprayers and gallon jugs or what exactly. Starting with the cans.

So far, I sprayed at the clamp-on wheel weights hoping it would weep under and not corrode the aluminum wheels. I mostly wanted to see what FF was like....

I've used just the cans, and also bought the spray kit and bulk fluid for spraying my truck. After using both, I think you get more bang for the buck and much less time to apply using just the cans. But that's mainly due to the ease of spraying doors, tailgate, edges, seams, and even rocker panel areas with just the can and straw. Those are all relatively easy to do with the cans. It's a lot of time and work to spray under the truck, frame and all, and in the end those areas get washed or worn off fast anyway. Plus the main areas you care about preventing rust are what I listed above, which you can get to with cans.
Someone warned me on here a couple years ago, that FF can damage rubber. They were right. If FF is over applied, like where it runs down inside the doors, it will swell, distort, and destroy any rubber plugs along the bottom of doors. So take if it easy when applying around rubber.

 

[aeblank]

So take if it easy when applying around rubber.

Thanks. I'm hoping 4shorts does a video on it before winter. He's got a pristine '93 chevy. I had a 95 (recently traded) that was good compared to what else is around here, but huge portions were going to disappear over a heavy bump.

 

[Ivan49]

Does it do anything to plastic parts

 

[JRobyn]

The active ingredient is ..... LANOLIN! Yup, sheep grease. It is terrific for dried out, cracked skin! It does "dry out", but VERY slowly, and once the liquid solvent/carrier in it evaporates, dust and dirt stick to it very little. That's why it is ideal for PTO splines. Or anywhere else you want a "dry" lubricant. The lanolin is semi-solid at room temp, which is why it requires a lot of can shaking to work right.

For the rubber door seals, etc. on your vehicle, better to use "Sil-Glyde" silicone grease from NAPA. You can get a big tube (like 8oz) that is a lifetime supply for <$10.

 

[Ford850]

Does it do anything to plastic parts

I haven't had any issues with plastic or paint. It will actually make paint look better, sort of rejuvenating it I suppose. I really haven't had any issues with rubber parts, as long as I wipe off the excess. But certain rubber formulas must be more susceptible. Those rubber plugs I mentioned above swelled to 1 1/2 times their normal size., but they were bathed in FF.

 

[super55]

I use fluid film quite a bit as well mostly for undercoating my vehicles for the winter. It does work well. One thing about it is that when you use the sprayer attachment they have you have to run it at about 80 psi it order to get the siphon strong enough to suck that stuff up.

Works great as an overall lubricant but for a penetrating oil for breaking loose rusted bolts I haven't anything better than PB blaster.

 

[gsganzer]

Works great as an overall lubricant but for a penetrating oil for breaking loose rusted bolts I haven't anything better than PB blaster.

For penetrating I use Kroil. The most awesome smelling stuff ever invented. (Although Shooters Choice FP10 gun lube is right up there too!)

If women ever swapped to either of those, in place of their fancy perfumes, the male race would never stand a chance.