Fluid film is a lubricant. It is grease with lanolin petroleum Distillates and calcium sulfonate that never dries. There are formulations that have a resin added where it dries to a soft film. It was in the video which I call inner panel protector.
I use this on my daily drivers. Applied yearly or some have it done every 2nd year. We have all the usual corrosive stuff on the roads. But the fact its so cold here it seems help slow down rust. Its sloppy at beginnning and end of winter. But roads are often dry and frozen and cars can actually stay clean during those times. I use Krown and the biggest mud flaps available. https://www.krown.com/en/
Read this thread and in particular the guy with 61 Poncho in Winnipeg Canada. https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/winter-beaters-daily-drivers.964275/page-2
In Southern Ontario and the Montreal Quebec areas, weather near same as yours. Krown rust control really helps to keep corrosion from.inner panels out. You are correct its not rusting outside in, but inside out. Once a year applications for just over 100 bucks. Sprays into all inner panels and complete under carriage. Makes a huge difference in rust belt vehicles..
Another reason to love Western Sodak! While they do use mag water and calcium chloride on our streets our dry climate wins out overall. My daily ranger lasted me 14 years and almost 300K, with sevral trips to Bonneville with no rust issues save for where I had a bedside replaced, they didnt treat the seam area at the front. I have no fear taking the old cars out in the winter. My old 54 got driven year round even.
Yes and Manitoba is super cold and dry in winter so cars font rust as bad as out east or further south. Most vehicles even 10 years old aint very rusty up here. The last 20 years it seems a lot of vehicles dont rust like those early 70s GMs...
On my daily drivers I use a pumping oil can ( old fashioned oil can) to pump atf in the drain holes in the bottom of the doors. Park on cardboard and shoot the atf up hill and let it run down hill. My old Tahoe was 18 years old with no rust in the doors.
Never saw any concern about the environmental impact, but in the Midwest the amount of salt and brine they put on the roads every winter is absolutely mind boggling. I actually feel bad for the fish, frogs and whatever...can’t understand how they survive...yet never a peep about it from the tree huggers. For sure stainless brake line should be mandated...except the legislators don’t even know what a brake line is! Always have a winter beater to drive when the winter roads are even damp!
The **** they put on the roads is probably not good for hoofs. Lloyd's blacksmithing&Ferrier and Saddle Cabs
Yup and again up here they use the salt or calcium but mixed with sand. Roads and cars up here are never white with sodium as Ive seen in the Toronto area. In North Dakota I think they only use sand and no salt products. With the exception of the beginning or at spring melt down roads are dry and snow cover on side roads are frozen. You can honestly wash your car and drive all over when its cold sub zero and cars stay pretty clean. Its those areas with high humidity, temps near freezing mark wjere its slushy wet and salty that wreaks most havoc. I hate winter up here but it aint sloppy fir most part. You know 10 below f, no wind and dry feels more comfortable than 25 degrees with wet snow and wind sometimes.
Just a curiosity question for yah. I have a 5 year old Ram daily, bot a spec of corrosion other than some rock chips on rockers no corrosion holes whatsoever. How would this vehicle stand up to corrosion in your locale?
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