For all you guys in the rust belt. Before the salt flies get some Rustcheck for the under body of you Roo!! This oil/wax coating in a can makes me feel much better with my Mom's '03 GT sedan going into the New York winter. Only problem is only our Canadian friends have the stuff. I think the Big Three do not want us to have it down here in the states. I just get it on my trips up to Canada.

I've posted in the past on my experience with RustCheck. I've been using them since the late 80's. I have them do the full spray application once a year. (Very similar to Krown or others in application.) The product DOES work. My 14 yo Civic was virtually rust free.

 

Last I checked, they had a few application centers around Detroit and Buffalo, but that was it for the States. A Canadian developed product and franchise.

 

Commuter

I just did my '95 SAAB 9000 Aero and my Girl's '99 Civic EX sedan AND my Mom's '03 GT sedan with only six cans! Not hard to apply it yourself!! I am just looking for a place us Americans can get is SHIPPED to us from?

I am interested.I have an '02 Jetta and VW puts beeswax in the doors for sound deadening.Is it similar to that?

There site shows Kmart USA has/does it.

I am interested.I have an '02 Jetta and VW puts beeswax in the doors for sound deadening.Is it similar to that?

 

I guess so, but if you read there web site it is a enviromentaly friendly mineral oil based product like is in cosmetics! It SEEPS into welds and crevaces better than wax to protect it.

 

There are two forms the Rust check is for interior panels etc. The Coat & protect is for exsposed suspension and fram parts that are not under coated. A-arms, subframe, frame rails, etc.

I'll have to dig up my old posts and repost them.

 

Rust Check is a light oil, doped up with different stuff.

 

Yes, you can buy the exact same product in a spray can. It's good for a variety of things. I tend to use it almost like WD40. They have a few varieties too. One is thicker, meant for winter storage of farm implements, stuff like that. They use to have a specific underbody product as well that looked like black vaseline. I don't know if it is still around.

 

When done by a shop, it is sprayed into the body panels under pressure. The oil atomizes into a mist. They use wands thru small holes drilled into various areas. The mist goes everywhere. It creeps into all the seams etc. One can see the effect weeks and even months later, as you will collect a dust band around the edges of doors, door handles, hood edges, trunk lip, etc as the oil creeps and makes its way even to the exterior of the car.

 

I'm not sure that one could get such good coverage of the product with just spray cans. But, certainly better than nothing.

 

Commuter

What's it cost?

What's it cost?

 

$7-8 Canadian Dollars a can for either product at Canadian Tire. SOOO $5-6 US dollars a can!!

It is good stuff if you do not already have rust.

 

Once rust starts, NOTHING will stop it. Slow it down, yes, but not stop it.

 

Living in Buffalo has made me understand that salt=the devil.

 

My grandfather used to take used motor oil and spray the underside of EVERY car he owned before winter. It dripped, stunk, and was a mess, but his cars NEVER rusted. Too nad the EPA probably would fine you you firstborn nowadays.....

Yes spraying oil as a under coasting IS bad for teh enviroment and Motorcycle riders like me when I hit the oil slicks after they rise to teh surface during the first rain!!

 

 

That is why Rustcheck is so good it, slows rust, does not drip as much and it's not bad on enviroment!!

Yes spraying oil as a under coasting IS bad for teh enviroment and Motorcycle riders like me when I hit the oil slicks after they rise to teh surface during the first rain!!

 

 

That is why Rustcheck is so good it, slows rust, does not drip as much and it's not bad on enviroment!!

But 90% of roads are made from oil...And I'll bet one blown transmission on a city bus spews more oil than my sprayed car does. FWIW, you want a fog..not a 1/4 inch thick coating. It usually drips for about an hour, In my driveway.

But 90% of roads are made from oil...And I'll bet one blown transmission on a city bus spews more oil than my sprayed car does. FWIW, you want a fog..not a 1/4 inch thick coating. It usually drips for about an hour, In my driveway.

 

True that is why NEW pavement before the oil have a chance to evaporate off is the SLICKEST THING IN THE WORLD WHEN IT HAS A FINE MIST ON IT!! Ditto on the bus, #2 fuel oil also sucks!! But the Rustcheck Coat and Protect is not really a oil it's more like a wax / petroleum gelly combo.

My wife's 00 OBW has a bit of rust on the underside... more than I'd feel comfortable with for a five/six year old car. I don't have the time this fall, but next spring I figure I'm gonna take a couple days off, knock off as much crud & rust as I can with a good wire brush/power drill w/ wire disk, then slap a bunch of POR-15, dismantling & reassembling parts if need be. Ought to give me a good chance to take a look at the bushings, bolts, etc., and replace as required.

 

I'll look into this Rustcheck stuff, and see about applying it over the POR-15 instead of the typical rubberized undercoating that I was going to use. My '97 is just about rust-free... and if this stuff works, maybe I can keep it that way.

Yep head over to Canada and grab some, will help you head off the evil RUST! Rubberized undercoating can trap moisture and RUST under it!! Also the Rustcheck Coat & Protect is SELF healing and if nicked will fill in again!! undercoating will not.