I’ve got to think that there are better solutions that don’t require contaminating waterways or groundwater.
- Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On Sep 12, 2019, at 10:14 AM, Michael Mike via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > It is actually more than oil. There are really good rust inhibitors in the > chemistry. The fluid goes on the consistency of gear oil and congeals in 24 > hours. It is always ‘wet’. Here in NE a coating/respray runs $175. You can by > the product in line and apply it yourself. One gallon is enough to coat 2 > full size trucks. > > I will tell you in my younger days I used 50/50 mix of used gear and engine > oil. A word of caution as this is flammable if you use it on an ICE. This is > much cheaper, has to be reapplied every 6 mos, and smells all the time. Fluid > film smells for 24 hours during the cure period. The oil mix above kept my > dads 1974 C10 from rusting for over 18 years...a huge accomplishment in the > northeast. > > Fluid film is as good or better. > > > Sent from my iPhone > >>> On Sep 12, 2019, at 12:39 PM, EVDL Administrator via EV <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> On 12 Sep 2019 at 8:41, Michael Mike via EV wrote: >>> >>> I use fluid film on all my vehicles. >> >> Is that a 20 dollar name for oil spray, by any chance? >> >> I used to have my ICEVs oil sprayed 40+ years ago. I wouldn't do it today, >> nor would I do it to an EV. Old cars tended to have more steel and less >> plastic. Today's vehicles, especially EVs (for weight saving) have many >> more petroleum-based parts. >> >> Also, bak then I didn't think much about the oil that dripped from the cars >> after spraying -- so many cars leaked fluids anyway -- but I'd be more >> concerned now. >> >> David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA >> EVDL Administrator >> >> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = >> EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ >> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = >> Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not >> reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my >> email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . >> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html >> INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >> Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) >> > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
