Fluid Film

[Midniteoyl]

All I know is I have never, not once, seen or heard of or used 'Fluid Film' or anything like it while in the Navy..

 

[IslandTractor]

by volume
3 lanolin
2 white mineral oil
7 mineral spirits

used to be on the msds till the new company bought Fluid Film

This would be dirt cheap to make if it just requires pouring and mixing and I can get all the ingredients from local grocery and my garage. A pint would cost about $10 or less mostly for lanolin. Has anyone tried it?

I'd like to paint it on my PTO takeoff and on hydraulic cylinder chrome for winter storage in a coastal environment.

 

[k0ua]

And also - for you dedicated users - how does it compare it to WD40?

They are quite different. WD is good for spraying on wet tools to displace water, pretty good for cleaning tar or goo off of something. It makes a very lousy lube, because it goes away quickly. Fluid film is more like a sprayable lightweight grease, a "fluid film" if you will that stays put and protects from corrosion and provides constant lubrication. They biggest thing they have in common is they both come in an aerosol can or other types of containers.. in other words, not much in common.

 

[IslandTractor]

They are quite different. WD is good for spraying on wet tools to displace water, pretty good for cleaning tar or goo off of something. It makes a very lousy lube, because it goes away quickly. Fluid film is more like a sprayable lightweight grease, a "fluid film" if you will that stays put and protects from corrosion and provides constant lubrication. They biggest thing they have in common is they both come in an aerosol can or other types of containers.. in other words, not much in common.

I've been reading this morning about the marine use of fluid film (really about lanolin, mineral oil and mineral spirits). I don't know that it is much of a lubricant. The mineral oil and lanolin obviously are "oily" but neither is typically used in grease lubrication settings. They are a very light weight lubricant and are used I believe for guns etc but not for machinery. However, it appears that the main purpose of those ingredients is to get the lanolin onto the metal surface where it is stable and displaces water so rust cannot occur. They spray this stuff into marine fuel tanks (before adding fuel) and other such applications where the idea is mostly to protect the metal against corrosion rather than wear. I suspect it doesn't displace water as effectively as WD40 but it does persist longer so has a different use profile but lubrication really isn't a prime use except with delicate machinery.

 

[murphy1244]

IT Try Chesterton 775 its what we used in Industry to ship machines

 

[drjay9051]

Gotta try this stuff. Just ordered off Ebay . $8.00 a can.

 

[IslandTractor]

IT Try Chesterton 775 its what we used in Industry to ship machines

I can find it on Google but not for sale even on line. Must be only available in industrial quantities.

 

[user.69169]

This would be dirt cheap to make if it just requires pouring and mixing and I can get all the ingredients from local grocery and my garage. A pint would cost about $10 or less mostly for lanolin. Has anyone tried it?

I'd like to paint it on my PTO takeoff and on hydraulic cylinder chrome for winter storage in a coastal environment.

I can think of about 15 people doing it off top of my head, and I taught 12 of them.

Only thing better is Ol (removed)'s Super Sauce that gets thicker when it gets hotter. I ain't giving that recipe away though.

You right about lanolin not being a high pressure grease, but we ain't talking about bearing lube here, we talking about rust & corrosion. I ain't ever seen a rusty sheep.

BTW, if you mix your own or buy Fluid Film or Boeshield in a can you gotta shake heck out of it cause the lanolin falls to the bottom, and the lanolin is the part you need. If you buy it in barrels you get an inco or so of lanolin in the bottom when the liquid is gone. Throw a couple gallon of mineral spirits in there and you can use it up.

 

[PhysAssist]

I'm hooked.

Unfortunately the first link I clicked Fluid Film Rust Protection took me to their home page.

Now how do I justify the 55 gallon drum for $1495?

That drum would look SO good in my workshop!

Even this usage
wouldn't use it up.

Hi Newbury,

Does $0.21/ounce vs. $0.23/ounce for the 5 gallon pail, $0.46/ oz. for the 1 gallon pail, and something between $.80 and $1.??/oz. for the aerosol make you more likely to buy it?

For me, the 5 gallon pail sounds like a better compromise to expending a grand and a half for more than I'll likely ever use.

I went to the Kellsport Mfg website after googling it, and somewhere found a link to give them my email in return for them sending me discount coupons, but when I tried to get back to it, I couldn't find it again.

They also list several different formulations and as someone else said before, they really sell it as a corrosion resistant coating rather than strictly as a lube product.

Happy and safe tractoring,
Thomas

 

[newbury]

If the math is right it's $6.65 a can when you buy twelve on fleebay.

Fluid Film Corrosion Protection 11 75oz Aerosol 12 Pack | eBay

Hi Newbury,

Does $0.21/ounce vs. $0.23/ounce for the 5 gallon pail, $0.46/ oz. for the 1 gallon pail, and something between $.80 and $1.??/oz. for the aerosol make you more likely to buy it?

For me, the 5 gallon pail sounds like a better compromise to expending a grand and a half for more than I'll likely ever use.

I went to the Kellsport Mfg website after googling it, and somewhere found a link to give them my email in return for them sending me discount coupons, but when I tried to get back to it, I couldn't find it again.

They also list several different formulations and as someone else said before, they really sell it as a corrosion resistant coating rather than strictly as a lube product.

Happy and safe tractoring,
Thomas

Well after getting back down to Mississippi and seeing the vast amount of equipment being left out by others to rust I settled on getting a case on ebay for about $0.58/oz. Plus for my intended application I really need the aerosol.

I still think that drum would look great in my workshop

/edit - That was at about $6.60/can

 

[Daver1963]

NAPA stores have spray Fluid Film at around $9. Stihl stores usually have it around $12.

To my surprise, my local rather small Tractor Supply does NOT carry Fluid Film.

Don't know if it has been posted yet, but my brother-in-law who works at O'Reillys says they have it @ $10/can.