I'm in CT and just started doing my truck with woolwax black. Most paint stores have lids for 5 gallon buckets with a small screw capped spout. Waay faster and less mess than the spoon. A couple clean pieces of scrap steel left in bucket help stirring, just roll back & forth a couple times. Nice video and a great product!
Nice video Would’ve it been difficult to remove those plastic covers to spray underneath. I have this also and thought it would spray slightly heavier.
No, I remove them in spring and spray under there then put them back up, fall time I just leave them because the undercoating is protected. I spray my personal vehicles twice a year.
Being from Texas this amazes me. Its hot and dry here but we don't deal with the rust like you guys do up north. Question- is the rust caused by snow or the salt that's put on the roads. Probably a dumb question but I have been in Texas my whole life
Hopefully you took the plastic panels off and sprayed the floor panels etc too. Spraying inside of the unibody panels will also save some rust out in the future.
I believe I mentioned this in another comment, but yes I do. This is my wife’s car, it gets sprayed twice a year. The fall spray I take everything off, clean and spray, spring time I just spray what’s open and available
You didn't take off the black plastic pieces and do underneath there? Those things fill up with snow and salt and hold everything against the bottom of the floors...
Thanks for watching. In the spring I take them down, power wash there and undercoat. In the fall I don’t. If this vehicle were to get sprayed once a year it would need to be done.
I just undercoated my Tundra with Woolwax clear. As i was spraying it, i thought to myself... i wonder how my mechanic is going to like working on my truck? It will probably make bolts easier to remove but the mechanic is probably going to be pissed because of how messy it will be.
as someone who undercoats his own vehicles, and works on his own vehicles. I hate how messy I get, but I appreciate how it makes them rust free. It's a love hate.
I agree, either the mechanic is going to get rust particles falling all over his face and down his shirt, or get a little slimy undercoating on his arms, I would rather deal with the undercoating rather than the rust for sure. Thanks for posting this video.
Great video. I see that you have not removed the plastic underbody panels from your car...which is what I plan to do also and Just leave them in place. But, do you use a flexible wond to go through the existing holes on these panels and spray the parts behind the panels?
Great video. Did you use woolwax 360 ° wond to go through the existing holes on the underbody plastic covers and spray the parts behind the plastic over ?
Yes I use the 360 nozzle, that being said, cars with these plastic covers, I remove the plastic cover every other year and spray behind them with the regular gun. Since they are mostly protected from the elements, I find there’s no need to spray behind them yearly
How much time does this take you to complete, not counting the waiting period for the vehicle to dry after the pressure wash. Wash+prep+spray+cleanup=?
Wash on day 1, usually takes like 30-45 min, let it dry overnight, spraying a car usually takes like 60 min including set up. No real clean up afterward because I spray so many the stuff stays out and I do a big shop cleaning session at the end of the season.
Thanks for the video on the WOOLWAX black... However the car REALLY needed to fully dry for 24 hrs before applying this, plastic over the rotors, and i would NEVER EVER apply onto those knuckles/control arms with the wheels that close... WHEELS OFF! Other than that appreciate taking the time to do this
I need to do this to my 2008 Silverado. Shockingly, for being in Ohio my underside looks about like that car. I'm either extremely lucky and my constant washing helps, or my rust-free time is running out lol
@@EverythingElliott well, I do have an unlimited wash membership, so when the roads are dry I go 3+ times a week. I grew up in even saltier Michigan and never had frame or rocker rot, even on trusty old Buicks. I think manufacturers have just cheaped out over the years with how they prep the steel on newer cars
Any add-ons for the gun that can get into the small holes by doors? I know the can comes with a thin flexible hose but haven't seen one for small holes
Thanks makes sense. Have you tried the straw color? I'm on the fence now. On older SUVs with some rust, it seems hard to see if anything is leaking, I'm thinking with the straw it might be easier to see but haven't seen anyone explore these sort of topics on older cars/suvs.
@@chvydrptop I used the straw color when I first started, I didnt like the way it looked. In my experience when a vehicle is leaking oil from somewhere, you will see it even with the woolwax black as it will wear away the undercoating and be replaced with oil or other fluid.
They have a slim tube with multi direction spray tip for their aerosol cans. It works great for inaccessible areas. That's what I used for my doors. I went in from the drain holes at the bottom of the door. It's about the same size as the little red straw that comes with most spray cans.
Hi Elliot.....thanks for the video, it's comprehensive and informative. I didn't see any protective gear and that's none of my business.....but it makes me think there isn't a lot of over-spray. Is that the case ? My garage is pretty small and don't want to rust proof my tool boxes or motorbikes. Thanks again for the video.
Thanks for watching and glad you found it helpful. If I’m just spraying one car I usually don’t wear any protective gear, however there are days where I’ll spray 8-10 cars and I’ll wear a respirator. I always always wear the same clothes because it’s inevitable that you will bump into some spot that is already sprayed. As far as over spray it’s very minimal. I see it on my floor after a season of spraying (about 75 vehicles) but that cleans up easily with some commercial kitchen floor degreaser and a power washer.
@@EverythingElliott Thanks Elliot, for the reply. Sounds like it might be easy enough, even for me.......I do think a $10.00 Tyvek suit may be in order....Thanks again.
How does woolwax work with chevy waxed frame. If its wax does it remove the wax coating , could you spray right over the original coating. I have a 2017 silverado with some bare spots of rust and was thinking of just touch up.
on the newer GM products I spray that have any factory coating left, I spray right over it, but most cases they have none left or just some factory coating left. I take a small paint scraper and scrape all the loose stuff off and go over the entire thing with wool wax. You wont hurt anything by coating the entire underside.
@@EverythingElliott Agreed, I live in Nova Scotia and we get pelted with salt as well. so bad it kills vegetation close to roads. That being said I've been reading a lot of great stuff on Surface Shield. Check out @repairgeek he's got some great info on it.
Woolwax has held up well, I do it on all my vehicles, you’ll know it wear away faster in the high water areas, such as the wheel wells, and front side of the front suspension components. With VT you’re lucky, when it gets really cold they lay down sand. Here in NY they lay down salt brine.
@@EverythingElliott unfortunately they don’t use much sand anymore, unless it’s sub zero and it’s too cold to use the brine. That crap eats through everything, was the reason my last truck wouldn’t pass inspection. Had to replace the rockers and was only 8 years old.
@@rhyschnee3810 yeah its been a while since I moved away, so I guess things do change...you'll be very happy with the product. I've been using it on my vehicles for a while now.
The current building is 30’x40’ with 12’ walls. But if you’ve looked at any of my other videos you’ll see I’m actually in the middle of putting a 20’ addition on it to make it 30x60. The parent company is HBO Carports, they have a local branch near me.
I’ve only sprayed fluid film on my vehicles once due to the odor it produces. Fluid film and woolwax are very similar but woolwax doesn’t have nearly the smell fluid film does. Sorry I can’t exactly answer your comparison question.
Woolwax absolutely resists wash off better than Fluid Film. If you thoroughly mix and heat Woolwax it creeps well but IMO not as quickly or readily as Fluid Film. It's thixotropic, so aggressive mixing (like with a drill and stir extension) for a few minutes is key to making it flow well. That being said, if you thin the Woolwax slightly with vegetable oil it creeps equally to Fluid Film, but without the smell.
Put the container in a very warm area or microwave it. I hear my wax in a turkey fryer till it’s about 180 degrees. Sprays like kerosene from those cheap guns then. Night and day
On the compressor? I guess that all depends on how humid the air is in your environment. If your compressor generates a lot of condensation I would recommend it, if not, then I wouldn’t worry about it.
I'm in CT and just started doing my truck with woolwax black. Most paint stores have lids for 5 gallon buckets with a small screw capped spout. Waay faster and less mess than the spoon. A couple clean pieces of scrap steel left in bucket help stirring, just roll back & forth a couple times. Nice video and a great product!
That’s a huge tip! I recently bought a 5 gallon bucket pump but didn’t have a cap with a hole in it. I’ll go pick one of them up!
Bought a crock pot to heat this stuff up, total game changer. Sprays 100x better, I’ll never not use it now.
No doubt about that. I sit the 5 gallon pail infront of my heater in my shop till it’s real thin. Goes on like glass
Good stuff, sir. Woolwax is awesome. this is my first winter using it and its holding up great.
You’ll love it, I’ve been using it for 3 years now without issue.
Appreciate the video. Best one ive found with this product!
I’ve got a couple more on my channel if you want to see more
@ ill check them out, i bought a kit. How long does this take to cure? Do you think it can be driven the same day if the temps are low/wet?
@@kameronday7645 it can be driven the same day, I usually tell customers keep it out of the car was for 2 weeks
Great stuff. Here in Minnesota, if you want vehicles to last, it is must do! 😊
Same here, NYS is so salty in the winter
Thanks for the video - Very informative. Just did my truck!
Glad it helped! I do my truck in fall and spring, no such thing as too much rust prevention
Nice video Would’ve it been difficult to remove those plastic covers to spray underneath. I have this also and thought it would spray slightly heavier.
No, I remove them in spring and spray under there then put them back up, fall time I just leave them because the undercoating is protected. I spray my personal vehicles twice a year.
It can be setup to spray very heavy, it's all in the nozzle adjustment / air pressure combo.
Being from Texas this amazes me. Its hot and dry here but we don't deal with the rust like you guys do up north. Question- is the rust caused by snow or the salt that's put on the roads. Probably a dumb question but I have been in Texas my whole life
It’s caused by the salt, and salt brine they put down on the road to prevent ice
Hopefully you took the plastic panels off and sprayed the floor panels etc too. Spraying inside of the unibody panels will also save some rust out in the future.
I believe I mentioned this in another comment, but yes I do. This is my wife’s car, it gets sprayed twice a year. The fall spray I take everything off, clean and spray, spring time I just spray what’s open and available
You didn't take off the black plastic pieces and do underneath there?
Those things fill up with snow and salt and hold everything against the bottom of the floors...
Thanks for watching. In the spring I take them down, power wash there and undercoat. In the fall I don’t. If this vehicle were to get sprayed once a year it would need to be done.
I just undercoated my Tundra with Woolwax clear. As i was spraying it, i thought to myself... i wonder how my mechanic is going to like working on my truck? It will probably make bolts easier to remove but the mechanic is probably going to be pissed because of how messy it will be.
as someone who undercoats his own vehicles, and works on his own vehicles. I hate how messy I get, but I appreciate how it makes them rust free. It's a love hate.
I agree, either the mechanic is going to get rust particles falling all over his face and down his shirt, or get a little slimy undercoating on his arms, I would rather deal with the undercoating rather than the rust for sure.
Thanks for posting this video.
Great video. I see that you have not removed the plastic underbody panels from your car...which is what I plan to do also and Just leave them in place. But, do you use a flexible wond to go through the existing holes on these panels and spray the parts behind the panels?
I take the panels off every other year and spray under(or above, I guess?) since they don’t see as much weather, the coating stays on better!
Great video. Did you use woolwax 360 ° wond to go through the existing holes on the underbody plastic covers and spray the parts behind the plastic over ?
Yes I use the 360 nozzle, that being said, cars with these plastic covers, I remove the plastic cover every other year and spray behind them with the regular gun. Since they are mostly protected from the elements, I find there’s no need to spray behind them yearly
@@EverythingElliott Thank you so much.
Im still doing used motor oil because I have gallons of that stuff lying around. The downside is how it stains the driveway
Yeah the motor oil works great, but boy does it make a mess!
How much time does this take you to complete, not counting the waiting period for the vehicle to dry after the pressure wash. Wash+prep+spray+cleanup=?
Wash on day 1, usually takes like 30-45 min, let it dry overnight, spraying a car usually takes like 60 min including set up. No real clean up afterward because I spray so many the stuff stays out and I do a big shop cleaning session at the end of the season.
Thanks for the video on the WOOLWAX black... However the car REALLY needed to fully dry for 24 hrs before applying this, plastic over the rotors, and i would NEVER EVER apply onto those knuckles/control arms with the wheels that close... WHEELS OFF!
Other than that appreciate taking the time to do this
Thanks for watching and the advice!
I need to do this to my 2008 Silverado. Shockingly, for being in Ohio my underside looks about like that car. I'm either extremely lucky and my constant washing helps, or my rust-free time is running out lol
You must be playing with fire letting it go that long. Or just keep on going through the car wash daily during winter
@@EverythingElliott well, I do have an unlimited wash membership, so when the roads are dry I go 3+ times a week. I grew up in even saltier Michigan and never had frame or rocker rot, even on trusty old Buicks. I think manufacturers have just cheaped out over the years with how they prep the steel on newer cars
Any add-ons for the gun that can get into the small holes by doors? I know the can comes with a thin flexible hose but haven't seen one for small holes
If I can’t get the wand into the hole, I generally just hold the regular nozzle that’s on the gun in the hole and let it rip
Thanks makes sense. Have you tried the straw color? I'm on the fence now. On older SUVs with some rust, it seems hard to see if anything is leaking, I'm thinking with the straw it might be easier to see but haven't seen anyone explore these sort of topics on older cars/suvs.
@@chvydrptop I used the straw color when I first started, I didnt like the way it looked. In my experience when a vehicle is leaking oil from somewhere, you will see it even with the woolwax black as it will wear away the undercoating and be replaced with oil or other fluid.
They have a slim tube with multi direction spray tip for their aerosol cans. It works great for inaccessible areas. That's what I used for my doors. I went in from the drain holes at the bottom of the door. It's about the same size as the little red straw that comes with most spray cans.
Hi Elliot.....thanks for the video, it's comprehensive and informative.
I didn't see any protective gear and that's none of my business.....but it makes me think there isn't a lot of over-spray. Is that the case ? My garage is pretty small and don't want to rust proof my tool boxes or motorbikes.
Thanks again for the video.
Thanks for watching and glad you found it helpful. If I’m just spraying one car I usually don’t wear any protective gear, however there are days where I’ll spray 8-10 cars and I’ll wear a respirator. I always always wear the same clothes because it’s inevitable that you will bump into some spot that is already sprayed. As far as over spray it’s very minimal. I see it on my floor after a season of spraying (about 75 vehicles) but that cleans up easily with some commercial kitchen floor degreaser and a power washer.
@@EverythingElliott Thanks Elliot, for the reply. Sounds like it might be easy enough, even for me.......I do think a $10.00 Tyvek suit may be in order....Thanks again.
When u showed us how it sprays...seems like it took awhile to cover that small area
The warmer the material is the smoother it sprays
How does woolwax work with chevy waxed frame. If its wax does it remove the wax coating , could you spray right over the original coating. I have a 2017 silverado with some bare spots of rust and was thinking of just touch up.
on the newer GM products I spray that have any factory coating left, I spray right over it, but most cases they have none left or just some factory coating left. I take a small paint scraper and scrape all the loose stuff off and go over the entire thing with wool wax. You wont hurt anything by coating the entire underside.
Is it smell the only reason you prefer wool wax is there any other performance difference?
They are just about the same. I feel that woolwax is a little thicker than fluid film, but the fluid film smell really gets to me.
Fluid Film literally smells like a cow farm, I don't mind the smell, it only smells for about a week.
Have you tried Surface Shield? I love that stuff, it seems to be the best out of everything available.
I have not tried it. I personally like woolwax due to the low odor. Stick with whatcha know kinda thing…
@@EverythingElliott Agreed, I live in Nova Scotia and we get pelted with salt as well. so bad it kills vegetation close to roads. That being said I've been reading a lot of great stuff on Surface Shield. Check out @repairgeek he's got some great info on it.
@@thebrookster thanks for the info I’ll check em out!
I just bought wool wax for my truck. I’m in WNY too.
Never understood why people in coastal states have “salt life” stickers. We should be the ones with those stickers on our vehicles.
@@EverythingElliott So true. People elsewhere don’t understand the struggle.
I’m about to get my truck sprayed, any fear of voiding factory warranty’s? Only thing I’m concerned about.
Nope doesn’t void warranty.
How’s it holding up a year later? I see you’re in NY, I’m in VT so similar conditions.
Woolwax has held up well, I do it on all my vehicles, you’ll know it wear away faster in the high water areas, such as the wheel wells, and front side of the front suspension components. With VT you’re lucky, when it gets really cold they lay down sand. Here in NY they lay down salt brine.
@@EverythingElliott unfortunately they don’t use much sand anymore, unless it’s sub zero and it’s too cold to use the brine. That crap eats through everything, was the reason my last truck wouldn’t pass inspection. Had to replace the rockers and was only 8 years old.
@@rhyschnee3810 yeah its been a while since I moved away, so I guess things do change...you'll be very happy with the product. I've been using it on my vehicles for a while now.
I’d pull those plastic skid plates down and cover underneath cause that a mag chloride place just to eat. Your car up and NYS dot is using it now
Yup! Got it covered. I spray my cars twice a year. One I go really in depth, the second I just give them a general spray
Are those Home Depot racks I see?
They sure are
Woolwax doesn’t really fully dry?…Stays wet?… thanks for your video.
It doesn’t dry to the point that you think it would. It never becomes “hard” the best way I can describe it is like a soft candle wax?
What size is your building? What company/brand? I’m in NY also looking for something similar.
The current building is 30’x40’ with 12’ walls. But if you’ve looked at any of my other videos you’ll see I’m actually in the middle of putting a 20’ addition on it to make it 30x60. The parent company is HBO Carports, they have a local branch near me.
Does Fluid Film Creep more? Does Wool-wax hold up better in High wash areas?
I’ve only sprayed fluid film on my vehicles once due to the odor it produces. Fluid film and woolwax are very similar but woolwax doesn’t have nearly the smell fluid film does. Sorry I can’t exactly answer your comparison question.
Woolwax absolutely resists wash off better than Fluid Film. If you thoroughly mix and heat Woolwax it creeps well but IMO not as quickly or readily as Fluid Film. It's thixotropic, so aggressive mixing (like with a drill and stir extension) for a few minutes is key to making it flow well. That being said, if you thin the Woolwax slightly with vegetable oil it creeps equally to Fluid Film, but without the smell.
This dude didn't even let the water dry completely off before he sprayed trapping all that watter in the metal. WTF
Put the container in a very warm area or microwave it. I hear my wax in a turkey fryer till it’s about 180 degrees. Sprays like kerosene from those cheap guns then. Night and day
Yeah I hang my bucket infront of my shop heater when it gets chilly out. Makes a huge difference!
where in WNY are you and do you offer this service or you just do this for your own cars?
Currently just do it for friends and family, thanks for watching!
Do u need an air dryer
On the compressor? I guess that all depends on how humid the air is in your environment. If your compressor generates a lot of condensation I would recommend it, if not, then I wouldn’t worry about it.
@@EverythingElliott thankyou. I figured but wanted to verify thanks again
Not sure why you would spray the transmission. engine wasted product and a huge mess for your mechanic.
Simple answer, I own the vehicle, and I am the mechanic for said vehicle.