Hi there.
Does anybody know of any good car undercoating that I can reasonably get in Romania or Germany? I also found one myself but I'm not sure what I'm looking at.
I know that Surface Shield, Fluid Film and Woolwax are all really good, with some key differences, but I can't find any of them in Romania (where I ultimately need them).
I may have a way to buy them to Germany and then bring them to Romania at no cost, so I also tried searching for products in Germany, and I found this "Surface Shield":
Here: https://www.surface-shield.shop/
But it looks nothing like the American Surface Shield:
Here: https://blasterproducts.com/product/surface-shield/
I can get Fluid Film in Romania via Ubuy...but it's 100 Eur for 2 cans because the shipping is crazy expensive...I need probably around 4 cans for the whole car.
I don't know where else to get recommendations for undercoatings besides this guy on YT https://www.youtube.com/@RepairGeek But he's an American so he doesn't recommend any products I can get here.
Cheers.
I checked that German "Surface Shield" price at checkout and to have it delivered to Dortmund Germany it's 30,49 € total for 3 400ml cans. That's a pretty damn good price. Yet I still have no clue if it's a good product. I'll try looking around more.
That Blaster Surface Shield is like an oily, waxy spray that wipes right off. It's not like black undercoating that goes on thick and dries hard.
Yes, I know. That's exactly what I'm looking for. Why do you say that? Is the green one the kind that dries? I thought I read using translation that it uses lanolin as well.
Well I just learned something new. The term undercoating, to me, is the heavy black spray. I didn't realize this product (B'laster Surface Shield) could be used like this. I found a reddit thread where a guy sprayed the bottom of a truck and a year later he was impressed how well it lasted. Sounds like it would occasionally need to be re-coated. I have zero experience with the green can product, but it sure looks to be very similar.
Yes! The Repair Geek that I referred to also did experiments like that, keeping metal pieces in the elements outside, completely exposed, for up to 7 years I believe. The ones coated with Surface Shield were completely untouched, just dirty. The others did well too but the bare metal was almost gone. I don't even think he tried the ones that dry but he did explain why they are terrible in his opinion.
And yea, these that don't dry need a few recoats, Repair Geek on youtube recommends that too. But after a few coats it gets so thick that I think you don't need to do it anymore. And you only need a tiny amount for recoats, not another 3-4 cans as you do on the first coat.
I really hope this is the right stuff... I didn't get to investigate further but I will at some point and update the thread.