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.

  • henchman2019@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    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.

    • 87Six@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      1 day ago

      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.

      • henchman2019@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        13 hours ago

        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.

        • 87Six@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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          10 hours ago

          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.