making your engine look pretty

[ndavis0001]

WD-40 dont have to wipe off of anything. learned that trick a long time ago on outboard and inboard boat motors, been doing it 7 or 8 years on all cars i detail and my own.

 

[Fauxnali]

Doesn't applying WD-40 make it all greasy giving more dust something to stick to?
In my opinion if it is clean and grease free the dust will just rinse off with a water hose or you can blow it off with air.

 

[txhoescrapin]

Doesn't applying WD-40 make it all greasy giving more dust something to stick to?
In my opinion if it is clean and grease free the dust will just rinse off with a water hose or you can blow it off with air.

No wd 40 repells dust, won't allow it to stick to things, simply blow it off with air compressor.

 

[puckhead]

Gonna have to try this WD40 thing. Think it works better than say a good foaming tire cleaner?

 

[blueflamed03]

Doesn't applying WD-40 make it all greasy giving more dust something to stick to?
In my opinion if it is clean and grease free the dust will just rinse off with a water hose or you can blow it off with air.

I use it on inner fenderwheels, clean, and black

 

[baron]

i remember looking at a car for sale once and the engine was amazing looking. the dealer (used car lot) told me they sprayed gas or kero on the motor to make it shine up. wtf?!!

Both come from petroleum, which is the same place you get parrifin wax, among other things. I couldn't say that gas would shine it much, but it would certainly clean it. Cut right through tar, grease, etc. It would probably end up drying it out a bit worse than armor all too. Kerosene, on the other hand, if you have ever felt it on your fingers, it is fairly oily still. I could see how you could shine with that stuff in an engine bay. I don't think it would be any where close to ideal. I, personally, don't know if Armor All is still really bad for your plastics/vinyl, etc, but at one time, it was pretty rough on them if you didn't keep reapplying. It would really dry them out. I haven't touched the stuff in years and make sure that no one puts it on my cars. I have noticed that tires from the used lots start to crack sooner than even old tires I have, after they have put Armor All on them. Might just be a coincidence. As far as spraying under the engine bay, like people say, make sure to stay way from electronic looking areas. Not much worse than sitting at the car wash, trying to get water out from your distributor cap.

 

[txhoescrapin]

Gonna have to try this WD40 thing. Think it works better than say a good foaming tire cleaner?

Yes! I picked the idea up from cleaning my nitro rc cars, once you go wd you'll never go back.

 

[Fauxnali]

I use it on inner fenderwheels, clean, and black

I'll have to give it a try, as you can see in my album my fenderwells could use a detailing. LOL!!!!

 

[kickitandholdit]

damn thats clean. i pressure wash all the time cause i ride dirt roads alot. be easy on the electronics and avoid the air intake and you wont have a problem.

 

[blueflamed03]

I'll have to give it a try, as you can see in my album my fenderwells could use a detailing. LOL!!!!

it's amazing, and really easy and cheap to do on clean up day.

 

[Fauxnali]

Here's the engine all Painted and WD'd up. Did the fender wells too. Pic doesn't show it to well but yeah it does keep the dust off.
Thanks for the tip!!!

 

[puckhead]

did you wipe any WD40 off or just let it dry up itself? Looks great bud!

 

[Fauxnali]

did you wipe any WD40 off or just let it dry up itself? Looks great bud!

I wiped. I didn't want it dripping down anywhere and getting on stuff it shouldn't like brakes and belts and the like.

 

[puckhead]

Makes sense, probably the best thing to do too

 

[Fauxnali]

Thanks for the compliment though.

 

[puckhead]

hey, no problem! Its clean rides like yours that give a lot of us the motivation to go out and do some more to make our rides unique

 

[REAL TEXAS TAHOE]

people also use to think the world was flat...ive had no problems what so ever. Also with the tire foam spray, you spray it on and close the hood. No wiping

looks good man