Quick fix paint freshen up?

[HeadWizard]

I seem to remember someone saying that there's some product that you can wipe down your Deuce with that would "freshen up" the look of the paint?

Got the Independence day parade coming up and need to do 2 trucks.

Tried search, but couldn't find anything.

All help and crazy comments appreciated.

 

[steelandcanvas]

WD-40.

 

[HeadWizard]

WD40, really?

How do you then get rid of all the silicone that's soaked in if you want to paint it later?

 

[saddamsnightmare]

June 29th, 2008.

Light Oil (kerosine) or even diesel fuel, on a rag will clean up the paint.... but make sure that the trucks really clean, or you'll have dirt untill the oil washes off. We used to use valve oil on the steam locomotives to polish the boiler and cylinder jackets, cab and tenders on the passenger engines to make them look good....


It ought to work on CARC, and remember, CARC means "Chemical Agent Resistant Coating" so the silicone ought not to stick any better then the oils.....


Cheers,

Kyle F. McGrogan

1971 Kaiser Jeep M35A2 Wo/W "Saddam's Nightmare" Desert Storm and Vietnam Veteran Deuce
1968 Johnson Corp M105A2 Trailer
1967 MEP023A Hercules engined gas Gen-Set APU
1963 Swiss Army Cargo Unimog S.404.114

 

[WillWagner]

ditto on the diesel...but that's gettin' spensive!

 

[Recovry4x4]

Baby oil works well too!

 

[APM215]

I never have a problem with how the paint looks.
"IT ALWAYS RAINS ON MY PARADE" LOL

 

[WillWagner]

Baby oil works well too!

But then it would lose the military truck smell and would smell like a babies butt

 

[steelandcanvas]

WD40, really?

How do you then get rid of all the silicone that's soaked in if you want to paint it later?

I don't know...that wasn't an issue in your original question

 

[steelandcanvas]

Baby oil works well too!

But then it would lose the military truck smell and would smell like a babies butt

 

[emmado22]

We'd use Silicone Brake Fluid to make woodland camo paint "new" again..

 

[swbradley1]

We'd use Silicone Brake Fluid to make woodland camo paint "new" again..

At least it wouldn't smell like a baby's butt....

 

[bonshawman]

Well...technically it would smell like an entire baby, not just the butt...but it would be a confusing combination of diesel smell, baby oil, perhaps a whiff of canvas....sort of like a maternity tent with a diesel generator ?

If it had problems starting, or stalled, you'd find yourself spanking the truck instead of kicking it ??

We've all had to "nurse" a truck to a roadside or back home, but.......whatever you do, if you baby-oil it up don't then powder it !

I had a friend that used to spray a combo of diesel fuel and old motor oil under his trucks as a coating. Try a test section with a little of the WD40 in an out-of-the-way spot and see what you think. I used it on one of mine once and it freshened it up pretty well.

 

[BEASTMASTER]

i don't remember them being shiny over in nam

 

[steelandcanvas]

Try a test section with a little of the WD40 in an out-of-the-way spot and see what you think. I used it on one of mine once and it freshened it up pretty well.

SEE! I'm not the only one!

 

[docfarmall]

maybe not but they deserve a pat on the back and a thank you just as you and all those who served

 

[HeadWizard]

Maybe it would be better to drive it through a mud hole and then put it in the parade?

Wait, I'll cover it with baby oil first so the mud will come off easier!

 

[yellobronc]

I found the silicone tire wet treatments work well. The ones in the squeeze bottle, not the foam spray ones. The old windex type bottles.

Doesnt really add much shine to it, just deepens the colors.

 

[rockman]

Maybe the baby oil would increase the female spectator attractiveness?