That was a good video. I bought an aerosol can more out of curiosity & a few prospective applications. You made me think of a few more. My winter tire steel rims expose the threaded spindle hub (or whatever its called). Its quite rusty already, or maybe has been all along when hidden behind the summer rim. And ya the door hinge hardware & things like that. Now that I see the texture, maybe that's what service guys are using.
My Honda snowblower had rust on metalwork & fittings when I did some service work. But I'm not sure how the coating would last with more direct contact to snow moving past. Maybe it would resist ice buildup & benefit that way? My blower chute is like powder coated metal with springs & hinge stuff. But its the rotating plastic housing that gets sticky. Again I wasn't sure if the fluid film would turn into highly viscous sticky stuff so I shot some Teflon spray which is thin but worked well. Anyway, blah-blah. What I wanted to ask is how do you remove fluid film when you want to? I heard even strong solvents like lacquer thinner just slowly thins & smears it. I also heard overspray or drips stains concrete floors. Any experience there?
You're right, it's not going to stay put like paint/powdercoat on a surface that is being constantly hit by moving snow. It works fine for spray from the road/tires and as you can see, hasn't washed off after a year on the underside of most of the vehicle. Storing in the off season is where I'd be using it mostly on a snowblower or parts that aren't in the main auger assembly.
I can't say it's stained my floors anywhere that I've noticed, but I'm not dropping tons of it and nothing drips off the vehicles when I spray them. Its consistency stays constant with temperature, doesn't run when hot really and doesn't solidify/tackify when cold. As for removing it, I haven't ever had to completely? The only reason I could see needing to is for painting something, at which point just paper towel to remove the bulk of it and acetone usually handles the rest of cleaning metal for paint for me.
IMO, worst case, you've spent $15 on a can and slowed rust for a little while...worth giving it a try!