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Or maybe Armor All

I once got flamed for suggesting Armor All was for people who don't care about their car.

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[bfets]

I once got flamed for suggesting Armor All was for people who don't care about their car.

I think people who flame people for suggesting Armor All was for people who don't care about their car, don't care about people or their car. 🫣

 

[Zig]

I once got flamed for suggesting Armor All was for people who don't care about their car.

What’s your thought on murphy’s oil soap (the original with citronella oil).

 

[DFB5.0]

Yesterday I lashed out and bought a new chainsaw. And not just any chainsaw, but the GT500 of chainsaws, the Stihl MS 500i. This is the first and only chainsaw on the market with fuel injection, which boost performance, improves throttle response and makes starting so much simpler. Oh............................and it looks and sounds badass!

Of course, I'm sure you expected what would happen next................................

On a machine that will spend its life covered in oil and fuel, a coating is probably not going to last very long. But……………………it makes me happy, so I’m going with it.

For something like this, you would probably use a high-temperature wheel coating. However, I didn’t have any leftover wheel coating for this task, and I wasn’t dipping into a fresh bottle either. I did have an open bottle of Gyeon Can Coat EVO, so here we go.............................

First step, a wipe down with Koch Chemie Panel Prep Spray. Any prep spray would work, but I had this left over from another project and I thought I would stay with the German theme. In tandem with TRC Rip-n-Rag towels, the entire power head was cleaned, followed by the freshly unboxed 20-inch bar.

From here, it was time for the coating. Can Coat EVO is a sprayable coating, but for this task I used it like a traditional ceramic coating by applying a small amount to a Gtechniq finger mitt, then applied to the saw in sections. From there, more TRC Rip-n-Rags were used to level the coating. Can Coat was applied to the pretty much everything, from the top plastics to the chain brake, the recoil cover and name badge, the wrap handle and clutch cover, the rear handle and throttle, the stop switch and the front case. I even applied it to bar and fluid caps. The muffler, dogs and bottom of the saw missed out. Four hours later, I went over it again with a layer of Gyeon Cure.

In the past, I've done something similar to other new equipment purchases. Does it make a difference to how the tool performs? Absolutely not. Will it last for forever? Highly unlikely. Does it make me feel better? You betcha!

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