Fabric for decking panels?

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  • Scotty89
    Junior Member
    • Aug 2007
    • 3

    #1

    Fabric for decking panels?

    Does anyone know what fabric is sold to prevent mud from sticking to body decking panels?
  • bentfender
    Junior Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 21

    #2
    i use the cheap blue tarp from most any hardware store bend it in the hems on both sides works grate

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    • stock car driver
      Senior Member
      • Jul 2007
      • 3233

      #3
      seems like a fire hazard to me and should not be legal

      mud x works well, you can put a bottle in a 2.5 gallon sprayer and soak your car for weeks, then add some more water and use it again. 3-4 bottles for a season of racing approx 40 nights. It makes washing your car easy and no dirt sticks up on the deck.
      Last edited by stock car driver; 02-09-2017, 09:58 AM.

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      • RW57
        Senior Member
        • Dec 2007
        • 662

        #4
        I used Murphy oil soap on our car cut with water worked really well when I went to wash car it was like it suds up again releasing the mud. I agree about tarps if car sit get fire the tarps would accelerate fire I think it be like on an airplane when all that plastic starts burning the fumes kill within second I have read.

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        • stock car driver
          Senior Member
          • Jul 2007
          • 3233

          #5
          Originally posted by RW57 View Post
          I used Murphy oil soap on our car cut with water worked really well when I went to wash car it was like it suds up again releasing the mud. I agree about tarps if car sit get fire the tarps would accelerate fire I think it be like on an airplane when all that plastic starts burning the fumes kill within second I have read.
          I would bet mud x is murphys oil, same consistency, same smell, makes the car shiny and easy to clean etc.

          I didnt find murphys oil any cheaper than mud x so I bought it.

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          • RCJ
            Senior Member
            • Nov 2007
            • 509

            #6
            Mud x worked better than Mud off.I've always wondered if the 40 Below and other coolant additives are the same additives we mix for coolant in our lathes and mills.

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            • stock car driver
              Senior Member
              • Jul 2007
              • 3233

              #7
              yes mud off doesnt work at all in my opinion.

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              • missile07
                Senior Member
                • Aug 2007
                • 680

                #8
                Are you guys spraying it on while at the track or before then? Does it leave any greasy residue on decking/nose? I tried a Lucas product a few years ago that ppl had suggested but it left a film on the car.

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                • stock car driver
                  Senior Member
                  • Jul 2007
                  • 3233

                  #9
                  I use a weed sprayer, soak whole underside, all front suspension, rear suspension cell etc. spray the deck..

                  spray it all once, wait 10-15 min spray it all again.

                  Sure it leaves a residue, if it didnt it wouldnt work, I wouldnt call it greasy. When you power wash it seems like soap.

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                  • harborfreighthero
                    Junior Member
                    • Jan 2017
                    • 14

                    #10
                    Got some murphys oil soap, got a 3 gallon sprayer just wondering what ratio you guys used to mix it? Thank you

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                    • over4T
                      Senior Member
                      • Feb 2015
                      • 1083

                      #11
                      We use baby oil on the underneath stuff & nose with Mud X on the rest of the panels. Reason for not using baby oil all over the body panels is you get slimed when you lean over the body working on or entering/exiting the car. Add the usual race track dirt & dust and you're a real mess by the end of the night.

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                      • RW57
                        Senior Member
                        • Dec 2007
                        • 662

                        #12
                        I used a gallon sprayer put about half of a small bottle of murphys soap filled rest up a water. I would spray car when I finished washing it then when got track spray again when car came off trailer

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                        • harborfreighthero
                          Junior Member
                          • Jan 2017
                          • 14

                          #13
                          thanks RW57

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