Rust Fighting + Fluid Film

[E300D]

Hello,

Ive posted a thread about some rust forming on our 95 E300. Right now car is in a bodyshop and it turns out that in its very early life, the windshield was replaced and the people who did the job scrartched up the paint on the pillar. Over all those years rust was slowly evolving until it surfaced. Anyways right now that is being taken care of.

Just recently I washed the under carriage and took of all the plastic covers in the wheel wells to inspect for rust and clogged drain tubes etc...

As it turns out in few places the paint started to peel, especially on curved bottom portion of the front fender. Since my time is limited I scraped off all the paint that I could and soaked the area with fluid film.
There is also some surface rust around the jack points, I also scraped off the surface oxidation and soaked it in fluid film.

My question to you is: Will the fluid film stop/greatly reduce more rust formation in those areas, at least until spring? All the affected areas are soaked in fluid film and so are any other rust prone areas. The car will be driven in winter, but I dont have other choices. I would let the body shop deal with it but it would turn out very expensive since they need to remove the plastic cladding to do it right.


In spring I will get some POR-15 and do a proper job.

So again, do you think Fluid Film will be able to stop the rust in its tracks?

Thanks, this rust issue really bothers me, however I am also mad at myself that I haven't checked those areas thoroughly last year, I only went over the water drains.