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Homemade Penetrating Fluid - the BEST you can use! An easy DIY too!
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<blockquote data-quote="Lefty38-55" data-source="post: 2436966" data-attributes="member: 95029"><p>FWIW <strong>the best penetrating 'solvent' one can use</strong> is a DIY homemade <strong>mix of 50% acetone and 50% automatic transmission fluid (ATF)</strong>.</p><p></p><p>Recently "Machinist Workshop Magazine" did a test on penetrating oils. Using nuts and bolts that they 'scientifically rusted' to a uniform degree by soaking in salt water, they then tested the break-out torque required to loosen the nuts. They treated the nuts with a variety of penetrants and measured the torque required to loosen them.</p><p></p><p>This is what they came up with:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Nothing: 516 lbs</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <hr class="bbc-hr bbc-hr--3" /> WD-40: 238 lbs</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <hr class="bbc-hr bbc-hr--3" /> PB Blaster: 214 lbs</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <hr class="bbc-hr bbc-hr--3" /> Liquid Wrench: 127 lbs</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <hr class="bbc-hr bbc-hr--3" /> Kano Kroil: 106 lbs</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <hr class="bbc-hr bbc-hr--3" /> ATF/Acetone mix (50/50 mix): 50 lbs</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lefty38-55, post: 2436966, member: 95029"] FWIW [B]the best penetrating 'solvent' one can use[/B] is a DIY homemade [B]mix of 50% acetone and 50% automatic transmission fluid (ATF)[/B]. Recently "Machinist Workshop Magazine" did a test on penetrating oils. Using nuts and bolts that they 'scientifically rusted' to a uniform degree by soaking in salt water, they then tested the break-out torque required to loosen the nuts. They treated the nuts with a variety of penetrants and measured the torque required to loosen them. This is what they came up with: [LIST] [*]Nothing: 516 lbs [*][HR=3][/HR] WD-40: 238 lbs [*][HR=3][/HR] PB Blaster: 214 lbs [*][HR=3][/HR] Liquid Wrench: 127 lbs [*][HR=3][/HR] Kano Kroil: 106 lbs [*][HR=3][/HR] ATF/Acetone mix (50/50 mix): 50 lbs [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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