PENETRATING OIL COMPARISON . . .

[ez2cdave]

PENETRATING OIL COMPARISON

Machinist's Workshop magazine tested penetrants for break out torque on rusted nuts. They arranged a subjective test of all the popular penetrants with the control being the torque required to remove the nut from a "scientifically rusted" environment. The results are as follows;

Penetrating Oil .......... Average load

None ........................... 516 pounds
WD-40 ........................ 238 pounds
PB Blaster ................... 214 pounds
Liquid Wrench ............. 127 pounds
Kano Kroil ................... 106 pounds
ATF-Acetone mix............ 53 pounds

The ATF-Acetone mix was a "home brew" mix of 50-50 automatic transmission fluid and acetone.

[johndtuttle]

Very cool to know! 

[Dominick]

Thanks Dave.  Much appreciated.  Dominick

[ez2cdave]

Thanks Dave.  Much appreciated.  Dominick

Anytime, sir !

Tight Lines !

[SmashingPumpkins]

The acetone mix would be pretty rough on the various metal coatings, paint and plastic surfaces so often involved with fishing reels I imagine.
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