<VV> <vv> penetrants

[Tony Underwood]

>Forwarded from a message I got today on a Mopar list:
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>Some of you might appreciate this. Machinist's Workshop magazine
>tested penetrants for break out torque on rusted nuts.
>
>They are below, as forwarded by an ex-student and professional
>machinist, Bud Baker.
>
>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.
>
>*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. Note the "home brew" was better
>than any commercial product in this one particular test.
>Our local machinist group mixed up a batch and we all now use
>it with equally good results.
>Note also that "Liquid Wrench" is about as good as "Kroil" for
>about 20% of the price.
>
>stolen from here
>
>http://forums.thecarlounge.net/zerothread?id=4547049




Intriguing stuff.   Looks like it's time to get myself a squirt 
bottle that acetone won't melt.




tony..