jimoshel Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 There has been a lot of discussion concerning the best penetrating oil to use. Lots of personal opinions but no facts. I am sending a copy of a article run recently in Machinist's Workshop magazine. They "scientifically rusted" a bunch of nuts, treated them with various penetrants, and then measured the torque it took to remove them. Here are the results. Nothing 516 pounds WD-40 238 lbs PB Blaster 214 lbs Liquid Wrench 127 lbs Kano Kroil 106 lbs ATF-Acetone Mix 53 lbs The ATF-Acetone mix was a "home brew" mix of 50-50 ATF and Acetone. Note that the "home Brew" was better than any commercial product. Note also that Liquid Wrench was as good as Kano Kroil for about 20% of the cost. I remember someone here was recommending the ATF-Acetone recently. Don't remember who but they can pop in anytime and say " I told you so" :smart: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oizarod115 Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 to bad no commercial products were tested like wurth's rost-off. that stuff works wonders. my buddy makes his own atf-acetone+asprin and he SWEARS by it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaffeineSam Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 to bad no commercial products were tested like wurth's rost-off. that stuff works wonders. my buddy makes his own atf-acetone+asprin and he SWEARS by it. ... aspirin ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 For the headache from the acetone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimoshel Posted May 20, 2010 Author Share Posted May 20, 2010 Yeah ! when ya twist the nut off yer gonna have a hedake. :rotf: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oizarod115 Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 idk guys, something he found on the internet somewhere. his recipe seems to work just fine so I'm not gonna argue with him about it lol. maybe its for when the nut busts loose and you get yourself in the noggin with a ratchet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ is dead Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 What kind of ATF? Does it matter? If this is so great I'll be buying a gallon of each for soaking bike chains. Way cheaper than PB blaster :banana: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WahooSteeler Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Actually that same info was posted by SuperWade2 about a year ago when this topic came up again. Now I buy nothing but Liquid Wrench. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 It's interesting that the test results do not support my real life observations (or vise versa). Liquid Wrench has been around since I was a young pup -- PB Blaster has been around maybe ten years (or so). My experience has been that PB Blaster works MUCH better than Liquid Wrench. And Kroil works better than either of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
possum Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Have to agree with Eagle, Kroil is the best in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 Yeah, I'd like to see how exactly the test was run. :dunno: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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