Post by tommyhnavix on Jun 15, 2012 15:54:14 GMT -5
I read this several years ago, I have used it a lot and it works great!!! If you try it you will like it 
"The April/May 2007 edition of Machinist's Workshop did a test of penetrating oils where they measured the force required to loosen rusty test devices. Buy the issue if you want to see how they did the test. The results reported were interesting. The lower the number of pounds the better. Mighty interesting results for simple acetone and tranny fluid!
Penetrating oil . Average load .. Price per fluid ounce
None ................. 516 pounds .
WD-40 .............. 238 pounds .. $0.25
PB Blaster ......... 214 pounds .. $0.35
Liquid Wrench ... 127 pounds .. $0.21
Kano Kroil ........ 106 pounds .. $0.75
ATF-Acetone mix.. 53 pounds .. $0.10
The ATF-Acetone mix was a 50/50 mix (1 to 1 ratio)."
A few things I have learned about using this mixture. The first batch I mixed up was not that impressive. A friend tried it and said it worked great and he gave me this clear plastic dispenser bottle. I measured it out and marked the bottle and found that the mixture seperates out. You can kind of see the sepeation line in my photo.SHAKE it up before use works great!! I clean a lot of nasty carbs. and have found if I soak them for an hour or so the crud on the inside and out side comes off easily with even cheap spray carb. cleaner. If you can soak something that is really stuck and rusted over night or like eight hours, it usually frees it up!! Something not stuck so bad it works almost instantly! This mixture is VERY flamible!! Watch out around open flames. You can heat something pretty warm and apply it and it wicks in very good to loosen it up. I have not damaged anything it has come in contact with so far. Best to clean it up and off after you are through.
Works great to free up stuck motors.
If you make a batch and try it you will find new uses also. It is very cheap to mix up. Acetone is available in lots of stroes by the paint thinner. Also the acetone will evaporate from the mix container unless you use a sealable container of make a high tech evaporation prevention cap like I did on my dispenser bottle
Works great and saves you money!!
Tom
"The April/May 2007 edition of Machinist's Workshop did a test of penetrating oils where they measured the force required to loosen rusty test devices. Buy the issue if you want to see how they did the test. The results reported were interesting. The lower the number of pounds the better. Mighty interesting results for simple acetone and tranny fluid!
Penetrating oil . Average load .. Price per fluid ounce
None ................. 516 pounds .
WD-40 .............. 238 pounds .. $0.25
PB Blaster ......... 214 pounds .. $0.35
Liquid Wrench ... 127 pounds .. $0.21
Kano Kroil ........ 106 pounds .. $0.75
ATF-Acetone mix.. 53 pounds .. $0.10
The ATF-Acetone mix was a 50/50 mix (1 to 1 ratio)."
A few things I have learned about using this mixture. The first batch I mixed up was not that impressive. A friend tried it and said it worked great and he gave me this clear plastic dispenser bottle. I measured it out and marked the bottle and found that the mixture seperates out. You can kind of see the sepeation line in my photo.SHAKE it up before use works great!!
I clean a lot of nasty carbs. and have found if I soak them for an hour or so the crud on the inside and out side comes off easily with even cheap spray carb. cleaner. If you can soak something that is really stuck and rusted over night or like eight hours, it usually frees it up!! Something not stuck so bad it works almost instantly! This mixture is VERY flamible!! Watch out around open flames. You can heat something pretty warm and apply it and it wicks in very good to loosen it up. I have not damaged anything it has come in contact with so far. Best to clean it up and off after you are through.Works great to free up stuck motors.
If you make a batch and try it you will find new uses also. It is very cheap to mix up. Acetone is available in lots of stroes by the paint thinner. Also the acetone will evaporate from the mix container unless you use a sealable container of make a high tech evaporation prevention cap like I did on my dispenser bottle
Works great and saves you money!!
Tom
