Rust Buster that seems to work

[Mark Rosenkrantz]

Which, of course, is why I want someone else to aerosolize it!  :-)

I might try it... Hand held trigger sprayer (I have new glass cleaner style bottles) and I have a pump-up can for bulk fluids which gives a few psi of pressure.

Tranny fluid is also flammable, and ATF is the magic ingredient for billowing smoke, like a James Bond smokescreen.  Inject some of that just past the catalytic converter and cause instant mayhem!

Mark Rosenkrantz
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On Nov 30, 2011, at 11:47 AM, Robert Myers <bob at chips-ur-s.com> wrote:

> 
> Aha!  Another experiment suggests itself.  ;-)
> 
> BTW, if you aren't already familiar with it, acetone is highly flammable.
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> At 11:42 AM 11/30/2011, Mark Rosenkrantz wrote:
>> Now (grunt, grunt).... Now THAT is a man's cocktail!
>> 
>> I've heard this before and keep meaning to try it.  Will it penetrate via spray, or is dipping the only option?
>> 
>> Mark Rosenkrantz
>> Typos sent from my iPad
>> 
>> On Nov 30, 2011, at 10:40 AM, TWFAUST at aol.com wrote:
>> 
>> > While browsing a machinist's blog, I came across an article testing the
>> > effectiveness of all the commercial rust busters, Kriol, PB Blaster, Liquid
>> > Wrench, etc. Surprisingly, the best commercial product was "Liquid Wrench",
>> > but  the absolute winner was a 50-50 solution of Acetone and Transmission
>> > fluid.
>> >
>> >    I decided to test it out on a pair of convertible  latches from a
>> > 250sl. The screw portions were frozen solid. I had tried PB  Blaster and as much
>> > heat as I thought the chrome would bear. They had resisted  all my efforts
>> > and were still frozen solid. I mixed up the acetone/tranny fluid  combo (I
>> > used Type F, because I believe that to be without synthetics. For all I  know,
>> > synthetics might be better). I soaked the latches for about 24 hours,
>> > clamped them in a vice and tapped them with a hammer. They broke free. I had
>> > attempted clamping and tapping before with no noticeable effect.
>> >
>> > So, I guess I am converted to acetone/tranny fluid. A note on my
>> > observations, the material that came out of the threads was black, rather than  brown
>> > as one would expect from rust. This leaves open the possibility that the
>> > problem was calcified grease. Nonetheless, the commercial products failed and
>> > the acetone mixture worked. All the cautions associated with acetone
>> > should be  observed.
>> >
>> > Tom Faust
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