[s-cars] OT: Was RE: Stiff front door hinges

[Ian Duff]

Cool. Interesting lab vs anecdotal. The big difference I see is how to  
reliably create a rusted test subject. Anecdotal evidence offered over  
the years on this list has Kroil at the top, followed fairly closely  
by PB Blaster.

How does one apply the acetone-ATF mix onto typically hard-to-reach  
rusted objects of frustration? Some sort of polyethylene squirt  
bottle, most likely. How well will it stay in place long enough to  
penetrate, as typically I've had to apply PB Blaster straight up from  
the astronaut position under the car...

Intriguing, nonetheless, especially given my Scottish frugal roots.

-Ian Duff.

On 26 Apr, 2009, at 10:52, Tony Curran wrote:

> Was searching around for where to get Kroil in Canada and stumbled on
> this...
>
> "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)."
>
> Tony
> 96 S6
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of chris chambers
> Sent: April 26, 2009 7:30 AM
> To: 'airbil'; s-car-list at audifans.com; JC
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] OT: Was RE: Stiff front door hinges
>
>
>
> Due to "enviromental" laws they only sell direct.
> They are great to work with and ship fast, and if you
> call give the same pricing as on the website.
>
> HTH
> Chris
>
> --- On Sat, 4/25/09, JC <jc at j2c3.com> wrote:
>
>> From: JC <jc at j2c3.com>
>> Subject: [s-cars] OT: Was RE:   Stiff front door hinges
>> To: "'airbil'" <airbil at gmail.com>, s-car-list at audifans.com
>> Date: Saturday, April 25, 2009, 11:29 PM
>> Any suggests of where to easily find Kroil prods retail?
>>
>> They have one of those websites that wants to sell direct
>> and not let you do
>> a zip lookup of retailers...
>>
>> I want to try the basic Kroil for some upcoming and
>> bound-to-be-annoying work putting some Bilsteins on the craptastic
>> American vehicle. Guess what
>> tends to happen when you do the rears? Rusty shock mount
>> nuts tear out of
>> the underbody when you go to take the old ones off, with no
>> way to replace
>> them short of creative welding. Wait - if I give a quick
>> zap with a torch
>> they'll probably come right out, right?! Ooops - they
>> run the fuel lines
>> right next to those points!  Ha-ha hosed again by good
>> ol' Americun planned
>> crapscelesence!
>>
>>>
>>> Google:
>>> Kroil Penephite.
>>> The only thing that works afaik.
>>> It's magic exilir with micro graphite and will
>> take a day or
>>> two to work in.
>>> HTH
>>> Bill~w/the motion lotion~M
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