[Vwdiesel] What is the candle wax GP extraction trick ?

[Lee Hillsgrove]

>   Kroil is the penetrant I've found to be quite impressive.



  Kroil is good stuff, to be sure, but the absolute best stuff I have ever
run across was a tapping lubricant made by Winbro and called "Tapfree".
Absolutely amazing results on the most depressingly rusted or stuck
fasteners. It worked excellent in dissolving carbon buildups, as well, like
you'd find around spark plugs, glow plugs, or injectors. We used to get the
stuff by the case at my previous employer and it came in pint metal cans
with a spout. I think you could also buy it by the 5 gallon can. It worked
wonders for tapping and machining, and evaporated quickly, leaving no
residue.
 Unfortunately, what probably made it work so well was also it's demise -
one of the ingredients was 1,1,1, Trichloroethane. The powers that be have
decreed that 1,1,1 is BAD STUFF and you can't buy it any more. I don't know,
the benefit vs risk in having a pint can containing only a percentage of the
stuff and that lasts you 6 months or a year compared to the busted knuckles,
swearing, and snapped taps and bolts you'd get otherwise? Doesn't seem
right.
 I have only one or two cans left of the supply I smuggled out when I heard
we couldn't get it any more. I don't know what I'll do when that is gone.
Bust stuff, I guess. If anyone is at a yard sale and sees a can of the
stuff, GET IT!

 Tapfree.... Now I'm in a bad mood. :-((


Lee
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