[Vwdiesel] Home made penitrating oil

[Kneale Brownson]

I've been using that mixture for several years.  Seems to work as well as or better than any of the much more expensive penetrants I've experienced in the past (at 70, I have a fairly long past).

--- On Thu, 9/3/09, William J Toensing <toensing at wildblue.net> wrote:



I received this message from a good friend >
> Some of you might appreciate this. Machinist's Workshop magazine
> tested penetrants for break out torque on rusted nuts.
>
>
> *Penetrating oil ..... Average load*
> None ...................... 516 pounds
> WD-40 ..................... 238 pounds
> PB Blaster ................ 214 pounds
> Liquid Wrench ............. 127 pounds
> Kano Kroil ................ 106 pounds
> ATF-Acetone mix..............53 pounds
>
> The ATF-Acetone mix was a "home brew" mix of 50 - 50 automatic
> transmission fluid and acetone. Note the "home brew" was better
> than any commercial product in this one particular test.
> Our local machinist group mixed up a batch and we all now use
> it with equally good results.