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tips and tricks to a good restoration => tips and tricks => Topic started by: steve-0 on November 23, 2012, 07:19:54 PM
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**Machinist's Workshop magazine tested penetrants for break out torque on**
**rusted nuts with significant results!**
**They arranged a subjective test of all the popular penetrants with the**
**control being the torque required to remove the nut from a**
**"scientifically rusted" environment.**
***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. **
**Note also that "Liquid Wrench" is about as good as "Kroil" for about 20%**
**of the price.**
**Happy knuckle busting !*
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Im very surprised by this.
Ok, so the atf/acetone mix, once mixed does it have a self life? what to store it in? Any issues with the mix like fumes etc?
Andy
**Machinist's Workshop magazine tested penetrants for break out torque on**
**rusted nuts with significant results!**
**They arranged a subjective test of all the popular penetrants with the**
**control being the torque required to remove the nut from a**
**"scientifically rusted" environment.**
***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. **
**Note also that "Liquid Wrench" is about as good as "Kroil" for about 20%**
**of the price.**
**Happy knuckle busting !*
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i haven't tried it myself. this is info from 2007.
if you do a google search for Machinist's Workshop magazine and atf acetone you will find that this has been posted on alot of mechanical forums.