[GreenKeys] Zoomspout oil

[Ralph Mowery]

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From: Roy Morgan 
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Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 10:17 PM
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Zoomspout oil


>n case you DO need to get something unstuck, the Machinists Workshop  
>agazine reported the results below, and noted that the 50-50 mix of  
>utomotive ATF and acetone did the best job of loosening rusted parts.

> have a Model 15 page printer that came from a fellow who told me, "I  
>haven't run it for years, but I kept it running nicely with WD-40."    
>silently I thought "Oh s**t, this thing may never run again."  But  
>there was only one thing stuck so solidly I had to take the piece and  
>the pivot shaft out of the machine and wedge them apart with a pocket  
>knife and hammer.  (It was part of the carriage return mechanism at  
>the bottom of the machine.)


While I have not tried it as a penetrating oil, I did use a homade gun cleaner from a famous gun writer called Ed's Red on a Model 15 printer that had locked up from non use and a bunch of old oil/wd40.  It cleaned all the old junk out of it. Here is the makeup for it.

CONTENTS:     Ed's Red Bore Cleaner

1 part Dexron II or IIe ATF, GM Spec. D-20265 or later.
1 part Kerosene - deodorized, K1
1 part Aliphatic Mineral Spirits, or Stoddard Solvent,
  Fed. Spec. TT-T-2981F, CAS #64741-49-9 (aka "Varsol")
1 part Acetone, CAS #67-64-1.

It has  the Acetone and ATF plus some other cleaners in it.
I am going to have to try it on some stuck bolts one day and compair it to the Kroil.

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