[GreenKeys] Homemade penetrating oil
Charles
charlesmorris800 at centurytel.net
Sat Jun 13 11:45:46 EDT 2015
Having read many times in the past about a 50/50 mix of acetone and ATF
being the best penetrating oil to free rusted/stuck parts, I thought I'd try
it myself.
I don't have any ATF handy, but it's just a refined 20W oil with a different
additive package... anyway I mixed a few cc's of pure acetone with the same
amount of 10W-40 part-synthetic motor oil. It appeared to mix fully when
shaken, but half an hour later there were two distinct layers of fluid in
the bottle. I'm trying it out on a couple of rusted bolts (shake, apply a
few drops, tap with hammer, repeat over several days). I am quite surprised
(as was a previous poster) that they didn't mix and stay mixed.
-Charles
WB3JOK/0
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