[Hallicrafters] For the Wrenchers

[TC Dailey]

>> From my highschool buddy Paul, who built the Oshkosh winning Glasair 
>> airplane one year, and
>> reps retrofit turbo kits for 911 Porsche cars.
>>
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>>
>>
>>> Hi:
>>>
>>> We found this at the shop the other day poking around on the net.
>>>
>>> Machinist's Workshop magazine actually tested penetrants for break- out 
>>> torque on rusted nuts.  They arranged a subjective test of all  the 
>>> popular penetrants with the control being the torque needed to  remove 
>>> the nut from a "scientifically rusted" environment.  The  results were 
>>> pretty interesting.
>>>
>>> Penetrating Oil Average Load
>>> Ft.-lbs.
>>>
>>> None 516
>>> WD-40 238
>>> PB Blaster 214
>>> Liquid Wrench 127
>>> Kano Kroil 106
>>> ATF-Acetone Mix 53
>>>
>>> I don't think there's any surprise about WD-40 not being very 
>>> effective. But the fact that Liquid Wrench is so close to the much- 
>>> vaunted Kano Kroil is a surprise  considering the price difference  and 
>>> how many people (including out shop) seem to swear by the latter.
>>>
>>> As for the ATF-Acetone mix, in addition to wondering who thought if  of 
>>> that, is "how well does it keep?"  I would think it would "flash- off" 
>>> the acetone in a hurry, so my guess is you couldn't make it up  ahead of 
>>> time. I wonder if they thought of trying just straight ATF?