If you have rusty nuts..........

[Rob Hilding]

Lifted from the 851-888 forum - thought it might be useful.........

If you have rusty nuts!

Machinist's Workshop magazine actually tested penetrants for
break out torque on rusted nuts.

Significant results! They are below, as forwarded by an ex-student
and professional machinist, Bud Baker.

Don't forget the April 2007 "Machinist's Workshop" magazine
comparison test.

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

[hypurone]

and here I was expecting you to say, "get laid more".   

[scduc]

Mixing acetone with with trans fliud? WOW. 

[Rob Hilding]

Mixing acetone with with trans fliud? WOW. 

Probably make one hella laxative, too

[Duck-Stew]

Probably make one hella laxative, too

Ewwww....

[Special K]

I would think you'd have to be careful how and/or where you use the acetone/trans fluid mix as acetone takes the paint off of.....well, everything.

[dlearl476]

I don't know if I'd put acetone on my nuts, rusty or not.  May cause a rash. 

Thanks for the tip.  I've always been a fan of PB Blaster.   ATF/Acetone is about 4 times better.

[NAKID]

Always a can of PB Blaster in my garage...