+- MetalworkingFun Forum (http://www.metalworkingfun.com)
+-- Forum: Machining (http://www.metalworkingfun.com/forum-5.html)
+--- Forum: Product Reviews (http://www.metalworkingfun.com/forum-38.html)
+--- Thread: Best penetrating oil (/thread-3981.html)
Pages:
1
2
Best penetrating oil - Dr Stan - 01-13-2019
What's the best penetrating oil? There are a lot of opinions out there, some based on experience, AKA subjective data. i was e-mail this link to a video of a guy who put together a scientific test to see if he could come up with a objective data based answer.
You can view it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUEob2oAKVs
RE: Best penetrating oil - TomG - 01-13-2019
Interesting.
Guess I'll keep using the ATF/acetone mixture. It's cheap (like me) and effective.
Tom
RE: Best penetrating oil - f350ca - 01-13-2019
Looks like I'll stick with ATF and Acetone as well. Wonder which one works quickest, my attention deficit disorder would never let them soak for 3 hours. Soak, pull on wrench, round nut or break off bolt, then drill it out.
RE: Best penetrating oil - rleete - 01-14-2019
I've been making my own for years. It's a well known "secret" on automotive forums.
Also works well for a parts wash, like when you're scrubbing all the accumulated junk off a part with a wire brush.
RE: Best penetrating oil - Vinny - 01-14-2019
The neighbor swears by Kroil. I've seen it loosen up some really stuck stuff.
RE: Best penetrating oil - TomG - 01-14-2019
Yet it ranked second from last on the test. Other than heat, I don't think any of them do much to break loose a rusted bolt. Other than Liquid Wrench, most of them only reduced the breakaway torque by around 5%. Where the oils do help is in keeping a nut from seizing on a rusty bolt after it does break loose. Then, pretty much any oil will work.
Tom
RE: Best penetrating oil - Hawkeye - 01-14-2019
After my house fire, I picked up a can of something called Javelin at Restore. When I was cleaning and reconditioning my machines, if I had a nut that the wrench wouldn't move, I gave it a shot of javelin. Within seconds, the same wrench would spin it loose. I don't know what's in it, but it definitely had some nasty solvents.
I haven't heard of this stuff before or since, but it does work.
RE: Best penetrating oil - Dr Stan - 01-15-2019
Interesting replies. I always swore by Kroil, but like most was put off by the price.
As previously stated a like bit of prevention is the best cure. I learned about Never Seize when I worked for a short time in a Florida boat yard after my stint in the US Navy. Amazing how it would keep aluminum housings & steel fasteners and of course steel on steel from becoming a solid unit in salt water. It's also the best battery terminal corrosion prevention material I've ever used. I also always use it on wheel lug bolts/nuts.
I also give a +1 for heat when ever possible. When I tore down a '68 Mustang for rebuild I only broke one bolt by using WD-40 or heat when it appeared to be necessary. Keep in mind it had been a North Dakota car, lots of road salt.
Hawkeye, can you post a pic of the can of Javelin?
RE: Best penetrating oil - Hawkeye - 01-15-2019
(01-15-2019, 12:51 PM)Dr Stan Wrote: Hawkeye, can you post a pic of the can of Javelin?
Here it is.
[attachment=15989]
RE: Best penetrating oil - ScrapMetal - 01-16-2019
Hawkeye,
For what it's worth I found a place selling it...
Javelin @ AMRE Supply
-Ron