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Most of us have tried nearly everything by now: stinky old Liquid Wrench, WD-40, PB Blaster and Kroil oil. Turns out there may be something a whole lot better and possibly cheaper: Homebrew! I used to use ATF & #2 diesel, works darned good. But tests by Machinist's Workshop Magazine were v 
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Re: Best Penetrating Oil???
Posted by: JimmieD (66.81.28.---)
Posts: 1,090
Date: August 10, 2009 09:43AM

"the bolt i tried it on is still damp looking 2 weeks later. " Yeah, it's probably still seeing double too!

The other mixture I mentioned, ATF & diesel, works very well on extremely heavy corrosion. Had to re-tool a concrete pipe plant, one extremely harsh environment, and I mixed some up to help with teardown. Nothing else available there. It worked great, and lots cheaper than the aerosol can stuff too.

I'm gonna mix up a batch of this other stuff & test it out.

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