.. cleaning solution .. OLD need your help

Dutchman · Dec 18, 2015

I read on here that some of you mix solutions to make a good solution for getting bolts loose

OLD ... I think you had a mixer , if I remember right ...

I had it save , but my computer decided to upgrade .... now I lost more than ever ... DAN COMPUTER ..

THANKS for those that share your mixer ////// .. mark

504 · Dec 18, 2015

1/2 Acetone and 1/2 ATF,cheap and works great.

old · Dec 18, 2015

Most of the time I use just straight out ATF and nothing else. I keep a pumper oil can full of it. On stuff that is real bad I might do a 50/50 mix of ATF and turpentine but now that turpentine is getting hard to find i just use the ATF

FBH44 · Dec 19, 2015

I use ATF all the time too, but the thing that really DISSOLVES rust, somehow, I dunno how, is PB Blaster. I have seen the stuff actually dissolve rust, maybe it is just removing it from bonding with the steel then floating it off, but man it think it really works great.
I have a jug of vinegar, and in two days that stuff will actually dissolve rust, leaving shiny / black-shiny steel. I have meant to drip some vinegar into a rusty nut-bolt combo sometime, and go back and drip some nmore, etc., and see if it works and dissovles, but I haven't remembered to do that.

Bill VA · Dec 19, 2015

I've had good luck with a little heat and candle wax.

showcrop · Dec 19, 2015

I think that we were overdue for this topic, LOL

WESnIL · Dec 19, 2015

504: What kind of container/spray bottle do you use for your mixture? Many of the potions I have tried in the past in a re-purposed Windex or similar bottle stop to pump after one or two pumps. It seems the mixture 'melts' part of the pump mechanism.

MarkB_MI · Dec 19, 2015

If you can safely apply heat, that's the best way to free frozen fasteners. There is no such thing as a "penetrating" oil that will miraculously free rusted bolts.

kansas45 · Dec 19, 2015

DOT 3 brake fluid and transmission fluid mixed 50/50.

old-9 · Dec 19, 2015

I second the heat and candle wax. I stripped down an old 9-N this fall and tryed the hot wax. It worked! joe

John T · Dec 19, 2015

Sorry, I'm not Old, but it looks like others have given opinions and methods also, so here's mine.

To the extent any sort of a so called Penetrating Oil might help free a tight or rusty nut or bolt, (questionable), I have good luck with PB Blaster or Kroil.

If you want some sort of a home made "Witches Brew" to soak an engine block or combustion chamber to free stuck parts, I use Diesel Fuel + Brake Fluid + Auto Tranny Fluid.

HOWEVER to turn a rusted nut I USE MY OXY ACETYLENE HOT WRENCH to heat it red hot them let it cool and it like almost always comes off.

There ya go, give it a try.

John T

Andy Martin · Dec 19, 2015

John T: are you sure you aren't old?

RayP(MI) · Dec 19, 2015

A while back I had to disassemble a fence row hay rake basket. Removing nuts on star wheels. Had several brands of penetrating oil including PB and WD40. Carefully applied each to a specific nut several times over a two week period. When I finally got a big enough impact wrench, I discovered NONE OF THE PENETRANTS soaked in more than a couple-three threads. No winners here.

Gary Mitchell · Dec 19, 2015

That's a good sign of something. ;-) gm

GordoSD · Dec 19, 2015

Acetone will eat up most non metallis products. It ia also HIGHLY volatile. It will vaporize and be gone in a few hours left uncovered. Best to mix a little in a can and use it up and toss the unused portion.

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