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The best corrosion loosening agents?

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G'Day All,

I am jsut trying to clarify things in my mind on the corrosion loosening agents.

Plain old Diesel is better than most products on the market for penetrating a corroded bolt/nut.
My favourite product is Rost of Ice, supplied by Worth. This has a evaporating refrigerant that causes the items to shrink and the corosion to break, added to a thin penetrating lubricant.

Since joining this site I have seen 3 new ones to me. Mind you I have not been in the oil&gas/mining game for a few years.

The first is Diesel and ATF, in a 50/50 mix.
Second is Diesel and Acetone in a 50/50 mix.
Thirdly is ATF and Acetone, in a 50/50 mix.

So I suppose my question is..... Which is best for which situation?????



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Phill.
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Sun, Oct 26, 2014 10:35 PM
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Diesel is the one for me however I have been told plenty of times if you are trying to loosen a bolt thru a aluminium casing were the corrosion has grown around bolt the thing to use is insect killer spray has some sought of chemical reaction ???????????I cant not confirm or deny this having never tried it but I guess there must be some truth as I have been told a few times

Paul
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Mon, Oct 27, 2014 2:30 AM
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Reply to mrsmackpaul:
Diesel is the one for me however I have been told plenty of times if you are trying to loosen a bolt thru a aluminium casing were the corrosion has grown around bolt the thing to use is insect killer spray has some sought of chemical reaction ???????????I cant not confirm or deny this having never tried it but I guess there must be some truth as I have been told a few times

Paul
I have found a solution of 100% heat juice works the best, with an application of any brand of light oil.
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Mon, Oct 27, 2014 3:05 AM
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Reply to STEPHEN:
I have found a solution of 100% heat juice works the best, with an application of any brand of light oil.
Heat juice ???
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Mon, Oct 27, 2014 3:29 AM
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Reply to deckert d69u:
Heat juice ???
A 50:50 mix of Acetone and ATF was found to be the best in scientific testing here in Oz just a year or two ago, better than any commercial product.
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Mike
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Mon, Oct 27, 2014 3:45 AM
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Reply to deckert d69u:
Heat juice ???


Some kind of heat: propane, electric heat gun, oxy/fuel torch, charcoal fire ==pick your poison. The treasures I find are stuck from years if not decades of neglect from sitting outside. It is normal for me that no amount of so-called penetrating fluid would loosen the stuck bits without a careful application of heat to break the bonds of rust. I once had a Mac 15 chainsaw that I dug out of a dirt pile, it took several weeks at least of hot and cold cycles with wd40 to get it turning.
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Mon, Oct 27, 2014 4:46 AM
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Some kind of heat: propane, electric heat gun, oxy/fuel torch, charcoal fire ==pick your poison. The treasures I find are stuck from years if not decades of neglect from sitting outside. It is normal for me that no amount of so-called penetrating fluid would loosen the stuck bits without a careful application of heat to break the bonds of rust. I once had a Mac 15 chainsaw that I dug out of a dirt pile, it took several weeks at least of hot and cold cycles with wd40 to get it turning.
petroleum 80% with 20% brake oil was a good treathment and some time like 3 months to let the stuck pistons get soked good to get them loose enough, to turn the engine again with a big bar on the flywheel.
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Mon, Oct 27, 2014 7:09 AM
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Some kind of heat: propane, electric heat gun, oxy/fuel torch, charcoal fire ==pick your poison. The treasures I find are stuck from years if not decades of neglect from sitting outside. It is normal for me that no amount of so-called penetrating fluid would loosen the stuck bits without a careful application of heat to break the bonds of rust. I once had a Mac 15 chainsaw that I dug out of a dirt pile, it took several weeks at least of hot and cold cycles with wd40 to get it turning.
Aaahh ! Smoke wrench ...
Les
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Russel hiway patrol no 1
Wabco 555 grader
superA farmall F 12,F 20 and various pcs. of rusty red tractors
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Mon, Oct 27, 2014 7:14 AM
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Aaahh ! Smoke wrench ...
This is going the way on the discussion of best motor oil!! :confused2:

It is well known that Kroil oil is the best 😛ound:
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Mon, Oct 27, 2014 7:23 AM
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This is going the way on the discussion of best motor oil!! :confused2:

It is well known that Kroil oil is the best 😛ound:
I have had great success in using a product called Open And Shut. Best I have found
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Mon, Oct 27, 2014 7:57 AM
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Reply to truckun95:
I have had great success in using a product called Open And Shut. Best I have found
I use a product called Gibbs. It is not cheap but works very well most of the times. In most cases I find that you need lots of heat when working on old Cats:eyebrows:
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Mon, Oct 27, 2014 8:41 AM
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