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    Best stuff for breaking loose bolts

    This info should be stickied or something. Cool little study, going to have to try this ATF/Acetone mix.

    Rusty bolts? Make your own super rust penetrant!
    Suggested by John Brown
    So you deal with a lot of rusty nuts? Go down to the hardware store and buy some acetone, a quart of Dexron Mercon and a refillable spray bottle. In the spray bottle mix the ATF and acetone in a 1:1 mixture.

    Spray away and get your nuts loose!

    Independent testing of penetrating oils using a single steel bar with 1/2”x20 nuts torqued to 50 ft/lbs and treated with a 10% salt water solution that was allowed to rust. Listed are the chemicals and required removal torque.

    -None ………………… 516 pounds

    -WD-40 ……………… 238 pounds

    -PB Blaster …………. 214 pounds

    -Liquid Wrench ….. 127 pounds

    -Kano Kroil ………… 106 pounds

    -ATF-Acetone mix….53 pounds
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