Penetrating oil test

[pflaming]

Saw this test on You Tube. Interesting results, i use only liquid wrench.

[Sniper]

Link to video

 

 

Edited January 15, 2022 by Sniper

[Bryan]

I've been using the PB Blaster. Also bought a couple of cans of WD-40. Only problem is sometimes a can seems to run out of propellant before the oil.

[Los_Control]

Depends what the job is ... I use PBlaster just because is convenient and available at local parts store.

I feel more then I know, ATF/Acetone 50/50 mix is a better product for soaking stuck rings.

Marvel mystery oil seems to be good but it is costly.

 

I love to use WD-40 as a cleaner. You can spray it on a squeaky Ford door hinge and it will clean it and the squeak goes away. But it is not a lubricant.

So after you clean the hinge and works correctly, now you need to oil it.

 

My best tip for WD40 is air tools. We oil them regularly, the oil over time sludge's up and tool looses power.

Fill the tool with WD40 and operate it, you will see the dirty old oil come out the exhaust, repeat this a few times til comes out clean.

You will feel the torque of the air tool come back like it was new. Then oil it with air tool oil and use as normal.

You ever think your air tool is not working as it use too, just clean it with WD40 then oil it.

 

I once ran a repair corner for semi Truck tires and had many air powered tools I had to maintain for 15 years ... A trick I learned.

Biggest job I did with WD40 was a old Coats 4040 tire changer ... it had no power and you had to use bars & hammers to remove a tire.

Was like that for over 10 years. Was my Uncle machine. I started running WD40 through it and in a few hours had it working like brand new again.

Then I had to run oil through it to lubricate it.

 

Just saying WD40 does not even belong in the penetrating oil list, but is a product I would never be without and use it often enough.

 

[Sniper]

I use Kroil.  It works for me.

 

As for WD-40, I use it to clean the carbon off my 1911 after a day at the range.  Does a good job there.

Edited January 22, 2022 by Sniper

[Ulu]

I like Deep Creep by Seafoam for tough stuff. PB blaster is cheap and the old standby.

 

WD40 is a solvent more than anything.

 

It will melt cured OneShot right off the fender.

[SteveR]

WD 40 was never meant to be a lubricant or penetrating oil. Just a water disbursement. However, as Sniper said it works real nice on guns which I used on my Savage 1921 pump shotgun.

[Dan Hiebert]

Unless any of these products have acid in them (which they don't), they won't "dissolve" rust.  It may appear that they do, but they really don't, they just facilitate lifting the rust away from surfaces.  I've used most of these products, but usually WD-40, 1) because it works well, and 2) because that's what the wife brings home because she finds it on sale, so I get a good stash of it that I need to use up.  I do lubricate with oil afterwards when called for.  Never used Kroil, or really anything that's twice as expensive as something that works well.  I've used Liquid Wrench more to install weatherstripping than as a penetrant.  I like how he went about this test, straight forward and not cerebral.  May cause me to rethink having two cans of stuff when I only need to get one. 

[greg g]

You can use compressed air to recharge aerosol cans that have lost their propellant.  Remove the spray nozzle.  If the can is the type that has a plastic tube sticking up about 3/8 inch, put a Schrader valve on it, hold it tight and put about 25 to 30 psi into the can. Reinstall the nozzle and you should be able to spray again. Repeat as needed to empty the can.

 

Or you can puncture the can and pour the contents into a spray bottle or glass jar.  Cover with a rag when you make the hole incase there is a bit of residual pressure left in the can.