I thought Liquid Wrench had been banned. Is it still available for sale?
I agree with Moose on WD-40. It is a temporary fix, but does displace
water quite well.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 11/18/2013 9:22 PM, Moose wrote:
> On 11/18/2013 10:45 AM, Jez Cunningham wrote:
>> Found on a Honda forum:
>>
>> The April/May 2007 edition of Machinist's Workshop did a test of
>> penetrating oils where they measured the force required to loosen rusty
>> test devices. Buy the issue if you want to see how they did the test. The
>> results reported were interesting. The lower the number of pounds the
>> better. Mighty interesting results for simple acetone and tranny fluid!
>>
>> "Penetrating oil . Average load .. Price per fluid ounce
>> None ................. 516 pounds .
>> WD-40 .............. 238 pounds .. $0.25
> WD-40 is widely misunderstood. I suppose that, once the misunderstanding
> became wide spread, the makers advertised to
> take advantage of it.
>
> "WD" stands for "water displacement" and "40" is the number of the formula
> tried which finally worked. It was designed
> to displace moisture and protect surfaces from rust. Although it does contain
> a light lubricant, it doesn't last long in
> actual lubrication uses. Nor, as this tests shows, is it particularly
> effective in loosening rusted threads.
>
> Put what a wonderful product to have people believe in! Use it, and the
> squeak disappears, only to soon reappear, and
> require more application of the product.
>
> If one needs a spray lubricant, there are lubricant sprays based on lithium
> grease, Teflon, etc. that are far superior.
>
>> PB Blaster ......... 214 pounds .. $0.35
>> Liquid Wrench ... 127 pounds .. $0.21
>> Kano Kroil ........ 106 pounds .. $0.75
>> ATF-Acetone mix.. 53 pounds .. $0.10
>>
>> The ATF-Acetone mix was a 50/50 mix (1 to 1 ratio)."
> Thanks! Good to know.
>
> Lubricious Moose
>
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